We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
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We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank is a 2007 indie rock album by Modest Mouse that features a more expansive, polished sound and includes former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6976284 — 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: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank Context triple: [Modest Mouse, notableWork, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank]
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A.
The Drowned and the Saved
The Drowned and the Saved is Primo Levi’s final, reflective work of essays examining the moral, psychological, and historical complexities of the Holocaust and its survivors.
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B.
The Ship That Would Not Die
The Ship That Would Not Die is the famed nickname of the World War II destroyer USS Laffey, renowned for surviving an intense and prolonged kamikaze and bomb attack off Okinawa.
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C.
Overboard
Overboard is a 1987 romantic comedy film starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, known for its amnesia-based plot and lighthearted take on class differences and family.
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D.
When We Went to See the End of the World
"When We Went to See the End of the World" is a short story by Neil Gaiman that blends dark fantasy and surrealism to explore human relationships and apocalyptic anxieties.
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E.
The Glorious Dead
"The Glorious Dead" is a solemn commemorative phrase honoring those who lost their lives in war, famously inscribed on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
- 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: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank Target entity description: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank is a 2007 indie rock album by Modest Mouse that features a more expansive, polished sound and includes former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr.
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A.
The Drowned and the Saved
The Drowned and the Saved is Primo Levi’s final, reflective work of essays examining the moral, psychological, and historical complexities of the Holocaust and its survivors.
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B.
The Ship That Would Not Die
The Ship That Would Not Die is the famed nickname of the World War II destroyer USS Laffey, renowned for surviving an intense and prolonged kamikaze and bomb attack off Okinawa.
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C.
Overboard
Overboard is a 1987 romantic comedy film starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, known for its amnesia-based plot and lighthearted take on class differences and family.
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D.
When We Went to See the End of the World
"When We Went to See the End of the World" is a short story by Neil Gaiman that blends dark fantasy and surrealism to explore human relationships and apocalyptic anxieties.
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E.
The Glorious Dead
"The Glorious Dead" is a solemn commemorative phrase honoring those who lost their lives in war, famously inscribed on the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music album
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studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Modest Mouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboard200 | 1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresMusician |
Eric Judy
NERFINISHED
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Isaac Brock NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeremiah Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Plummer NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Marr NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Peloso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | No One's First and You're Next NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Good News for People Who Love Bad News NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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indie rock ⓘ |
| guitarist | Johnny Marr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Dashboard
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Education ⓘ Fire It Up NERFINISHED ⓘ Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Fly Trapped in a Jar NERFINISHED ⓘ Invisible NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Motel NERFINISHED ⓘ March into the Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Missed the Boat NERFINISHED ⓘ Parting of the Sensory NERFINISHED ⓘ People as Places as People NERFINISHED ⓘ Spitting Venom NERFINISHED ⓘ Steam Engenius NERFINISHED ⓘ We’ve Got Everything NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSingle |
Dashboard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Missed the Boat NERFINISHED ⓘ We’ve Got Everything NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalist | Isaac Brock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | approximately 62 minutes ⓘ |
| partOf | Modest Mouse discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Modest Mouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Dennis Herring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Epic Records
ⓘ
Sony BMG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2007-03-20 ⓘ |
| soundCharacterization |
more expansive sound
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more polished sound ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 2007 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank Description of subject: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank is a 2007 indie rock album by Modest Mouse that features a more expansive, polished sound and includes former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr.
Referenced by (1)
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