Play Dead
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"Play Dead" is a song best known as the debut single of Icelandic singer Björk, showcasing her transition from band frontwoman to solo artist.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Play Dead canonical | 1 |
| Play Dead; Real Time | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9427838 — 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: Play Dead Context triple: [Debut, single, Play Dead]
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A.
Playdead
Playdead is a Danish independent video game developer best known for creating the critically acclaimed puzzle-platformers Limbo and Inside.
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B.
Bang Bang You're Dead
"Bang Bang You're Dead" is a 2002 American drama film that explores the psychological and social fallout of school violence through the story of a troubled high school student and his drama teacher.
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C.
Ha Ha You're Dead
"Ha Ha You're Dead" is a punk rock song by Green Day, featured as a bonus track on their compilation album "Shenanigans."
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D.
I'm Not Dead
"I'm Not Dead" is a 2006 pop-rock album by American singer Pink that marked a commercial and critical resurgence with its mix of confessional lyrics and socially charged themes.
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E.
Somebody's Gotta Die
"Somebody's Gotta Die" is a dark, narrative-driven hip hop track by The Notorious B.I.G. that tells a cinematic revenge story.
- 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: Play Dead Target entity description: "Play Dead" is a song best known as the debut single of Icelandic singer Björk, showcasing her transition from band frontwoman to solo artist.
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A.
Playdead
Playdead is a Danish independent video game developer best known for creating the critically acclaimed puzzle-platformers Limbo and Inside.
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B.
Bang Bang You're Dead
"Bang Bang You're Dead" is a 2002 American drama film that explores the psychological and social fallout of school violence through the story of a troubled high school student and his drama teacher.
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C.
Ha Ha You're Dead
"Ha Ha You're Dead" is a punk rock song by Green Day, featured as a bonus track on their compilation album "Shenanigans."
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D.
I'm Not Dead
"I'm Not Dead" is a 2006 pop-rock album by American singer Pink that marked a commercial and critical resurgence with its mix of confessional lyrics and socially charged themes.
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E.
Somebody's Gotta Die
"Somebody's Gotta Die" is a dark, narrative-driven hip hop track by The Notorious B.I.G. that tells a cinematic revenge story.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Björk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Björk solo career ⓘ |
| chronology | Björk singles chronology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer |
Björk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iceland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | Björk's debut solo single ⓘ |
| followsInArtistCareer | The Sugarcubes era ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
electronic ⓘ trip hop ⓘ |
| hasAudience | popular music listeners ⓘ |
| hasBside | End Titles (The Young Americans) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | Play Dead single cover ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
12-inch single
ⓘ
CD single ⓘ cassette single ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
electronic beats
ⓘ
orchestral arrangement ⓘ |
| hasLength | approximately 3–4 minutes ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Play Dead music video ⓘ |
| hasNotableUseIn | The Young Americans (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
emotional turmoil
ⓘ
self-protection ⓘ |
| hasType | commercial release ⓘ |
| includedInReissueOf | Debut ⓘ |
| isDebutSingleOf | Björk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Björk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jah Wobble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marksTransitionFrom | band frontwoman ⓘ |
| marksTransitionTo | solo artist ⓘ |
| medium | audio recording ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic string arrangement
ⓘ
showcasing Björk's vocal range ⓘ |
| partOf | Debut (reissue) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Björk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Danny Cannon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Mother Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
One Little Indian Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| usedAs | film soundtrack song ⓘ |
| vocalist | Björk 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: Play Dead Description of subject: "Play Dead" is a song best known as the debut single of Icelandic singer Björk, showcasing her transition from band frontwoman to solo artist.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Play Dead; Real Time