Minor Threat
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Minor Threat was a highly influential early 1980s Washington, D.C. hardcore punk band known for its fast, aggressive sound and for popularizing the straight edge movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Minor Threat canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6400579 — 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: Minor Threat Context triple: [Renegades, originalArtistOfCoveredSong, Minor Threat]
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A.
Minor
Minor is a given name that can be used as a first name, often seen in historical and genealogical records.
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B.
Slight Side
Slight Side is a subsidiary summit of Scafell in England’s Lake District, known for its rugged crags and panoramic views over Eskdale.
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Low Mass
Low Mass is a simpler, typically quieter form of the traditional Latin Tridentine Mass celebrated by a priest with minimal ceremonial and usually without music.
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D.
Meek
Meek is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as acting, music, and politics.
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E.
Min
Min is a common given name of Chinese origin used for both males and females.
- 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: Minor Threat Target entity description: Minor Threat was a highly influential early 1980s Washington, D.C. hardcore punk band known for its fast, aggressive sound and for popularizing the straight edge movement.
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A.
Minor
Minor is a given name that can be used as a first name, often seen in historical and genealogical records.
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B.
Slight Side
Slight Side is a subsidiary summit of Scafell in England’s Lake District, known for its rugged crags and panoramic views over Eskdale.
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C.
Low Mass
Low Mass is a simpler, typically quieter form of the traditional Latin Tridentine Mass celebrated by a priest with minimal ceremonial and usually without music.
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D.
Meek
Meek is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as acting, music, and politics.
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E.
Min
Min is a common given name of Chinese origin used for both males and females.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American punk band
ⓘ
hardcore punk band ⓘ |
| activeEndYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| activeStartYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Dag Nasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Embrace NERFINISHED ⓘ Fugazi NERFINISHED ⓘ Teen Idles NERFINISHED ⓘ The Meatmen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy |
Ian MacKaye
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeff Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
hardcore punk
ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ |
| influenced |
American hardcore punk
ⓘ
straight edge hardcore bands ⓘ youth crew movement ⓘ |
| influencedMovement | straight edge subculture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fast, aggressive sound
ⓘ
popularizing the straight edge concept in punk ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
DIY ethics
ⓘ
anti-drug ⓘ personal integrity ⓘ sobriety ⓘ |
| member |
Brian Baker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ian MacKaye NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyle Preslar NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Hansgen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | straight edge ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Filler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
In My Eyes NERFINISHED ⓘ Minor Threat NERFINISHED ⓘ Out of Step (With the World) NERFINISHED ⓘ Straight Edge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
In My Eyes (EP)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minor Threat (EP) NERFINISHED ⓘ Minor Threat (compilation album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Out of Step (EP) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Dischord Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleOfMember |
Brian Baker – bass guitar
ⓘ
Ian MacKaye – vocals ⓘ Jeff Nelson – drums ⓘ Lyle Preslar – guitar NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Hansgen – bass guitar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scene | Washington, D.C. hardcore scene ⓘ |
| status | disbanded ⓘ |
| yearFounded | 1980 ⓘ |
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: Minor Threat Description of subject: Minor Threat was a highly influential early 1980s Washington, D.C. hardcore punk band known for its fast, aggressive sound and for popularizing the straight edge movement.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.