The Model
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"The Model" is a song by the American noise rock band Big Black, featured on their 1987 album *Songs About Fucking* and known as a harsh, abrasive cover of Kraftwerk's original track.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Model canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4161253 — 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 Model Context triple: [Songs About Fucking, hasTrack, The Model]
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A.
The Models
The Models is a large post-Impressionist painting by Georges Seurat that depicts three nude female figures in a studio, showcasing his pointillist technique and exploration of modern life.
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B.
Modell
Modell is the surname of Art Modell, the influential former owner of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens.
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C.
MVC
MVC refers to the Missouri Valley Conference, one of the oldest NCAA Division I athletic conferences in the United States.
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D.
Model-View-Controller
Model-View-Controller (MVC) is a software architectural pattern that separates an application into three interconnected components—model, view, and controller—to improve modularity, testability, and maintainability.
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E.
Model Driven Architecture
Model Driven Architecture is a software design approach defined by the Object Management Group that focuses on creating platform-independent models which can be systematically transformed into platform-specific implementations.
- 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 Model Target entity description: "The Model" is a song by the American noise rock band Big Black, featured on their 1987 album *Songs About Fucking* and known as a harsh, abrasive cover of Kraftwerk's original track.
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A.
The Models
The Models is a large post-Impressionist painting by Georges Seurat that depicts three nude female figures in a studio, showcasing his pointillist technique and exploration of modern life.
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B.
Modell
Modell is the surname of Art Modell, the influential former owner of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens.
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C.
MVC
MVC refers to the Missouri Valley Conference, one of the oldest NCAA Division I athletic conferences in the United States.
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D.
Model-View-Controller
Model-View-Controller (MVC) is a software architectural pattern that separates an application into three interconnected components—model, view, and controller—to improve modularity, testability, and maintainability.
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E.
Model Driven Architecture
Model Driven Architecture is a software design approach defined by the Object Management Group that focuses on creating platform-independent models which can be systematically transformed into platform-specific implementations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Songs About Fucking ⓘ |
| artist | Big Black ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Model (original lyrics and composition by Kraftwerk) ⓘ |
| composerOfOriginal | Kraftwerk ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
noise rock
ⓘ
post-hardcore ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drum machine ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
abrasive vocal delivery
ⓘ
aggressive guitar distortion ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Big Black
ⓘ
surface form:
Big Black discography
|
| isCoverOf |
Kraftwerk
ⓘ
surface form:
The Model (Kraftwerk song)
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| knownFor |
harsh abrasive sound
ⓘ
reinterpretation of Kraftwerk electronic classic ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| originalArtist | Kraftwerk ⓘ |
| partOf | Songs About Fucking ⓘ |
| performer | Big Black ⓘ |
| performerMember |
Dave Riley
ⓘ
Santiago Durango ⓘ Steve Albini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Steve Albini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Touch and Go Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| title | The Model self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| trackNumberInAlbum | varies by edition ⓘ |
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: The Model Description of subject: "The Model" is a song by the American noise rock band Big Black, featured on their 1987 album *Songs About Fucking* and known as a harsh, abrasive cover of Kraftwerk's original track.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Model (Big Black song)