Octopus
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Octopus is a 1995 synth-pop album by British band The Human League, known for revitalizing their career with the hit single "Tell Me When."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Octopus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7305362 — 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: Octopus Context triple: [The Human League, notableAlbum, Octopus]
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A.
Octopus
Octopus is a famous luxury megayacht, formerly owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, known for its massive size, advanced exploration equipment, and use in scientific and philanthropic expeditions.
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B.
Al the Octopus
Al the Octopus is the official octopus mascot associated with the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings, symbolizing the team’s playoff tradition.
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C.
Ika
Ika is a Sanskrit-derived word meaning “one” or “unity,” used in the Indonesian national motto “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” to express the idea of oneness amid diversity.
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D.
Homarus
Homarus is a genus of large clawed marine lobsters that includes commercially important species such as the American and European lobsters.
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E.
Aeolid
An Aeolid is a descendant of Aeolus in Greek mythology, belonging to a legendary family line often associated with kings and heroes.
- 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: Octopus Target entity description: Octopus is a 1995 synth-pop album by British band The Human League, known for revitalizing their career with the hit single "Tell Me When."
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A.
Octopus
Octopus is a famous luxury megayacht, formerly owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, known for its massive size, advanced exploration equipment, and use in scientific and philanthropic expeditions.
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B.
Al the Octopus
Al the Octopus is the official octopus mascot associated with the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings, symbolizing the team’s playoff tradition.
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C.
Ika
Ika is a Sanskrit-derived word meaning “one” or “unity,” used in the Indonesian national motto “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” to express the idea of oneness amid diversity.
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D.
Homarus
Homarus is a genus of large clawed marine lobsters that includes commercially important species such as the American and European lobsters.
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E.
Aeolid
An Aeolid is a descendant of Aeolus in Greek mythology, belonging to a legendary family line often associated with kings and heroes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| artist | The Human League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certificationUK | Gold ⓘ |
| chartPositionAustralianAlbums | 24 ⓘ |
| chartPositionGermanAlbums | 29 ⓘ |
| chartPositionSwedishAlbums | 9 ⓘ |
| chartPositionSwissAlbums | 15 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKAlbums | 6 ⓘ |
| closingTrack | Housefull of Nothing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtFeatures | stylized octopus imagery ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| featuresBandMember |
Joanne Catherall
NERFINISHED
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Philip Oakey NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Ann Sulley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Secrets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
pop
ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasSingle |
Filling Up with Heaven
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
One Man in My Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ Tell Me When NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadSingle | Tell Me When NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | 42:09 ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | The Human League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 10 ⓘ |
| openingTrack | Tell Me When ⓘ |
| performer | The Human League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Romantic? ⓘ |
| producer |
Ian Stanley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Human League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedAt |
El Cortijo Studios, Marbella
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Human League Studios, Sheffield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1994 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
EastWest Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warner Music UK NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1995-01-23 ⓘ |
| significance | revitalized The Human League’s commercial career ⓘ |
| track |
Cruel Young Lover
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Filling Up with Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ Housefull of Nothing NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cleese; Is He Funny? ⓘ Never Again NERFINISHED ⓘ One Man in My Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ Tell Me When NERFINISHED ⓘ These Are the Days NERFINISHED ⓘ Words ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 1995 ⓘ |
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: Octopus Description of subject: Octopus is a 1995 synth-pop album by British band The Human League, known for revitalizing their career with the hit single "Tell Me When."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.