Bastards of Young
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"Bastards of Young" is a seminal 1985 anthem by American rock band The Replacements, celebrated for its raw sound and themes of disillusioned youth.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bastards of Young canonical | 5 |
| Bastards of Young (live performances) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7623750 — 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: Bastards of Young Context triple: [The Replacements, notableSong, Bastards of Young]
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A.
Bastard Child
"Bastard Child" is a memoir by Joh'Vonnie Jackson in which she recounts her life as the secret daughter of Joe Jackson and her complex relationship with the famous Jackson family.
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B.
The Greedy Bastards
The Greedy Bastards was a short-lived rock band formed by Irish musician Phil Lynott, best known as the frontman of Thin Lizzy.
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C.
Blatant Beast
The Blatant Beast is a monstrous symbol of slander and defamation in Edmund Spenser’s epic poem *The Faerie Queene*, representing the destructive power of malicious gossip.
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D.
Bastard
Bastard is Tyler, the Creator’s dark, lo-fi debut mixtape that introduced his provocative, emotionally raw style and helped launch the Odd Future collective into prominence.
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E.
D’Evils
"D’Evils" is a dark, introspective track by Jay-Z from his debut album "Reasonable Doubt," exploring the moral conflicts and corrupting influence of street life and the pursuit of wealth.
- 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: Bastards of Young Target entity description: "Bastards of Young" is a seminal 1985 anthem by American rock band The Replacements, celebrated for its raw sound and themes of disillusioned youth.
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A.
Bastard Child
"Bastard Child" is a memoir by Joh'Vonnie Jackson in which she recounts her life as the secret daughter of Joe Jackson and her complex relationship with the famous Jackson family.
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B.
The Greedy Bastards
The Greedy Bastards was a short-lived rock band formed by Irish musician Phil Lynott, best known as the frontman of Thin Lizzy.
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C.
Blatant Beast
The Blatant Beast is a monstrous symbol of slander and defamation in Edmund Spenser’s epic poem *The Faerie Queene*, representing the destructive power of malicious gossip.
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D.
Bastard
Bastard is Tyler, the Creator’s dark, lo-fi debut mixtape that introduced his provocative, emotionally raw style and helped launch the Odd Future collective into prominence.
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E.
D’Evils
"D’Evils" is a dark, introspective track by Jay-Z from his debut album "Reasonable Doubt," exploring the moral conflicts and corrupting influence of street life and the pursuit of wealth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| albumBy | The Replacements ⓘ |
| artist | The Replacements ⓘ |
| associatedAct | The Replacements ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | American alternative rock of the 1980s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReputation |
cult classic
ⓘ
influential rock song ⓘ |
| decadeOfRelease | 1980s ⓘ |
| describedAs |
anthem
ⓘ
seminal 1980s rock song ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
college rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersions |
Bastards of Young (live performances)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bastards of Young
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| hasMusicVideo | Bastards of Young music video ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
disillusioned youth ⓘ frustration ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ |
| influenced | later alternative rock bands ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
cassette
ⓘ
compact disc ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| musicVideoNotableFor | static shot of a speaker ⓘ |
| musicVideoStyle | minimalist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
anthemic chorus
ⓘ
lyrics about generational disillusionment ⓘ raw sound ⓘ |
| originalArtist | The Replacements ⓘ |
| originatedInScene | Minneapolis rock scene ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Tim ⓘ |
| performedBy |
Bob Stinson
ⓘ
Chris Mars ⓘ Paul Westerberg ⓘ Tommy Stinson ⓘ |
| performer | The Replacements ⓘ |
| producer |
Tommy Erdelyi
ⓘ
Tommy Ramone ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Sire Records
ⓘ
Twin/Tone Records ⓘ |
| releaseType | single from the album Tim ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| trackPositionOnAlbum | side two of Tim ⓘ |
| writer | Paul Westerberg ⓘ |
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: Bastards of Young Description of subject: "Bastards of Young" is a seminal 1985 anthem by American rock band The Replacements, celebrated for its raw sound and themes of disillusioned youth.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Paul Westerberg – lead vocals, guitar, primary songwriter
linked to: Bastards of Young