Human (song)
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"Human" is a synth-pop and new wave-influenced song by American rock band The Killers, best known for its enigmatic chorus line "Are we human, or are we dancer?"
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Human (song by Of Monsters and Men) | 2 |
| Human (song) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8568997 — 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: Human (song) Context triple: [Day & Age, mainSubject, Human (song)]
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A.
Human (album)
Human is the 2008 R&B studio album by American singer Brandy, noted for its introspective themes, mature vocal performances, and collaborations with producers like Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins.
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B.
Only Human
"Only Human" is a catchy, reggae-influenced pop song by the Jonas Brothers from their 2019 comeback album "Happiness Begins."
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C.
Here (song)
"Here" is a moody, introspective R&B-influenced pop song by Alessia Cara that became her breakout hit, known for its anti-party theme and candid lyrics about social anxiety.
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D.
Human (film)
Human is a 2015 documentary film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand that weaves together intimate personal testimonies and sweeping aerial imagery to explore universal themes of life, love, conflict, and what it means to be human.
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E.
You Song
"You Song" is a track by the Australian rock band Surf, likely featuring their characteristic energetic, guitar-driven sound.
- 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: Human (song) Target entity description: "Human" is a synth-pop and new wave-influenced song by American rock band The Killers, best known for its enigmatic chorus line "Are we human, or are we dancer?"
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A.
Human (album)
Human is the 2008 R&B studio album by American singer Brandy, noted for its introspective themes, mature vocal performances, and collaborations with producers like Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins.
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B.
Only Human
"Only Human" is a catchy, reggae-influenced pop song by the Jonas Brothers from their 2019 comeback album "Happiness Begins."
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C.
Here (song)
"Here" is a moody, introspective R&B-influenced pop song by Alessia Cara that became her breakout hit, known for its anti-party theme and candid lyrics about social anxiety.
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D.
Human (film)
Human is a 2015 documentary film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand that weaves together intimate personal testimonies and sweeping aerial imagery to explore universal themes of life, love, conflict, and what it means to be human.
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E.
You Song
"You Song" is a track by the Australian rock band Surf, likely featuring their characteristic energetic, guitar-driven sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Day & Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | The Killers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionBillboardHotDanceClubPlay | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionIreland | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSingles | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 32 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ new wave ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasBside | A Crippling Blow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChorusLine | Are we human, or are we dancer? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ synthesizers ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideoDirector | Danny Drysdale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideoLocation | Nevada desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric | Are we human, or are we dancer? ⓘ |
| hasTempo | uptempo ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
existential questioning
ⓘ
human identity ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | Brandon Flowers lead vocals ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | a quote attributed to Hunter S. Thompson ⓘ |
| isOftenDescribedAs |
dance-rock
ⓘ
enigmatic ⓘ |
| isPartOfDiscographyOf | The Killers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadSingleFrom | Day & Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Best Short Form Music Video Grammy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Day & Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Brandon Flowers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Killers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Stuart Price
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Killers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Island Records
ⓘ
Vertigo Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2008-09-22 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| title | Human NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Brandon Flowers
NERFINISHED
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Dave Keuning NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Stoermer NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronnie Vannucci Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Stuart Price 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: Human (song) Description of subject: "Human" is a synth-pop and new wave-influenced song by American rock band The Killers, best known for its enigmatic chorus line "Are we human, or are we dancer?"
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Empire (song)
this entity surface form:
Human (song by Of Monsters and Men)
subject surface form:
Empire (song)
this entity surface form:
Human (song by Of Monsters and Men)