The Bad Penny (single)
E920681
"The Bad Penny" is a single by American producer and DJ RJD2, showcasing his signature blend of instrumental hip hop and atmospheric, sample-based production.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Bad Penny (single) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11344379 — 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: The Bad Penny (single) Context triple: [RJD2, notableWork, The Bad Penny (single)]
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A.
Bad Penny Blues
Bad Penny Blues is a 1956 British jazz single by trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton, noted for its influential piano riff and status as one of the first UK jazz records to enter the pop charts.
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B.
Bad Penny
"Bad Penny" is a song by the American noise rock band Big Black, featured on their influential 1987 album *Songs About Fucking*.
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C.
Something for Nothing
"Something for Nothing" is a song by Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards from his 2015 solo album *Crosseyed Heart*.
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D.
"These Foolish Things"
"These Foolish Things" is a classic jazz standard widely celebrated for its poignant melody and lyrics, and for influential recordings by leading jazz artists.
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E.
It's Bad for Ya
"It's Bad for Ya" is a 2008 stand-up comedy special by George Carlin, known for its sharp social commentary and being his final HBO performance before his death.
- 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: The Bad Penny (single) Target entity description: "The Bad Penny" is a single by American producer and DJ RJD2, showcasing his signature blend of instrumental hip hop and atmospheric, sample-based production.
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A.
Bad Penny Blues
Bad Penny Blues is a 1956 British jazz single by trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton, noted for its influential piano riff and status as one of the first UK jazz records to enter the pop charts.
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B.
Bad Penny
"Bad Penny" is a song by the American noise rock band Big Black, featured on their influential 1987 album *Songs About Fucking*.
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C.
Something for Nothing
"Something for Nothing" is a song by Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards from his 2015 solo album *Crosseyed Heart*.
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D.
"These Foolish Things"
"These Foolish Things" is a classic jazz standard widely celebrated for its poignant melody and lyrics, and for influential recordings by leading jazz artists.
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E.
It's Bad for Ya
"It's Bad for Ya" is a 2008 stand-up comedy special by George Carlin, known for its sharp social commentary and being his final HBO performance before his death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | RJD2 ⓘ |
| composer | RJD2 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresTurntablism | true ⓘ |
| genre |
electronic music
ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ instrumental hip hop ⓘ |
| hasAtmosphere |
cinematic
ⓘ
moody ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
drum programming
ⓘ
sampled instruments ⓘ synthesizers ⓘ turntables ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
atmospheric production
ⓘ
sample-based production ⓘ |
| hasPerformerOccupation |
DJ
ⓘ
record producer ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryArtistNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasTempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| performer | RJD2 ⓘ |
| producer | RJD2 ⓘ |
| recordingType | studio recording ⓘ |
| usesSampling | true ⓘ |
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: The Bad Penny (single) Description of subject: "The Bad Penny" is a single by American producer and DJ RJD2, showcasing his signature blend of instrumental hip hop and atmospheric, sample-based production.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.