Little Dark Age
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Little Dark Age is a synth-pop song by the American band MGMT, known for its dark, retro-inspired sound and widespread popularity, especially in internet culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Little Dark Age canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5676326 — 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: Little Dark Age Context triple: [MGMT, notableWork, Little Dark Age]
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A.
In the Dark
"In the Dark" is a 1987 studio album by the Grateful Dead that became their biggest commercial success, featuring the hit single "Touch of Grey."
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B.
Out of the Dark
Out of the Dark is a collection of essays by Helen Keller in which she reflects on socialism, social justice, and her political beliefs.
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C.
The Ages
"The Ages" is a reflective poem by William Cullen Bryant that meditates on the progression of human history and the moral development of civilization.
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D.
War in the Dark
War in the Dark is a supernatural espionage novel by Nick Setchfield that blends Cold War spy thriller elements with occult horror.
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E.
The Luminous Darkness
The Luminous Darkness is a theological and social reflection by Howard Thurman that explores race, spirituality, and the quest for reconciliation in a segregated America.
- 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: Little Dark Age Target entity description: Little Dark Age is a synth-pop song by the American band MGMT, known for its dark, retro-inspired sound and widespread popularity, especially in internet culture.
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A.
In the Dark
"In the Dark" is a 1987 studio album by the Grateful Dead that became their biggest commercial success, featuring the hit single "Touch of Grey."
-
B.
Out of the Dark
Out of the Dark is a collection of essays by Helen Keller in which she reflects on socialism, social justice, and her political beliefs.
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C.
The Ages
"The Ages" is a reflective poem by William Cullen Bryant that meditates on the progression of human history and the moral development of civilization.
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D.
War in the Dark
War in the Dark is a supernatural espionage novel by Nick Setchfield that blends Cold War spy thriller elements with occult horror.
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E.
The Luminous Darkness
The Luminous Darkness is a theological and social reflection by Howard Thurman that explores race, spirituality, and the quest for reconciliation in a segregated America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | MGMT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToDiscographyOf | MGMT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicallyFollows | Alien Days NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicallyPrecedes | When You Die NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer |
Andrew VanWyngarden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ben Goldwasser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
darkwave
ⓘ
electropop ⓘ new wave ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtStyle | gothic ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| hasMusicalElement |
electronic beats
ⓘ
synthesizer-driven ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
dark
ⓘ
retro-inspired ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Yes ⓘ |
| hasNotableUsage |
fan edits
ⓘ
internet memes ⓘ social media videos ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
anxiety
ⓘ
introspection ⓘ paranoia ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn | MGMT live performances ⓘ |
| isPopularOn |
TikTok
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
YouTube NERFINISHED ⓘ internet culture ⓘ |
| isTitleTrackOf | Little Dark Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:59 ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Andrew VanWyngarden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ben Goldwasser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector |
David MacNutt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nathaniel Axel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Little Dark Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | MGMT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Dave Fridmann
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MGMT NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Wimberly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 2016–2017 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ
surface form:
Sony Music
|
| releaseDate | 2017-10-17 ⓘ |
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: Little Dark Age Description of subject: Little Dark Age is a synth-pop song by the American band MGMT, known for its dark, retro-inspired sound and widespread popularity, especially in internet culture.
Referenced by (4)
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