Violator
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Violator is Depeche Mode’s critically acclaimed 1990 synth-pop album that features some of their most iconic songs, including “Personal Jesus” and “Enjoy the Silence.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Violator canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13524590 — 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: Violator Context triple: [Depeche Mode, notableWork, Violator]
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A.
Violator: The Album
Violator: The Album is a hip hop compilation showcasing various prominent rap artists associated with the Violator management and record label.
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B.
Powerslave
Powerslave is a 1984 heavy metal album by Iron Maiden, renowned for its ancient Egyptian-themed artwork and classic tracks like "Aces High" and "2 Minutes to Midnight."
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C.
Heaven & Hell
"Heaven & Hell" is a reflective, soulful hip-hop track by Raekwon featuring Ghostface Killah that contrasts street struggles with spiritual aspirations.
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D.
Heaven & Hell
Heaven & Hell was a heavy metal band formed by former and then-current members of Black Sabbath’s Dio-era lineup, known for performing and recording material from that period under a distinct name.
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E.
The Number of the Beast
The Number of the Beast is a landmark 1982 heavy metal album by Iron Maiden, renowned for its powerful vocals, twin-guitar harmonies, and controversial, apocalyptic themes.
- 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: Violator Target entity description: Violator is Depeche Mode’s critically acclaimed 1990 synth-pop album that features some of their most iconic songs, including “Personal Jesus” and “Enjoy the Silence.”
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A.
Violator: The Album
Violator: The Album is a hip hop compilation showcasing various prominent rap artists associated with the Violator management and record label.
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B.
Powerslave
Powerslave is a 1984 heavy metal album by Iron Maiden, renowned for its ancient Egyptian-themed artwork and classic tracks like "Aces High" and "2 Minutes to Midnight."
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C.
Heaven & Hell
"Heaven & Hell" is a reflective, soulful hip-hop track by Raekwon featuring Ghostface Killah that contrasts street struggles with spiritual aspirations.
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D.
Heaven & Hell
Heaven & Hell was a heavy metal band formed by former and then-current members of Black Sabbath’s Dio-era lineup, known for performing and recording material from that period under a distinct name.
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E.
The Number of the Beast
The Number of the Beast is a landmark 1982 heavy metal album by Iron Maiden, renowned for its powerful vocals, twin-guitar harmonies, and controversial, apocalyptic themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Depeche Mode album
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studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Depeche Mode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
top 10 on UK Albums Chart
ⓘ
top 10 on US Billboard 200 ⓘ |
| containsHitSingle |
Enjoy the Silence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Personal Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ Policy of Truth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| followedBy | Songs of Faith and Devotion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
electronic music ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtDesigner | Anton Corbijn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Blue Dress
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clean NERFINISHED ⓘ Enjoy the Silence NERFINISHED ⓘ Halo NERFINISHED ⓘ Interlude #2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Personal Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ Policy of Truth NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweetest Perfection NERFINISHED ⓘ Waiting for the Night NERFINISHED ⓘ World in My Eyes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influentialIn | development of 1990s electronic pop ⓘ |
| labelImprint | Mute Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 48:02 ⓘ |
| mainSongwriter | Martin Gore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | audio recording ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Depeche Mode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Depeche Mode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Music for the Masses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Daniel Miller
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Depeche Mode NERFINISHED ⓘ Flood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1989 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Mute Records
NERFINISHED
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Sire Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1990-03-19 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseFormat |
cassette
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compact disc ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| significantIn | Depeche Mode discography ⓘ |
| vocalist | Dave Gahan 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: Violator Description of subject: Violator is Depeche Mode’s critically acclaimed 1990 synth-pop album that features some of their most iconic songs, including “Personal Jesus” and “Enjoy the Silence.”
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.