Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band
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Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band is a rock and blues-oriented house band best known for its work on late-night television, led by guitarist and musical director Jimmy Vivino.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2069176 — 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: Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band Context triple: [Max Weinberg, associatedAct, Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band]
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A.
Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo was an American new wave band known for its quirky, high-energy style and theatrical performances, led by composer and singer Danny Elfman.
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B.
The Micks
The Micks is an informal nickname for the Irish Guards, a regiment of the British Army with strong Irish heritage and traditions.
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C.
Aristocrat of Bands
Aristocrat of Bands is the renowned marching band of Tennessee State University, celebrated for its high-energy performances, precision drills, and influential role in HBCU band culture.
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D.
Dirty Rotten Bastards
"Dirty Rotten Bastards" is a multi-part punk rock suite by Green Day, featured on their album ¡Tré!, known for its shifting tempos and politically charged lyrics.
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E.
The Buddies
The Buddies is the traditional nickname of Scottish football club St Mirren F.C., based in Paisley.
- 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: Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band Target entity description: Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band is a rock and blues-oriented house band best known for its work on late-night television, led by guitarist and musical director Jimmy Vivino.
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A.
Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo was an American new wave band known for its quirky, high-energy style and theatrical performances, led by composer and singer Danny Elfman.
-
B.
The Micks
The Micks is an informal nickname for the Irish Guards, a regiment of the British Army with strong Irish heritage and traditions.
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C.
Aristocrat of Bands
Aristocrat of Bands is the renowned marching band of Tennessee State University, celebrated for its high-energy performances, precision drills, and influential role in HBCU band culture.
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D.
Dirty Rotten Bastards
"Dirty Rotten Bastards" is a multi-part punk rock suite by Green Day, featured on their album ¡Tré!, known for its shifting tempos and politically charged lyrics.
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E.
The Buddies
The Buddies is the traditional nickname of Scottish football club St Mirren F.C., based in Paisley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues band
ⓘ
rock band ⓘ television house band ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Basic Cable Band ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Jimmy Vivino ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasMember | Jimmy Vivino ⓘ |
| hasRole | house band ⓘ |
| leader | Jimmy Vivino ⓘ |
| musicalDirector | Jimmy Vivino ⓘ |
| notableFor | work on late-night television ⓘ |
| occupation | television band ⓘ |
| primaryInstrument | guitar ⓘ |
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: Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band Description of subject: Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band is a rock and blues-oriented house band best known for its work on late-night television, led by guitarist and musical director Jimmy Vivino.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.