Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
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"Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" is a dramatic, narrative-driven rock ballad by Meat Loaf, known for its nostalgic themes and cinematic storytelling style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6976172 — 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: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are Context triple: [Meat Loaf, notableWork, Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are]
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A.
Augenspiegel
Augenspiegel is a 1511 humanist treatise by Johann Reuchlin defending Jewish writings and scholarship against calls for their destruction.
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B.
Rearviewmirror
"Rearviewmirror" is a compilation album by the American rock band Pearl Jam, collecting many of their most notable songs from the early to mid-1990s.
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C.
Looking Too Closely
"Looking Too Closely" is a moody, introspective indie-folk song by British singer-songwriter Fink, known for its sparse arrangement and emotionally charged lyrics about self-deception and denial.
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D.
Done with Mirrors
"Done with Mirrors" is a 1985 hard rock album by Aerosmith that marked the band's reunion with guitarist Joe Perry and a transitional period before their major late-1980s comeback.
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E.
Illusion of Safety
Illusion of Safety is an experimental music and sound art project known for its avant-garde noise compositions and collaborations with artists such as Jim O'Rourke.
- 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: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are Target entity description: "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" is a dramatic, narrative-driven rock ballad by Meat Loaf, known for its nostalgic themes and cinematic storytelling style.
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A.
Augenspiegel
Augenspiegel is a 1511 humanist treatise by Johann Reuchlin defending Jewish writings and scholarship against calls for their destruction.
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B.
Rearviewmirror
"Rearviewmirror" is a compilation album by the American rock band Pearl Jam, collecting many of their most notable songs from the early to mid-1990s.
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C.
Looking Too Closely
"Looking Too Closely" is a moody, introspective indie-folk song by British singer-songwriter Fink, known for its sparse arrangement and emotionally charged lyrics about self-deception and denial.
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D.
Done with Mirrors
"Done with Mirrors" is a 1985 hard rock album by Aerosmith that marked the band's reunion with guitarist Joe Perry and a transitional period before their major late-1980s comeback.
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E.
Illusion of Safety
Illusion of Safety is an experimental music and sound art project known for its avant-garde noise compositions and collaborations with artists such as Jim O'Rourke.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album | Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Meat Loaf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToArtistDiscographyPhase | Meat Loaf comeback era ⓘ |
| composer | Jim Steinman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| features |
dynamic tempo changes
ⓘ
extended song length ⓘ orchestral arrangements ⓘ spoken-style narrative passages ⓘ theatrical vocals ⓘ |
| genre |
hard rock
ⓘ
power ballad ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
cinematic rock
ⓘ
dramatic ballad ⓘ orchestral rock ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasVocalRange | wide dynamic range ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Jim Steinman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricMotif |
cars and driving
ⓘ
rear-view mirror ⓘ seasons and weather ⓘ youth and adulthood contrast ⓘ |
| musicVideoStyle | cinematic ⓘ |
| musicVideoTheme | flashbacks to earlier life ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | storytelling ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedBy | Meat Loaf in concert ⓘ |
| performer | Meat Loaf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Jim Steinman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
MCA Records
ⓘ
Virgin Records ⓘ |
| sharesAlbumWith |
I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesSongwriterWith | I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ friendship ⓘ loss ⓘ memory ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ past trauma ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | warning text on car mirrors ⓘ |
| vocalType | male vocal ⓘ |
| writer | Jim Steinman 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: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are Description of subject: "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" is a dramatic, narrative-driven rock ballad by Meat Loaf, known for its nostalgic themes and cinematic storytelling style.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.