The Groovie Ghoulies
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The Groovie Ghoulies were a Sacramento-based pop-punk band known for their horror-themed lyrics, catchy melodies, and energetic, cartoonish style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Groovie Ghoulies canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5759661 — 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 Groovie Ghoulies Context triple: [Bill Schneider, associatedAct, The Groovie Ghoulies]
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A.
Ghoulies
Ghoulies is a 1985 horror-comedy film about mischievous demonic creatures that became a cult favorite in the home-video era.
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B.
13 Ghosts
13 Ghosts is a 1960 supernatural horror film directed by William Castle, known for its gimmicky "Illusion-O" ghost viewer and its story of a family inheriting a haunted house filled with twelve malevolent spirits.
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C.
Grim Grinning Ghosts
"Grim Grinning Ghosts" is the iconic, playful theme song of Disney's Haunted Mansion attraction, known for its spooky yet humorous tone and memorable chorus.
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D.
The Monster Squad
The Monster Squad is a 1987 cult classic horror-comedy film about a group of kids who band together to stop iconic Universal-style monsters from taking over their town.
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E.
Gremlins
Gremlins is a 1984 horror-comedy film about mischievous creatures wreaking havoc in a small town, blending dark humor with creature-feature thrills and becoming a cult classic.
- 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 Groovie Ghoulies Target entity description: The Groovie Ghoulies were a Sacramento-based pop-punk band known for their horror-themed lyrics, catchy melodies, and energetic, cartoonish style.
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A.
Ghoulies
Ghoulies is a 1985 horror-comedy film about mischievous demonic creatures that became a cult favorite in the home-video era.
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B.
13 Ghosts
13 Ghosts is a 1960 supernatural horror film directed by William Castle, known for its gimmicky "Illusion-O" ghost viewer and its story of a family inheriting a haunted house filled with twelve malevolent spirits.
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C.
Grim Grinning Ghosts
"Grim Grinning Ghosts" is the iconic, playful theme song of Disney's Haunted Mansion attraction, known for its spooky yet humorous tone and memorable chorus.
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D.
The Monster Squad
The Monster Squad is a 1987 cult classic horror-comedy film about a group of kids who band together to stop iconic Universal-style monsters from taking over their town.
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E.
Gremlins
Gremlins is a 1984 horror-comedy film about mischievous creatures wreaking havoc in a small town, blending dark humor with creature-feature thrills and becoming a cult classic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (80)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
band
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pop punk band ⓘ |
| activeEndTime | 2007 ⓘ |
| activeStartTime | late 1980s ⓘ |
| cityOfOrigin | Sacramento, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
horror punk
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pop punk ⓘ punk rock ⓘ |
| hasIndependentLabelRelease |
Green Door Records
NERFINISHED
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Lookout! Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Springman Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Stardumb Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Amy
NERFINISHED
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Andy NERFINISHED ⓘ Andy Ernst NERFINISHED ⓘ Bobby NERFINISHED ⓘ Bobby Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Boffo Laffs NERFINISHED ⓘ Brett NERFINISHED ⓘ Brett Bivens NERFINISHED ⓘ Brian NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Imlay NERFINISHED ⓘ Dan NERFINISHED ⓘ Dan Abbott NERFINISHED ⓘ Dave NERFINISHED ⓘ Dave A. Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ Dave Leonard NERFINISHED ⓘ E-Man NERFINISHED ⓘ E-Man Valdez NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Bianchi NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason White NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Rydell NERFINISHED ⓘ John NERFINISHED ⓘ John Denery NERFINISHED ⓘ John Philip Sosa NERFINISHED ⓘ John Varn NERFINISHED ⓘ Kepi Ghoulie NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Stockton NERFINISHED ⓘ Lance NERFINISHED ⓘ Lance Hahn NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Thiemann NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikey NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikey Lippman NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitch NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitch Gonzales NERFINISHED ⓘ Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ Scampi NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotty NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotty Erdos NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Amaral NERFINISHED ⓘ Wendy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
The Misfits
NERFINISHED
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The Ramones NERFINISHED ⓘ cartoons ⓘ |
| lyricsTheme |
classic horror films
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monsters ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
cartoonish style
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catchy melodies ⓘ energetic live performances ⓘ horror-themed lyrics ⓘ |
| notableEvent | band announced breakup in 2007 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Appetite for Adrenochrome
NERFINISHED
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Born in the Basement NERFINISHED ⓘ Freaks on Parade NERFINISHED ⓘ Fun in the Dark NERFINISHED ⓘ Monster Club NERFINISHED ⓘ Travels with My Amp NERFINISHED ⓘ World Contact Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Groovie Ghoulies Description of subject: The Groovie Ghoulies were a Sacramento-based pop-punk band known for their horror-themed lyrics, catchy melodies, and energetic, cartoonish style.
Referenced by (1)
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