Greg Graffin
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Greg Graffin is an American singer, songwriter, and evolutionary biologist best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the punk rock band Bad Religion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Greg Graffin canonical | 21 |
| Gregory Walter Graffin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4457668 — 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: Greg Graffin Context triple: [Greg, hasNotableBearers, Greg Graffin]
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A.
Zack de la Rocha
Zack de la Rocha is an American musician, poet, and political activist best known as the fiery lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Rage Against the Machine.
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B.
Glen Matlock
Glen Matlock is an English bassist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the pioneering punk rock band the Sex Pistols.
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C.
Matthew Shear
Matthew Shear is an American actor best known for his supporting roles in independent films and television series, including his notable appearance in Noah Baumbach’s comedy "Mistress America."
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D.
Marky Ramone
Marky Ramone is an American drummer best known for his long tenure with the pioneering punk rock band the Ramones.
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E.
Sid Colin
Sid Colin was a British comedy writer and screenwriter known for his work on films and popular radio and television shows in the mid-20th century.
- 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: Greg Graffin Target entity description: Greg Graffin is an American singer, songwriter, and evolutionary biologist best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the punk rock band Bad Religion.
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A.
Zack de la Rocha
Zack de la Rocha is an American musician, poet, and political activist best known as the fiery lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Rage Against the Machine.
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B.
Glen Matlock
Glen Matlock is an English bassist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the pioneering punk rock band the Sex Pistols.
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C.
Matthew Shear
Matthew Shear is an American actor best known for his supporting roles in independent films and television series, including his notable appearance in Noah Baumbach’s comedy "Mistress America."
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D.
Marky Ramone
Marky Ramone is an American drummer best known for his long tenure with the pioneering punk rock band the Ramones.
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E.
Sid Colin
Sid Colin was a British comedy writer and screenwriter known for his work on films and popular radio and television shows in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
evolutionary biologist
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human ⓘ punk rock musician ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in zoology ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bad Religion
ⓘ
The Daredevils ⓘ |
| birthName |
Gregory Walter Graffin
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linked to:
Greg Graffin
|
| coFounderOf | Bad Religion ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1964-11-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cornell University
ⓘ
University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
evolutionary biology
ⓘ
music ⓘ paleontology ⓘ |
| foundedInYear |
Bad Religion, 1980
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linked to:
Bad Religion
|
| genre |
hardcore punk
ⓘ
melodic hardcore ⓘ punk rock ⓘ |
| hasSoloAlbum |
American Lesion
ⓘ
Cold as the Clay ⓘ Millport ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
Anarchy Evolution
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Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant? ⓘ Population Wars ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
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piano ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being lead vocalist of Bad Religion
ⓘ
combining punk rock with intellectual and scientific themes ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
politics and society
ⓘ
religion and skepticism ⓘ science and evolution ⓘ |
| memberOf | Bad Religion ⓘ |
| musicCareerStart | late 1970s ⓘ |
| name | Greg Graffin ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bad Religion (band)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bad Religion
|
| occupation |
evolutionary biologist
ⓘ
singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ university lecturer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Racine, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld | lead vocalist of Bad Religion ⓘ |
| religiousView | atheism ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles
|
| teachesAt | Cornell University ⓘ |
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: Greg Graffin Description of subject: Greg Graffin is an American singer, songwriter, and evolutionary biologist best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the punk rock band Bad Religion.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Greg Graffin