Transmission
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"Transmission" is an influential post-punk song by English band Joy Division, renowned for its driving bassline, stark atmosphere, and iconic refrain "Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Transmission canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6650335 — 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: Transmission Context triple: [Joy Division, notableWork, Transmission]
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A.
Transition
Transition is a music album by the band The First Edition, known for blending rock and country influences during their late-1960s/early-1970s output.
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B.
Move
"Move" is an energetic R&B/soul song from the 2006 "Dreamgirls" film soundtrack that showcases the assertive transformation and empowerment of the Dreamettes.
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C.
Move
"Move" is a jazz fusion album by Japanese pianist and composer Hiromi Uehara, showcasing her virtuosic playing and energetic, genre-blending compositions.
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D.
Transform
Transform is a TensorFlow Extended (TFX) component used for scalable data preprocessing and feature engineering in machine learning pipelines.
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E.
Mind Transfer
"Mind Transfer" is a science fiction novel by Janet Asimov that explores the ethical and psychological implications of transferring human consciousness into artificial bodies.
- 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: Transmission Target entity description: "Transmission" is an influential post-punk song by English band Joy Division, renowned for its driving bassline, stark atmosphere, and iconic refrain "Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio."
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A.
Transition
Transition is a music album by the band The First Edition, known for blending rock and country influences during their late-1960s/early-1970s output.
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B.
Move
"Move" is a jazz fusion album by Japanese pianist and composer Hiromi Uehara, showcasing her virtuosic playing and energetic, genre-blending compositions.
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C.
Move
"Move" is an energetic R&B/soul song from the 2006 "Dreamgirls" film soundtrack that showcases the assertive transformation and empowerment of the Dreamettes.
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D.
Transform
Transform is a TensorFlow Extended (TFX) component used for scalable data preprocessing and feature engineering in machine learning pipelines.
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E.
Mind Transfer
"Mind Transfer" is a science fiction novel by Janet Asimov that explores the ethical and psychological implications of transferring human consciousness into artificial bodies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| artist | Joy Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithLabelScene | Factory Records roster ⓘ |
| associatedWithScene | Manchester post-punk scene ⓘ |
| bassist | Peter Hook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | Novelty ⓘ |
| chronologyInJoyDivisionSingles | early Joy Division single ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| drummer | Stephen Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstTelevisionPerformance | BBC2 show "Something Else" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | post-punk ⓘ |
| guitarist | Bernard Sumner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus |
cult classic
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post-punk standard ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
dark atmosphere
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driving rhythm ⓘ minimalist guitar ⓘ prominent bassline ⓘ |
| hasPart |
driving bassline
ⓘ
refrain "Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio" ⓘ stark atmosphere ⓘ |
| includedIn | various Joy Division compilation albums ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
alternative rock
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gothic rock ⓘ indie rock ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
Joy Division signature song
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influential post-punk song ⓘ |
| keyCharacteristic | repetitive rhythmic drive ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| livePerformanceHighlight | Ian Curtis’s intense dancing ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme | communication and isolation ⓘ |
| notableLyric | Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio ⓘ |
| originalReleaseFormat |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| performer | Joy Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Martin Hannett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Joy Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedInStudio | Strawberry Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingLocation | Stockport, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Factory Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| tempo | fast ⓘ |
| vocalist | Ian Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Bernard Sumner
NERFINISHED
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Ian Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Hook NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Morris 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: Transmission Description of subject: "Transmission" is an influential post-punk song by English band Joy Division, renowned for its driving bassline, stark atmosphere, and iconic refrain "Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.