Blackout
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"Blackout" is a 1982 hard rock and heavy metal album by German band Scorpions, widely regarded as one of their most successful and influential releases.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Blackout canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7218089 — 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: Blackout Context triple: [Scorpions, notableAlbum, Blackout]
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A.
Blackout
Blackout is a science fiction novel by Connie Willis that follows time-traveling historians from the future who become stranded in World War II–era England.
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B.
Blackout
"Blackout" is a critically acclaimed 2007 pop and dance album by Britney Spears, often praised for its innovative production and influence on modern pop music.
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C.
Blackout
Blackout is a 2001 studio album by American rapper DMX that showcases his aggressive delivery and gritty, street-centered lyricism.
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D.
The Blackout
"The Blackout" is a rock song by U2 from their 2017 album *Songs of Experience*, noted for its heavy bass-driven sound and politically charged lyrics.
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E.
Fell on Black Days
"Fell on Black Days" is a dark, introspective grunge song by Soundgarden, written and sung by Chris Cornell and released on their acclaimed 1994 album *Superunknown*.
- 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: Blackout Target entity description: "Blackout" is a 1982 hard rock and heavy metal album by German band Scorpions, widely regarded as one of their most successful and influential releases.
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A.
Blackout
Blackout is a 2001 studio album by American rapper DMX that showcases his aggressive delivery and gritty, street-centered lyricism.
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B.
Blackout
"Blackout" is a critically acclaimed 2007 pop and dance album by Britney Spears, often praised for its innovative production and influence on modern pop music.
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C.
Blackout
Blackout is a science fiction novel by Connie Willis that follows time-traveling historians from the future who become stranded in World War II–era England.
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D.
The Blackout
"The Blackout" is a rock song by U2 from their 2017 album *Songs of Experience*, noted for its heavy bass-driven sound and politically charged lyrics.
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E.
Fell on Black Days
"Fell on Black Days" is a dark, introspective grunge song by Soundgarden, written and sung by Chris Cornell and released on their acclaimed 1994 album *Superunknown*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hard rock album
ⓘ
heavy metal album ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Scorpions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Music Canada Platinum certification
ⓘ
RIAA Platinum certification NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bassist | Francis Buchholz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPosition | Billboard 200 top 10 ⓘ |
| chronologicallyFollows | Animal Magnetism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicallyPrecedes | Love at First Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coverArt | Blackout (Scorpions album) cover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drummer | Herman Rarebell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
hard rock
ⓘ
heavy metal ⓘ |
| guitarist |
Matthias Jabs
NERFINISHED
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Rudolf Schenker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
1980s hard rock
ⓘ
1980s heavy metal ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Arizona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Blackout (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ Can’t Live Without You NERFINISHED ⓘ China White NERFINISHED ⓘ Dynamite ⓘ No One Like You NERFINISHED ⓘ Now! NERFINISHED ⓘ When the Smoke Is Going Down NERFINISHED ⓘ You Give Me All I Need NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
one of Scorpions’ most influential releases
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one of Scorpions’ most successful albums ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 35 minutes ⓘ |
| locationOfRecording |
Cologne
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTitle | Blackout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Scorpions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Francis Buchholz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Herman Rarebell NERFINISHED ⓘ Klaus Meine NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthias Jabs NERFINISHED ⓘ Rudolf Schenker NERFINISHED ⓘ Scorpions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Dieter Dierks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Harvest Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mercury Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1982-03-29 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| studio | Dierks Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalist | Klaus Meine 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: Blackout Description of subject: "Blackout" is a 1982 hard rock and heavy metal album by German band Scorpions, widely regarded as one of their most successful and influential releases.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.