Bad
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"Bad" is a hit pop song by Michael Jackson, released in 1987 as the title track of his acclaimed album.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bad canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9231780 — 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: Bad Context triple: [Despicable Me 3 soundtrack, includesTrack, Bad]
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A.
Bad
"Bad" is a U2 song, originally released on their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire, known for its emotive live performances and themes of addiction and redemption.
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B.
Bad
Bad is a German designation granted to spa towns that meet specific health, climate, and therapeutic standards.
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C.
Bad (album)
Bad is Michael Jackson’s 1987 studio album that continued his pop dominance with a harder-edged sound and multiple chart-topping singles.
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D.
Bad Is Bad
"Bad Is Bad" is a rock song by Huey Lewis and the News, featured on their hit 1983 album "Sports."
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E.
Bad Influence
Bad Influence is a 1990 psychological thriller film about a timid yuppie whose life spirals out of control after he befriends a mysterious and dangerous stranger.
- 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: Bad Target entity description: "Bad" is a hit pop song by Michael Jackson, released in 1987 as the title track of his acclaimed album.
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A.
Bad
"Bad" is a U2 song, originally released on their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire, known for its emotive live performances and themes of addiction and redemption.
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B.
Bad
Bad is a German designation granted to spa towns that meet specific health, climate, and therapeutic standards.
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C.
Bad (album)
Bad is Michael Jackson’s 1987 studio album that continued his pop dominance with a harder-edged sound and multiple chart-topping singles.
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D.
Bad Is Bad
"Bad Is Bad" is a rock song by Huey Lewis and the News, featured on their hit 1983 album "Sports."
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E.
Bad Influence
Bad Influence is a 1990 psychological thriller film about a timid yuppie whose life spirals out of control after he befriends a mysterious and dangerous stranger.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Bad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 3 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSDanceClubSongs | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSHotR&BHipHopSongs | 1 ⓘ |
| composer | Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coProducer | Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followedBySingle | The Way You Make Me Feel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ CD single ⓘ cassette single ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
funk ⓘ pop ⓘ |
| hasBside |
I Can't Help It
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leave Me Alone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCertification | Gold (RIAA) for digital single ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Bad (music video) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRemix |
Bad (Dance Extended Mix)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bad (Remix by Afrojack) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| labelCatalog | Epic 34-07442 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:07 ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Martin Scorsese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoPremiereYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| notableLivePerformance | Bad World Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Bad (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBySingle | I Just Can't Stop Loving You NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Quincy Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedAt | Westlake Recording Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1986–1987 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
CBS Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Epic Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1987-09-07 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| theme |
street credibility
ⓘ
toughness image ⓘ |
| titleTrackOf | Bad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalist | Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Bad Description of subject: "Bad" is a hit pop song by Michael Jackson, released in 1987 as the title track of his acclaimed album.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dangerous