Basket Case
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"Basket Case" is a 1994 punk rock song by Green Day, known as one of their breakthrough hits from the album *Dookie* and a defining track of 1990s pop-punk.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basket Case canonical | 20 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T975933 — 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: Basket Case Context triple: [Green Day, hasHitSingle, Basket Case]
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A.
Basket II
Basket II is the section of the Helsinki Accords that focuses on cooperation in economics, science, technology, and the environment among participating states.
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B.
Lotus case
The Lotus case was a landmark 1927 decision by the Permanent Court of International Justice that shaped principles of jurisdiction in international law, particularly affirming states’ freedom to act unless expressly prohibited by international rules.
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C.
Tiffany Case
Tiffany Case is a fictional diamond smuggler and Bond girl who appears as a major character in Ian Fleming’s James Bond story "Diamonds Are Forever."
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D.
Keter
Keter is the highest and most transcendent sefirah in Kabbalistic mysticism, representing the divine crown, pure will, and the source of all emanations.
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E.
The Box
The Box is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s iconic time-traveling spaceship and time machine from the British science fiction series Doctor Who.
- 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: Basket Case Target entity description: "Basket Case" is a 1994 punk rock song by Green Day, known as one of their breakthrough hits from the album *Dookie* and a defining track of 1990s pop-punk.
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A.
Basket II
Basket II is the section of the Helsinki Accords that focuses on cooperation in economics, science, technology, and the environment among participating states.
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B.
Lotus case
The Lotus case was a landmark 1927 decision by the Permanent Court of International Justice that shaped principles of jurisdiction in international law, particularly affirming states’ freedom to act unless expressly prohibited by international rules.
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C.
Tiffany Case
Tiffany Case is a fictional diamond smuggler and Bond girl who appears as a major character in Ian Fleming’s James Bond story "Diamonds Are Forever."
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D.
Keter
Keter is the highest and most transcendent sefirah in Kabbalistic mysticism, representing the divine crown, pure will, and the source of all emanations.
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E.
The Box
The Box is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s iconic time-traveling spaceship and time machine from the British science fiction series Doctor Who.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Dookie ⓘ |
| artist | Green Day ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist |
Billie Joe Armstrong
ⓘ
Mike Dirnt ⓘ Tré Cool ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | 1990s pop-punk boom ⓘ |
| chartPerformance | hit on US modern rock charts ⓘ |
| composer |
Billie Joe Armstrong
ⓘ
Mike Dirnt ⓘ Tré Cool ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed by rock critics ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | helped bring punk-influenced music into mainstream in the 1990s ⓘ |
| describedAs |
breakthrough hit for Green Day
ⓘ
defining track of 1990s pop-punk ⓘ |
| features |
distorted electric guitars
ⓘ
energetic drumming ⓘ prominent bass line ⓘ |
| follows | Longview ⓘ |
| genre |
pop punk
ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric | "Do you have the time to listen to me whine" ⓘ |
| hasTempo | fast ⓘ |
| includedIn | Green Day greatest hits compilations ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| livePerformanceStapleFor | Green Day ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Mark Kohr ⓘ |
| partOf | Dookie ⓘ |
| performedIn | numerous Green Day tours ⓘ |
| performer | Green Day ⓘ |
| precedes | When I Come Around ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Green Day ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Reprise Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| theme |
anxiety
ⓘ
mental health ⓘ paranoia ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1990s ⓘ |
| trackPositionOnAlbum | seventh track on Dookie ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | melodic punk vocals by Billie Joe Armstrong ⓘ |
| writer |
Billie Joe Armstrong
ⓘ
Mike Dirnt ⓘ Tré Cool ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Basket Case Description of subject: "Basket Case" is a 1994 punk rock song by Green Day, known as one of their breakthrough hits from the album *Dookie* and a defining track of 1990s pop-punk.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Green Day compilation album International Superhits!
subject linked to:
Green Day – Longview
subject linked to:
Green Day – Welcome to Paradise