The Death of St. Jimmy
E497475
"The Death of St. Jimmy" is a song from Green Day’s rock opera album *American Idiot*, marking the dramatic downfall of the album’s central alter-ego character, St. Jimmy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Death of St. Jimmy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5148152 — 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: The Death of St. Jimmy Context triple: [Homecoming, hasPart, The Death of St. Jimmy]
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A.
St. Jimmy
St. Jimmy is a rebellious, destructive alter-ego figure in Green Day’s rock opera narrative, embodying the self-destructive side of the protagonist in the album and musical "American Idiot."
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B.
The Cryan' Shames
The Cryan' Shames were a 1960s American rock band from Illinois known for their melodic, harmony-rich pop and regional hits like "Sugar and Spice."
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C.
Death of a Man
"Death of a Man" is a novel by American writer Kay Boyle that explores the moral and emotional turmoil surrounding the rise of fascism in pre–World War II Europe.
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D.
So Long, Jimmy
"So Long, Jimmy" is a song by British singer-songwriter James Blunt from his debut album "Back to Bedlam."
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E.
The Martyr
"The Martyr" is a short story by Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores themes of faith, identity, and cultural conflict in a Christian context in feudal Japan.
- 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: The Death of St. Jimmy Target entity description: "The Death of St. Jimmy" is a song from Green Day’s rock opera album *American Idiot*, marking the dramatic downfall of the album’s central alter-ego character, St. Jimmy.
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A.
St. Jimmy
St. Jimmy is a rebellious, destructive alter-ego figure in Green Day’s rock opera narrative, embodying the self-destructive side of the protagonist in the album and musical "American Idiot."
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B.
The Cryan' Shames
The Cryan' Shames were a 1960s American rock band from Illinois known for their melodic, harmony-rich pop and regional hits like "Sugar and Spice."
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C.
Death of a Man
"Death of a Man" is a novel by American writer Kay Boyle that explores the moral and emotional turmoil surrounding the rise of fascism in pre–World War II Europe.
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D.
So Long, Jimmy
"So Long, Jimmy" is a song by British singer-songwriter James Blunt from his debut album "Back to Bedlam."
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E.
The Martyr
"The Martyr" is a short story by Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores themes of faith, identity, and cultural conflict in a Christian context in feudal Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album | American Idiot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Green Day ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Billie Joe Armstrong
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mike Dirnt NERFINISHED ⓘ Tré Cool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterInSong |
Jesus of Suburbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St. Jimmy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyContext | occurs late in the American Idiot storyline ⓘ |
| composer | Billie Joe Armstrong ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
punk rock
ⓘ
rock opera ⓘ |
| hasType | album track ⓘ |
| includedIn | American Idiot original album track list ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Billie Joe Armstrong ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Idiot song cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | depicts the downfall of the character St. Jimmy ⓘ |
| partOf | American Idiot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Green Day ⓘ |
| producer |
Green Day
ⓘ
Rob Cavallo ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Reprise Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| theme |
alter ego death
ⓘ
identity crisis ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ |
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: The Death of St. Jimmy Description of subject: "The Death of St. Jimmy" is a song from Green Day’s rock opera album *American Idiot*, marking the dramatic downfall of the album’s central alter-ego character, St. Jimmy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Homecoming