Only a Lad
E408244
"Only a Lad" is the 1981 debut studio album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, known for its quirky, energetic sound and socially satirical lyrics.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Only a Lad canonical | 6 |
| Only a Lad (song) | 1 |
| Only a Lad album cover | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4047067 — 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: Only a Lad Context triple: [Oingo Boingo, notableWork, Only a Lad]
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A.
This Boy
"This Boy" is a memoir by British politician Alan Johnson that recounts his impoverished childhood in post-war London.
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B.
The Only One
"The Only One" is a song by Lionel Richie from his hit 1983 album "Can't Slow Down."
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C.
Like a Boy
"Like a Boy" is a 2007 R&B single by Ciara that explores gender double standards in relationships through a role-reversal concept and assertive lyrics.
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D.
One of the Boys
"One of the Boys" is the 2008 major-label breakthrough pop album by Katy Perry, featuring hits like "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold" that established her international fame.
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E.
Rumour Has It
"Rumour Has It" is a soulful, retro-inspired pop song by Adele, co-written and produced by Ryan Tedder, known for its driving rhythm and powerful vocals.
- 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: Only a Lad Target entity description: "Only a Lad" is the 1981 debut studio album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, known for its quirky, energetic sound and socially satirical lyrics.
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A.
This Boy
"This Boy" is a memoir by British politician Alan Johnson that recounts his impoverished childhood in post-war London.
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B.
The Only One
"The Only One" is a song by Lionel Richie from his hit 1983 album "Can't Slow Down."
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C.
Like a Boy
"Like a Boy" is a 2007 R&B single by Ciara that explores gender double standards in relationships through a role-reversal concept and assertive lyrics.
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D.
One of the Boys
"One of the Boys" is the 2008 major-label breakthrough pop album by Katy Perry, featuring hits like "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold" that established her international fame.
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E.
Rumour Has It
"Rumour Has It" is a soulful, retro-inspired pop song by Adele, co-written and produced by Ryan Tedder, known for its driving rhythm and powerful vocals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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: Only a Lad Description of subject: "Only a Lad" is the 1981 debut studio album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, known for its quirky, energetic sound and socially satirical lyrics.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Only a Lad
linked to: Only a Lad