Fear of the Dark
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"Fear of the Dark" is a 1992 heavy metal song and album by Iron Maiden, renowned for its atmospheric live performances and status as a fan favorite in the band's catalog.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fear of the Dark canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5875631 — 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: Fear of the Dark Context triple: [Iron Maiden, notableWork, Fear of the Dark]
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A.
The Fear
"The Fear" is a pop song by English singer-songwriter Lily Allen that critiques consumerism and celebrity culture with satirical lyrics over a catchy, upbeat production.
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B.
The Fear
"The Fear" is a poem by Robert Frost that explores themes of anxiety, suspicion, and psychological tension in a rural New England setting.
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C.
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a 2010 supernatural horror film, co-written and produced by Guillermo del Toro, about a young girl who discovers malevolent creatures living in the basement of an old mansion.
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D.
Nightmare
Nightmare is a powerful, recurring villain in the Kirby video game series, typically portrayed as a dark, dream-manipulating entity that threatens Dream Land.
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E.
Nightmare
Nightmare is a powerful Marvel Comics supervillain and ruler of the Dream Dimension who frequently battles Doctor Strange by invading and manipulating the dreams of mortals.
- 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: Fear of the Dark Target entity description: "Fear of the Dark" is a 1992 heavy metal song and album by Iron Maiden, renowned for its atmospheric live performances and status as a fan favorite in the band's catalog.
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A.
The Fear
"The Fear" is a pop song by English singer-songwriter Lily Allen that critiques consumerism and celebrity culture with satirical lyrics over a catchy, upbeat production.
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B.
The Fear
"The Fear" is a poem by Robert Frost that explores themes of anxiety, suspicion, and psychological tension in a rural New England setting.
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C.
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a 2010 supernatural horror film, co-written and produced by Guillermo del Toro, about a young girl who discovers malevolent creatures living in the basement of an old mansion.
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D.
Nightmare
Nightmare is a powerful, recurring villain in the Kirby video game series, typically portrayed as a dark, dream-manipulating entity that threatens Dream Land.
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E.
Nightmare
Nightmare is a powerful Marvel Comics supervillain and ruler of the Dream Dimension who frequently battles Doctor Strange by invading and manipulating the dreams of mortals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
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single ⓘ song ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| albumOfSong | Fear of the Dark (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Iron Maiden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bassist | Steve Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| drummer | Nicko McBrain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
heavy metal
ⓘ
traditional heavy metal ⓘ |
| guitarist |
Dave Murray
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Janick Gers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiveAudienceParticipation | crowd sing-along sections ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersionOn |
A Real Dead One
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A Real Live One NERFINISHED ⓘ Death on the Road NERFINISHED ⓘ En Vivo! NERFINISHED ⓘ Flight 666 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rock in Rio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicStyleElement |
dynamic tempo changes
ⓘ
sing-along chorus ⓘ |
| includedInTourSetlist |
Brave New World Tour
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dance of Death World Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ Fear of the Dark Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ Legacy of the Beast World Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ Maiden England World Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ Real Live Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ Somewhere Back in Time World Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ The Book of Souls World Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ The Final Frontier World Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFanFavorite | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalist | Bruce Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | 7:18 ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
fear
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isolation ⓘ paranoia ⓘ |
| notableFor | atmospheric live performances ⓘ |
| partOf | Iron Maiden discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Iron Maiden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Martin Birch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1991 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
EMI
ⓘ
Epic Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1992-05-11 ⓘ |
| titleTrackOf | Fear of the Dark (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackNumber | 12 ⓘ |
| writer | Steve Harris 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: Fear of the Dark Description of subject: "Fear of the Dark" is a 1992 heavy metal song and album by Iron Maiden, renowned for its atmospheric live performances and status as a fan favorite in the band's catalog.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.