Walking on the Moon
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"Walking on the Moon" is a reggae-influenced rock song by the English band The Police, known for its atmospheric sound and distinctive bassline.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walking on the Moon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8696683 — 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: Walking on the Moon Context triple: [The Police, notableWork, Walking on the Moon]
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A.
Standing on the Moon
"Standing on the Moon" is a reflective, space-themed ballad by the Grateful Dead, known for its poignant lyrics and emotive live performances.
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B.
Man on the Moon
Man on the Moon is a 1999 biographical comedy-drama film about eccentric entertainer Andy Kaufman, directed by Miloš Forman and starring Jim Carrey.
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C.
Venture to the Moon
"Venture to the Moon" is a science fiction work by Arthur C. Clarke that follows a pioneering mission and early human adventures in lunar exploration.
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D.
The Last Man on the Moon
The Last Man on the Moon is an autobiographical book by astronaut Eugene Cernan recounting his life and experiences leading up to and including his role as the final person to walk on the lunar surface during NASA's Apollo program.
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E.
Moonlander
Moonlander is a solo studio album by Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, showcasing his songwriting and multi-instrumental talents outside the band.
- 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: Walking on the Moon Target entity description: "Walking on the Moon" is a reggae-influenced rock song by the English band The Police, known for its atmospheric sound and distinctive bassline.
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A.
Standing on the Moon
"Standing on the Moon" is a reflective, space-themed ballad by the Grateful Dead, known for its poignant lyrics and emotive live performances.
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B.
Man on the Moon
Man on the Moon is a 1999 biographical comedy-drama film about eccentric entertainer Andy Kaufman, directed by Miloš Forman and starring Jim Carrey.
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C.
Venture to the Moon
"Venture to the Moon" is a science fiction work by Arthur C. Clarke that follows a pioneering mission and early human adventures in lunar exploration.
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D.
The Last Man on the Moon
The Last Man on the Moon is an autobiographical book by astronaut Eugene Cernan recounting his life and experiences leading up to and including his role as the final person to walk on the lunar surface during NASA's Apollo program.
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E.
Moonlander
Moonlander is a solo studio album by Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, showcasing his songwriting and multi-instrumental talents outside the band.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Reggatta de Blanc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | The Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionAustralianSingles | 9 ⓘ |
| chartPositionIrishSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionNewZealandSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| composer | Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
reggae rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasBside | Visions of the Night NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion | Walking on the Moon (live) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Walking on the Moon music video ⓘ |
| hasTempo | slow to mid-tempo ⓘ |
| hasTheme | romantic infatuation ⓘ |
| includedIn |
The Police compilation albums
ⓘ
The Police live setlists ⓘ |
| isFollowedByOnAlbum | It’s Alright for You NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPrecededByOnAlbum | Message in a Bottle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:59 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoLocation | Kennedy Space Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextSingle | So Lonely NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric sound
ⓘ
distinctive bassline ⓘ reggae-influenced rock style ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Reggatta de Blanc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Andy Summers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stewart Copeland NERFINISHED ⓘ Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ The Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousSingle | Message in a Bottle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Nigel Gray
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1979 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | A&M Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1979-11-04 ⓘ |
| sideOnOriginalLP | Side one ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 2 ⓘ |
| usesRhythmicStyle | offbeat reggae rhythm ⓘ |
| writer | Sting 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: Walking on the Moon Description of subject: "Walking on the Moon" is a reggae-influenced rock song by the English band The Police, known for its atmospheric sound and distinctive bassline.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.