The Fixer
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"The Fixer" is a 2009 rock song by Pearl Jam, known as the energetic lead single from their album *Backspacer*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Fixer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6229969 — 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: The Fixer Context triple: [Backspacer, hasTrack, The Fixer]
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A.
The Pawnbroker
The Pawnbroker is a 1964 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, renowned for Rod Steiger’s powerful portrayal of a Holocaust survivor running a Harlem pawnshop.
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B.
The Salesman
The Salesman is an acclaimed 2016 Iranian drama film directed by Asghar Farhadi that explores moral conflict and social tensions in contemporary Tehran.
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C.
Manhattan Transfer
Manhattan Transfer is a modernist novel by John Dos Passos that portrays the fragmented, fast-paced life of early 20th-century New York City through a collage-like narrative style.
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D.
The Human Stain
The Human Stain is a 2000 novel by Philip Roth that explores identity, race, and scandal in late-20th-century America through the downfall of a classics professor with a hidden past.
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E.
The House on 92nd Street
The House on 92nd Street is a 1945 American film noir spy thriller noted for its semi-documentary style and use of FBI cooperation and real locations.
- 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: The Fixer Target entity description: "The Fixer" is a 2009 rock song by Pearl Jam, known as the energetic lead single from their album *Backspacer*.
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A.
The Pawnbroker
The Pawnbroker is a 1964 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, renowned for Rod Steiger’s powerful portrayal of a Holocaust survivor running a Harlem pawnshop.
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B.
The Salesman
The Salesman is an acclaimed 2016 Iranian drama film directed by Asghar Farhadi that explores moral conflict and social tensions in contemporary Tehran.
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C.
Manhattan Transfer
Manhattan Transfer is a modernist novel by John Dos Passos that portrays the fragmented, fast-paced life of early 20th-century New York City through a collage-like narrative style.
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D.
The Human Stain
The Human Stain is a 2000 novel by Philip Roth that explores identity, race, and scandal in late-20th-century America through the downfall of a classics professor with a hidden past.
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E.
The House on 92nd Street
The House on 92nd Street is a 1945 American film noir spy thriller noted for its semi-documentary style and use of FBI cooperation and real locations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Backspacer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Pearl Jam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Pearl Jam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadianRock | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSAlternativeSongs | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSRockSongs | 3 ⓘ |
| composer |
Eddie Vedder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeff Ament NERFINISHED ⓘ Matt Cameron NERFINISHED ⓘ Stone Gossard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| followedBySingle | Got Some NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
7-inch vinyl
ⓘ
CD single ⓘ digital download ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasTempo | upbeat ⓘ |
| isEnergeticLeadSingleFrom | Backspacer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadSingleFrom | Backspacer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | 2:57 ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
optimism
ⓘ
personal resilience ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Cameron Crowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Grammy Award for Best Rock Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Pearl Jam discography ⓘ |
| performer | Pearl Jam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInAlbum | 2 ⓘ |
| precededBySingle | Love, Reign O'er Me NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Brendan O'Brien ⓘ |
| publisher | Universal Music Publishing Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedForAlbum | Backspacer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Monkeywrench Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Universal Music Group ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2009-07-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| writer |
Eddie Vedder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeff Ament NERFINISHED ⓘ Matt Cameron NERFINISHED ⓘ Stone Gossard 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: The Fixer Description of subject: "The Fixer" is a 2009 rock song by Pearl Jam, known as the energetic lead single from their album *Backspacer*.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.