FM (No Static at All)
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"FM (No Static at All)" is a smooth, jazz-inflected rock song by Steely Dan, best known as the theme for the 1978 film "FM" and for showcasing the band's polished production and sophisticated musicianship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FM (No Static at All) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5530338 — 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: FM (No Static at All) Context triple: [Steely Dan, notableSong, FM (No Static at All)]
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A.
NFM
NFM is a large American home furnishings retailer best known for its massive Nebraska Furniture Mart stores offering furniture, appliances, electronics, and home décor.
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B.
Sleep Through the Static
Sleep Through the Static is a mellow, acoustic-driven studio album by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson that blends laid-back surf rock with introspective, environmentally conscious themes.
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C.
FM
FM is the official abbreviation for the Swedish Armed Forces, the unified military organization responsible for Sweden’s national defense.
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D.
FMOS
FMOS is a near-infrared multi-object spectrograph used on the Subaru Telescope to observe spectra of many astronomical targets simultaneously.
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E.
.fm
.fm is the country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Federated States of Micronesia, widely used both for local sites and by audio and radio-related services due to the "FM" association.
- 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: FM (No Static at All) Target entity description: "FM (No Static at All)" is a smooth, jazz-inflected rock song by Steely Dan, best known as the theme for the 1978 film "FM" and for showcasing the band's polished production and sophisticated musicianship.
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A.
NFM
NFM is a large American home furnishings retailer best known for its massive Nebraska Furniture Mart stores offering furniture, appliances, electronics, and home décor.
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B.
Sleep Through the Static
Sleep Through the Static is a mellow, acoustic-driven studio album by singer-songwriter Jack Johnson that blends laid-back surf rock with introspective, environmentally conscious themes.
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C.
FM
FM is the official abbreviation for the Swedish Armed Forces, the unified military organization responsible for Sweden’s national defense.
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D.
FMOS
FMOS is a near-infrared multi-object spectrograph used on the Subaru Telescope to observe spectra of many astronomical targets simultaneously.
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E.
.fm
.fm is the country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Federated States of Micronesia, widely used both for local sites and by audio and radio-related services due to the "FM" association.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Steely Dan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Donald Fagen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walter Becker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Steely Dan discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | culture of FM radio in the 1970s ⓘ |
| composer |
Donald Fagen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walter Becker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ electric piano ⓘ saxophone ⓘ |
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ smooth rock ⓘ soft rock ⓘ |
| hasBside | FM (Reprise) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChorusLine | "FM, no static at all" ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyleCharacteristic |
complex chord changes
ⓘ
high-fidelity studio production ⓘ jazz-influenced harmonies ⓘ smooth, laid-back groove ⓘ |
| includedIn | Steely Dan compilation albums ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:52 ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Donald Fagen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walter Becker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
jazz-inflected rock style
ⓘ
polished production ⓘ sophisticated musicianship ⓘ |
| partOfSoundtrack | FM: The Original Movie Soundtrack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Steely Dan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Gary Katz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1978-04-12 ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1977 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | MCA Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| themeSongOf | FM (1978 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMedium | FM radio as lyrical theme ⓘ |
| vocalType | lead vocals by Donald Fagen ⓘ |
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: FM (No Static at All) Description of subject: "FM (No Static at All)" is a smooth, jazz-inflected rock song by Steely Dan, best known as the theme for the 1978 film "FM" and for showcasing the band's polished production and sophisticated musicianship.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.