Maxwell's Silver Hammer
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"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is a quirky, music-hall-style song by the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and noted for its darkly comic lyrics about a serial killer.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" | 1 |
| Maxwell's Silver Hammer canonical | 1 |
| The Beatles song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4791166 — 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: Maxwell's Silver Hammer Context triple: [Abbey Road, hasPart, Maxwell's Silver Hammer]
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A.
Penny Lane
"Penny Lane" is a 1967 Beatles song, written primarily by Paul McCartney, that nostalgically depicts everyday life in a Liverpool suburb through vivid, character-filled lyrics and a distinctive baroque-pop arrangement.
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B.
Taxman
"Taxman" is a song originally written by George Harrison for The Beatles, known for its sharp critique of high taxation and government fiscal policy.
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C.
Paperback Writer
"Paperback Writer" is a 1966 rock single by the Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney, known for its innovative vocal harmonies and guitar sound.
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D.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is a psychedelic rock song by the Beatles, renowned for its surreal, dreamlike imagery and prominent place on their 1967 album.
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E.
The Fool on the Hill
"The Fool on the Hill" is a contemplative Beatles song written primarily by Paul McCartney, known for its gentle melody and lyrics about a misunderstood outsider.
- 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: Maxwell's Silver Hammer Target entity description: "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is a quirky, music-hall-style song by the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and noted for its darkly comic lyrics about a serial killer.
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A.
Penny Lane
"Penny Lane" is a 1967 Beatles song, written primarily by Paul McCartney, that nostalgically depicts everyday life in a Liverpool suburb through vivid, character-filled lyrics and a distinctive baroque-pop arrangement.
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B.
Taxman
"Taxman" is a song originally written by George Harrison for The Beatles, known for its sharp critique of high taxation and government fiscal policy.
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C.
Paperback Writer
"Paperback Writer" is a 1966 rock single by the Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney, known for its innovative vocal harmonies and guitar sound.
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D.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is a psychedelic rock song by the Beatles, renowned for its surreal, dreamlike imagery and prominent place on their 1967 album.
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E.
The Fool on the Hill
"The Fool on the Hill" is a contemplative Beatles song written primarily by Paul McCartney, known for its gentle melody and lyrics about a misunderstood outsider.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Abbey Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | The Beatles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| backingVocals |
George Harrison
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Lennon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creditedWriter | Lennon–McCartney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Maxwell Edison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
music hall
ⓘ
novelty song ⓘ pop rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
Moog synthesizer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
anvil ⓘ bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ piano ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| hasMeter | simple quadruple meter ⓘ |
| hasQuality | darkly comic lyrics ⓘ |
| hasReputation | controversial among Beatles members ⓘ |
| hasStyle | music-hall-style ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
black comedy
ⓘ
murder ⓘ serial killer ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Maxwell Edison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Beatles' 1969 recordings ⓘ |
| isPartOf | The Beatles catalogue ⓘ |
| label | Apple Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person storytelling ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extensive studio overdubs
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juxtaposition of cheerful melody and violent lyrics ⓘ |
| partOf | Abbey Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
George Harrison
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Lennon NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul McCartney ⓘ Ringo Starr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | George Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | The Beatles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | The Beatles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| vocalType | lead vocals by Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| workType | studio recording ⓘ |
| writer | Paul McCartney 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: Maxwell's Silver Hammer Description of subject: "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is a quirky, music-hall-style song by the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and noted for its darkly comic lyrics about a serial killer.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
this entity surface form:
The Beatles song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"