Soul Asylum
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Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band best known for their 1992 hit single "Runaway Train."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Soul Asylum canonical | 6 |
| Soul Asylum – Grave Dancers Union | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5970788 — 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: Soul Asylum Context triple: [Ed Stasium, associatedAct, Soul Asylum]
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A.
Collective Soul
Collective Soul is an American rock band, best known for their 1990s hits like "Shine" and "The World I Know," that blends post-grunge and alternative rock styles.
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B.
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the early 1980s, known for their unconventional song structures and the songwriting of Kristin Hersh.
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C.
Blind Melon
Blind Melon is an American alternative rock band best known for their early 1990s hit "No Rain" and their distinctive blend of psychedelic and folk-influenced rock.
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D.
P.O.D.
P.O.D. is an American Christian nu metal band from San Diego known for blending hard rock, rap, and reggae influences in hits like "Alive" and "Youth of the Nation."
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E.
Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees were an American rock band from Washington state, often associated with the grunge movement and known for their psychedelic-influenced alternative rock sound.
- 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: Soul Asylum Target entity description: Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band best known for their 1992 hit single "Runaway Train."
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A.
Collective Soul
Collective Soul is an American rock band, best known for their 1990s hits like "Shine" and "The World I Know," that blends post-grunge and alternative rock styles.
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B.
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the early 1980s, known for their unconventional song structures and the songwriting of Kristin Hersh.
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C.
Blind Melon
Blind Melon is an American alternative rock band best known for their early 1990s hit "No Rain" and their distinctive blend of psychedelic and folk-influenced rock.
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D.
P.O.D.
P.O.D. is an American Christian nu metal band from San Diego known for blending hard rock, rap, and reggae influences in hits like "Alive" and "Youth of the Nation."
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E.
Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees were an American rock band from Washington state, often associated with the grunge movement and known for their psychedelic-influenced alternative rock sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (75)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | rock band ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1981 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Golden Smog
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jayhawks NERFINISHED ⓘ The Replacements NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Stinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Zuzu's Petals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best Rock Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | Runaway Train NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formedIn | 1981 ⓘ |
| formerName | Loud Fast Rules NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
college rock ⓘ grunge ⓘ hard rock ⓘ post-grunge ⓘ punk rock ⓘ |
| hasFormerMember |
Dan Murphy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grant Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Jake Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Joey Huffman NERFINISHED ⓘ Justin Sharbono NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Mueller NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat Morley NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterling Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Stinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Winston Roye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Dave Pirner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeremy Tappero NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Bland NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryan Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.soulasylum.com/ ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
And the Horse They Rode In On
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Candy from a Stranger NERFINISHED ⓘ Change of Fortune NERFINISHED ⓘ Delayed Reaction NERFINISHED ⓘ Grave Dancers Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Hang Time NERFINISHED ⓘ Hurry Up and Wait NERFINISHED ⓘ Let Your Dim Light Shine NERFINISHED ⓘ Made to Be Broken NERFINISHED ⓘ Say What You Will, Clarence... Karl Sold the Truck NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silver Lining NERFINISHED ⓘ While You Were Out NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSingle |
Black Gold
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cartoon ⓘ Closer to the Stars NERFINISHED ⓘ Just Like Anyone NERFINISHED ⓘ Misery NERFINISHED ⓘ Runaway Train NERFINISHED ⓘ Somebody to Shove NERFINISHED ⓘ Without a Trace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableVideo | Runaway Train music video ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Black Gold
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grave Dancers Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Let Your Dim Light Shine NERFINISHED ⓘ Misery NERFINISHED ⓘ Runaway Train NERFINISHED ⓘ Somebody to Shove NERFINISHED ⓘ Without a Trace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| origin | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
A&M Records
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Blue Élan Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Cartel Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Columbia Records ⓘ Entertainment One Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Legacy Recordings NERFINISHED ⓘ Rykodisc NERFINISHED ⓘ Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ
surface form:
Sony Music
Twin/Tone Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic | missing children awareness through Runaway Train video ⓘ |
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: Soul Asylum Description of subject: Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band best known for their 1992 hit single "Runaway Train."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Soul Asylum – Grave Dancers Union