guitarist of Goo Goo Dolls
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The guitarist of Goo Goo Dolls is the lead guitarist and often the primary songwriter for the American rock band known for hits like "Iris" and "Slide."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| guitarist of Goo Goo Dolls canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14121597 — 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: guitarist of Goo Goo Dolls Context triple: [John Rzeznik, positionInBand, guitarist of Goo Goo Dolls]
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A.
guitarist Frank Iero
Frank Iero is an American musician best known as the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band My Chemical Romance.
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B.
guitarist Ray Toro
Ray Toro is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the rock band My Chemical Romance.
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C.
Joey Santiago
Joey Santiago is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the influential alternative rock band Pixies.
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D.
Chris Shiflett
Chris Shiflett is an American guitarist best known as a longtime member of the rock band Foo Fighters and for his work in various punk and alt-country projects.
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E.
Matt "Guitar" Murphy
Matt "Guitar" Murphy was an American blues guitarist renowned for his work with legends like Howlin’ Wolf and Memphis Slim and for his prominent role in The Blues Brothers.
- 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: guitarist of Goo Goo Dolls Target entity description: The guitarist of Goo Goo Dolls is the lead guitarist and often the primary songwriter for the American rock band known for hits like "Iris" and "Slide."
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A.
guitarist Frank Iero
Frank Iero is an American musician best known as the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band My Chemical Romance.
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B.
guitarist Ray Toro
Ray Toro is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the rock band My Chemical Romance.
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C.
Joey Santiago
Joey Santiago is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the influential alternative rock band Pixies.
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D.
Chris Shiflett
Chris Shiflett is an American guitarist best known as a longtime member of the rock band Foo Fighters and for his work in various punk and alt-country projects.
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E.
Matt "Guitar" Murphy
Matt "Guitar" Murphy was an American blues guitarist renowned for his work with legends like Howlin’ Wolf and Memphis Slim and for his prominent role in The Blues Brothers.
- F. None of above. chosen
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