Shellac
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Shellac is an American minimalist noise rock band known for its abrasive sound, precise rhythms, and the distinctive production style of guitarist and recording engineer Steve Albini.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shellac canonical | 21 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T767638 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shellac Context triple: [Steve Albini, memberOf, Shellac]
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A.
Gumm
Gumm is the birth surname of American actress and singer Judy Garland, originally Frances Ethel Gumm.
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B.
Elmer's
Elmer's is a well-known American brand best recognized for its school and craft glues and other adhesive products.
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C.
Spontex
Spontex is a household cleaning products brand, best known for its sponges and related cleaning tools, owned by Newell Brands.
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D.
Acryllium
Acryllium is a genus of guineafowl known for its strikingly patterned plumage and native range in sub-Saharan Africa.
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E.
Lignum vitae
Lignum vitae is a dense, extremely hard tropical hardwood tree native to the Caribbean, renowned for its durable wood and medicinal resin.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shellac Target entity description: Shellac is an American minimalist noise rock band known for its abrasive sound, precise rhythms, and the distinctive production style of guitarist and recording engineer Steve Albini.
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A.
Gumm
Gumm is the birth surname of American actress and singer Judy Garland, originally Frances Ethel Gumm.
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B.
Elmer's
Elmer's is a well-known American brand best recognized for its school and craft glues and other adhesive products.
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C.
Spontex
Spontex is a household cleaning products brand, best known for its sponges and related cleaning tools, owned by Newell Brands.
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D.
Acryllium
Acryllium is a genus of guineafowl known for its strikingly patterned plumage and native range in sub-Saharan Africa.
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E.
Lignum vitae
Lignum vitae is a dense, extremely hard tropical hardwood tree native to the Caribbean, renowned for its durable wood and medicinal resin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American rock band
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minimalist rock band ⓘ noise rock band ⓘ studio album ⓘ studio album ⓘ studio album ⓘ studio album ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1992 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Big Black
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Rapeman ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | Steve Albini ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| debutAlbum | At Action Park ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1992 ⓘ |
| genre |
indie rock
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math rock ⓘ minimalist rock ⓘ noise rock ⓘ post-hardcore ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Bob Weston
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Steve Albini ⓘ Todd Trainer ⓘ |
| hasRole |
Bob Weston – bass and vocals
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Steve Albini – guitar and vocals ⓘ Todd Trainer – drums ⓘ |
| notableFor |
abrasive sound
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distinctive recording and production style ⓘ minimalist song structures ⓘ precise rhythms ⓘ |
| notableWork |
1000 Hurts
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At Action Park ⓘ Dude Incredible ⓘ Excellent Italian Greyhound ⓘ Terraform ⓘ |
| performer |
Shellac
self-linksurface differs
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Shellac self-linksurface differs ⓘ Shellac self-linksurface differs ⓘ Shellac self-linksurface differs ⓘ Shellac self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| publicationDate |
1994
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1998 ⓘ 2000 ⓘ 2007 ⓘ 2014 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Drag City
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Touch and Go Records ⓘ |
| soundCharacteristic |
dry, unprocessed recording aesthetic
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emphasis on rhythm and dynamics ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation | guitar, bass, drums ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Shellac Description of subject: Shellac is an American minimalist noise rock band known for its abrasive sound, precise rhythms, and the distinctive production style of guitarist and recording engineer Steve Albini.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Excellent Italian Greyhound