Reel Big Fish
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Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band known for their energetic horn-driven sound and humorous, irreverent lyrics, particularly popularized in the 1990s third-wave ska movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reel Big Fish canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5070500 — 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: Reel Big Fish Context triple: [Jason Freese, associatedAct, Reel Big Fish]
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A.
Relient K
Relient K is an American Christian rock band known for its pop-punk sound, witty lyrics, and numerous covers and original songs that have gained a strong following since the late 1990s.
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B.
Screeching Weasel
Screeching Weasel is an American punk rock band known for its influential role in the pop-punk scene since the late 1980s.
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C.
Rancid
Rancid is an American punk rock band known for reviving and popularizing ska-influenced street punk in the 1990s.
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D.
Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne was an American power pop and alternative rock band best known for their melodic, hook-driven songs and the hit single "Stacy's Mom."
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E.
The Bouncing Souls
The Bouncing Souls are a long-running New Jersey punk rock band known for their energetic anthems, heartfelt lyrics, and influential role in the East Coast punk scene.
- 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: Reel Big Fish Target entity description: Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band known for their energetic horn-driven sound and humorous, irreverent lyrics, particularly popularized in the 1990s third-wave ska movement.
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A.
Relient K
Relient K is an American Christian rock band known for its pop-punk sound, witty lyrics, and numerous covers and original songs that have gained a strong following since the late 1990s.
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B.
Screeching Weasel
Screeching Weasel is an American punk rock band known for its influential role in the pop-punk scene since the late 1980s.
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C.
Rancid
Rancid is an American punk rock band known for reviving and popularizing ska-influenced street punk in the 1990s.
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D.
Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne was an American power pop and alternative rock band best known for their melodic, hook-driven songs and the hit single "Stacy's Mom."
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E.
The Bouncing Souls
The Bouncing Souls are a long-running New Jersey punk rock band known for their energetic anthems, heartfelt lyrics, and influential role in the East Coast punk scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
ⓘ
musical group ⓘ musician ⓘ ska punk band ⓘ song ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1990s
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2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
punk rock
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ska ⓘ ska punk ⓘ third-wave ska ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Aaron Barrett
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dan Regan NERFINISHED ⓘ Derek Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ John Christianson NERFINISHED ⓘ Matt Appleton NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryland Steen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricStyle |
humorous
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irreverent ⓘ |
| memberOf | Reel Big Fish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | third-wave ska ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Candy Coated Fury
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cheer Up! NERFINISHED ⓘ Everything Sucks NERFINISHED ⓘ Life Sucks... Let's Dance! NERFINISHED ⓘ Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free NERFINISHED ⓘ Sell Out NERFINISHED ⓘ Turn the Radio Off NERFINISHED ⓘ We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy NERFINISHED ⓘ Why Do They Rock So Hard? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bassist
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drummer ⓘ guitarist ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ singer ⓘ trombonist ⓘ trumpeter ⓘ |
| performer | Reel Big Fish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundCharacteristic | horn-driven ⓘ |
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: Reel Big Fish Description of subject: Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band known for their energetic horn-driven sound and humorous, irreverent lyrics, particularly popularized in the 1990s third-wave ska movement.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.