Knights of Cydonia
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"Knights of Cydonia" is a bombastic, genre-blending rock epic by Muse, known for its cinematic Western sci-fi style, galloping rhythm, and anthemic, crowd-chanting finale.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Knights of Cydonia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8787226 — 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: Knights of Cydonia Context triple: [Muse, hasHitSong, Knights of Cydonia]
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A.
Panel of the Wise
The Panel of the Wise is a consultative body of eminent African personalities that advises and supports the African Union in conflict prevention, mediation, and peacebuilding efforts across the continent.
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B.
The Circular Ruins
"The Circular Ruins" is a metaphysical short story by Jorge Luis Borges that explores themes of creation, identity, and illusion through the tale of a man who dreams another man into existence.
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C.
Harbinger
Harbinger was an early punk band associated with Aaron Cometbus, predating his more famous work with the zine Cometbus and various East Bay punk groups.
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D.
Stone of Hope
The Stone of Hope is the central granite sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Washington, D.C. memorial, symbolizing his legacy emerging from struggle and adversity.
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E.
The Enshrouded One
The Enshrouded One is a title referring to the Prophet Muhammad in a state of being wrapped in his garments, as addressed at the beginning of Surah Al-Muzzammil in the Qur’an.
- 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: Knights of Cydonia Target entity description: "Knights of Cydonia" is a bombastic, genre-blending rock epic by Muse, known for its cinematic Western sci-fi style, galloping rhythm, and anthemic, crowd-chanting finale.
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A.
Panel of the Wise
The Panel of the Wise is a consultative body of eminent African personalities that advises and supports the African Union in conflict prevention, mediation, and peacebuilding efforts across the continent.
-
B.
The Circular Ruins
"The Circular Ruins" is a metaphysical short story by Jorge Luis Borges that explores themes of creation, identity, and illusion through the tale of a man who dreams another man into existence.
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C.
Harbinger
Harbinger was an early punk band associated with Aaron Cometbus, predating his more famous work with the zine Cometbus and various East Bay punk groups.
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D.
Stone of Hope
The Stone of Hope is the central granite sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Washington, D.C. memorial, symbolizing his legacy emerging from struggle and adversity.
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E.
The Enshrouded One
The Enshrouded One is a title referring to the Prophet Muhammad in a state of being wrapped in his garments, as addressed at the beginning of Surah Al-Muzzammil in the Qur’an.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| albumSequenceNumber | 11 ⓘ |
| artist | Muse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSingles | 10 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSAlternativeSongs | 10 ⓘ |
| composer | Matthew Bellamy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
Morricone-inspired Western guitar
ⓘ
crowd chant "No one’s gonna take me alive" ⓘ falsetto vocals ⓘ horse-gallop drum pattern ⓘ trumpet fanfare ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
Western rock
ⓘ
alternative rock ⓘ progressive rock ⓘ space rock ⓘ surf rock ⓘ |
| hasLiveFavoriteStatus | yes ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| includedOnTour |
Black Holes and Revelations Tour
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Drones World Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ Simulation Theory World Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ The 2nd Law Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ The Resistance Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label |
Helium 3
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | 6:06 ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
defiance
ⓘ
freedom ⓘ rebellion ⓘ |
| lyricist | Matthew Bellamy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Joseph Kahn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoStyle |
science fiction
ⓘ
spaghetti Western parody ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
anthemic crowd-chanting finale
ⓘ
extended instrumental introduction ⓘ galloping rhythm ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Black Holes and Revelations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Muse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Muse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rich Costey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 2005–2006 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2006-06-19 ⓘ |
| singleReleaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| style |
cinematic
ⓘ
sci-fi Western ⓘ |
| typicalLiveSetCloser | yes GENERATED ⓘ |
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: Knights of Cydonia Description of subject: "Knights of Cydonia" is a bombastic, genre-blending rock epic by Muse, known for its cinematic Western sci-fi style, galloping rhythm, and anthemic, crowd-chanting finale.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.