Personal Jesus
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"Personal Jesus" is a 1989 synth-rock single by English band Depeche Mode, known for its bluesy guitar riff, dark spiritual themes, and enduring influence on alternative and electronic music.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13524613 — 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: Personal Jesus Context triple: [Depeche Mode, notableSong, Personal Jesus]
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A.
Welcome to Jesus
"Welcome to Jesus" is a dramatic work by playwright and television writer Janine Nabers that explores themes of faith, identity, and community.
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B.
Jesus, Etc.
"Jesus, Etc." is a critically acclaimed, string-laden indie rock song by the American band Wilco, known for its melancholic tone and poetic lyrics.
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I'm Not Jesus
"I'm Not Jesus" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones from their 1987 album *Halfway to Sanity*.
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D.
It Must Be Jesus
"It Must Be Jesus" is a gospel song by the Southern Tones whose melody and structure were famously adapted by Ray Charles into his pioneering soul hit "I Got a Woman."
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E.
Rock n Roll Jesus
Rock n Roll Jesus is a 2007 studio album by American musician Kid Rock that blends rock, country, and rap influences and includes the hit single "All Summer Long."
- 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: Personal Jesus Target entity description: "Personal Jesus" is a 1989 synth-rock single by English band Depeche Mode, known for its bluesy guitar riff, dark spiritual themes, and enduring influence on alternative and electronic music.
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A.
Welcome to Jesus
"Welcome to Jesus" is a dramatic work by playwright and television writer Janine Nabers that explores themes of faith, identity, and community.
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B.
Jesus, Etc.
"Jesus, Etc." is a critically acclaimed, string-laden indie rock song by the American band Wilco, known for its melancholic tone and poetic lyrics.
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C.
I'm Not Jesus
"I'm Not Jesus" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones from their 1987 album *Halfway to Sanity*.
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D.
It Must Be Jesus
"It Must Be Jesus" is a gospel song by the Southern Tones whose melody and structure were famously adapted by Ray Charles into his pioneering soul hit "I Got a Woman."
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E.
Rock n Roll Jesus
Rock n Roll Jesus is a 2007 studio album by American musician Kid Rock that blends rock, country, and rap influences and includes the hit single "All Summer Long."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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: Personal Jesus Description of subject: "Personal Jesus" is a 1989 synth-rock single by English band Depeche Mode, known for its bluesy guitar riff, dark spiritual themes, and enduring influence on alternative and electronic music.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Johnny Cash album American IV: The Man Comes Around
subject linked to:
Johnny Cash album American IV: The Man Comes Around
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linked to: Personal Jesus
linked to: Personal Jesus
linked to: Personal Jesus
linked to: Personal Jesus
linked to: Personal Jesus
linked to: Personal Jesus