Brick Is Red
E389023
"Brick Is Red" is a track by the Pixies from their influential 1988 album *Surfer Rosa*, known for its raw, dynamic sound and distinctive alternative rock style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brick Is Red canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3800098 — 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: Brick Is Red Context triple: [Surfer Rosa, hasPart, Brick Is Red]
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A.
Brick House
"Brick House" is a 1977 funk and soul hit by The Commodores, celebrated for its iconic bassline and enduring popularity as a dance-floor classic.
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B.
Brick Top
Brick Top is a ruthless and sadistic London crime boss in the film "Snatch," known for his brutal methods and memorable, darkly comic dialogue.
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C.
Rock the Bells
"Rock the Bells" is a classic 1985 hip-hop track by LL Cool J known for its aggressive delivery, heavy use of DJ scratching, and influential role in defining the sound of early hardcore rap.
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D.
Let’s Roll
"Let’s Roll" is a blues and soul album by legendary American singer Etta James, showcasing her powerful vocals in a contemporary, guitar-driven setting.
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E.
Isn’t It Kinda Fun
"Isn’t It Kinda Fun" is a romantic song by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, written for the 1945 film adaptation of the musical "State Fair."
- 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: Brick Is Red Target entity description: "Brick Is Red" is a track by the Pixies from their influential 1988 album *Surfer Rosa*, known for its raw, dynamic sound and distinctive alternative rock style.
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A.
Brick House
"Brick House" is a 1977 funk and soul hit by The Commodores, celebrated for its iconic bassline and enduring popularity as a dance-floor classic.
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B.
Brick Top
Brick Top is a ruthless and sadistic London crime boss in the film "Snatch," known for his brutal methods and memorable, darkly comic dialogue.
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C.
Rock the Bells
"Rock the Bells" is a classic 1985 hip-hop track by LL Cool J known for its aggressive delivery, heavy use of DJ scratching, and influential role in defining the sound of early hardcore rap.
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D.
Let’s Roll
"Let’s Roll" is a blues and soul album by legendary American singer Etta James, showcasing her powerful vocals in a contemporary, guitar-driven setting.
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E.
Isn’t It Kinda Fun
"Isn’t It Kinda Fun" is a romantic song by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, written for the 1945 film adaptation of the musical "State Fair."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
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song ⓘ |
| album | Surfer Rosa ⓘ |
| albumArtist | Pixies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| albumProducer | Steve Albini ⓘ |
| albumRecordLabel | 4AD ⓘ |
| albumType | studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Pixies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Pixies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| hasMusicalArtistMember |
Black Francis
ⓘ
David Lovering ⓘ Joey Santiago ⓘ Kim Deal ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyleCharacteristic |
abrasive guitar tones
ⓘ
loud-quiet dynamics ⓘ minimalist structure ⓘ |
| includedIn | Pixies discography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive alternative rock style
ⓘ
raw dynamic sound ⓘ |
| partOf | Surfer Rosa ⓘ |
| performer | Pixies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Steve Albini ⓘ |
| recordedFor | Surfer Rosa ⓘ |
| recordLabel | 4AD ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 13 ⓘ |
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: Brick Is Red Description of subject: "Brick Is Red" is a track by the Pixies from their influential 1988 album *Surfer Rosa*, known for its raw, dynamic sound and distinctive alternative rock style.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.