Space Oddity
E434398
"Space Oddity" is a landmark 1969 song by David Bowie that tells the story of fictional astronaut Major Tom and helped launch Bowie to international fame.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Space Oddity canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4363175 — 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: Space Oddity Context triple: [David Bowie, notableWork, Space Oddity]
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A.
Spaceman
"Spaceman" is a synth-driven alternative rock song by The Killers, known for its cosmic themes and energetic, anthemic sound.
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B.
The Heart of Gold
The Heart of Gold is the revolutionary starship in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," powered by the experimental Infinite Improbability Drive.
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C.
Radio Daze
Radio Daze is a track from The Roots’ critically acclaimed hip-hop album "How I Got Over," known for its reflective lyrics and soulful, jazz-influenced production.
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D.
Starman
Starman is a temporary invincibility-granting item in the Super Mario series that lets Mario defeat enemies by touching them.
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E.
Tumbling Dice
"Tumbling Dice" is a 1972 rock song by The Rolling Stones, known for its laid-back groove, gospel-tinged backing vocals, and prominent place on their acclaimed album Exile on Main St.
- 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: Space Oddity Target entity description: "Space Oddity" is a landmark 1969 song by David Bowie that tells the story of fictional astronaut Major Tom and helped launch Bowie to international fame.
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A.
Spaceman
"Spaceman" is a synth-driven alternative rock song by The Killers, known for its cosmic themes and energetic, anthemic sound.
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B.
The Heart of Gold
The Heart of Gold is the revolutionary starship in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," powered by the experimental Infinite Improbability Drive.
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C.
Radio Daze
Radio Daze is a track from The Roots’ critically acclaimed hip-hop album "How I Got Over," known for its reflective lyrics and soulful, jazz-influenced production.
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D.
Starman
Starman is a temporary invincibility-granting item in the Super Mario series that lets Mario defeat enemies by touching them.
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E.
Tumbling Dice
"Tumbling Dice" is a 1972 rock song by The Rolling Stones, known for its laid-back groove, gospel-tinged backing vocals, and prominent place on their acclaimed album Exile on Main St.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAlbum |
David Bowie (1969 album)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Space Oddity (US reissue title) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character | Major Tom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUK | 1 ⓘ |
| composer | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
landmark song of the space age
ⓘ
signature song of David Bowie ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
Mellotron
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
acoustic guitar ⓘ stylophone ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Major Tom series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstChartSuccessFor | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsNarrativeOf | space mission gone wrong ⓘ |
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
psychedelic folk
ⓘ
rock ⓘ space rock ⓘ |
| hasFollowUpWork |
Ashes to Ashes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hallo Spaceboy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Space Oddity (1969 promotional film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| helpedLaunchCareerOf | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedOnCompilation |
Best of Bowie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Changesonebowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Apollo 11 Moon mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label |
Mercury Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philips Records NERFINISHED ⓘ RCA Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 5:15 ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Major Tom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLine | Ground Control to Major Tom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalReleaseDate | 1969-07-11 ⓘ |
| performer | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Gus Dudgeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | fictional astronaut Major Tom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempo | slow to mid-tempo ⓘ |
| theme |
existentialism
ⓘ
isolation ⓘ space travel ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | lead vocal by David Bowie ⓘ |
| writer | David Bowie 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: Space Oddity Description of subject: "Space Oddity" is a landmark 1969 song by David Bowie that tells the story of fictional astronaut Major Tom and helped launch Bowie to international fame.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.