Dream Police
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"Dream Police" is a 1979 power pop/rock song and album by American band Cheap Trick, known for its dramatic orchestration and catchy, theatrical style.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dream Police canonical | 1 |
| Dream Police (album) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6976398 — 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: Dream Police Context triple: [Cheap Trick, notableWork, Dream Police]
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A.
Karma Police
"Karma Police" is a haunting, piano-driven alternative rock song by Radiohead, known for its surreal lyrics, atmospheric production, and iconic status in 1990s rock music.
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B.
Brokedown Palace
"Brokedown Palace" is a reflective, country-tinged ballad by the Grateful Dead, known for its gentle melody and themes of farewell and homecoming.
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C.
The Muse
The Muse is a 1999 comedy film written, directed by, and starring Albert Brooks as a struggling screenwriter who seeks inspiration from a modern-day muse played by Sharon Stone.
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D.
Mindfield
Mindfield is a poetry collection by Beat Generation poet Gregory Corso that showcases his distinctive, energetic style and themes of rebellion, spirituality, and modern life.
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E.
In Dreams
"In Dreams" is a 1963 Roy Orbison ballad renowned for its haunting melody, operatic vocal style, and enduring influence on pop and rock music.
- 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: Dream Police Target entity description: "Dream Police" is a 1979 power pop/rock song and album by American band Cheap Trick, known for its dramatic orchestration and catchy, theatrical style.
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A.
Karma Police
"Karma Police" is a haunting, piano-driven alternative rock song by Radiohead, known for its surreal lyrics, atmospheric production, and iconic status in 1990s rock music.
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B.
Brokedown Palace
"Brokedown Palace" is a reflective, country-tinged ballad by the Grateful Dead, known for its gentle melody and themes of farewell and homecoming.
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C.
The Muse
The Muse is a 1999 comedy film written, directed by, and starring Albert Brooks as a struggling screenwriter who seeks inspiration from a modern-day muse played by Sharon Stone.
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D.
Mindfield
Mindfield is a poetry collection by Beat Generation poet Gregory Corso that showcases his distinctive, energetic style and themes of rebellion, spirituality, and modern life.
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E.
In Dreams
"In Dreams" is a 1963 Roy Orbison ballad renowned for its haunting melody, operatic vocal style, and enduring influence on pop and rock music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rock band
ⓘ
single ⓘ song ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| artist |
Cheap Trick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cheap Trick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artistNationality | American band ⓘ |
| bassist | Tom Petersson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Rick Nielsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| drummer | Bun E. Carlos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
power pop
ⓘ
power pop ⓘ power pop ⓘ rock ⓘ rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| guitarist | Rick Nielsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
anthemic quality
ⓘ
catchy chorus ⓘ dramatic orchestration ⓘ dramatic orchestration ⓘ theatrical style ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasOrchestration | dramatic string arrangements ⓘ |
| includedIn | Cheap Trick live setlists ⓘ |
| includesSong |
Dream Police
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Voices ⓘ Way of the World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | theatrical ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dream Police
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dream Police (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Dream Police (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedBy | Robin Zander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Cheap Trick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cheap Trick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Heaven Tonight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Tom Werman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Epic Records
ⓘ
Epic Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear |
1979
ⓘ
1979 ⓘ |
| title |
Dream Police
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dream Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Rick Nielsen 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: Dream Police Description of subject: "Dream Police" is a 1979 power pop/rock song and album by American band Cheap Trick, known for its dramatic orchestration and catchy, theatrical style.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dream Police (album)