Shock the Monkey
E209044
"Shock the Monkey" is a 1982 art rock single by English musician Peter Gabriel, known for its innovative production, cryptic lyrics, and influential early MTV-era music video.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shock the Monkey canonical | 14 |
| Shock the Monkey (instrumental) | 1 |
| Shock the Monkey (music video) | 1 |
| Shock the Monkey (song) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1872536 — 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: Shock the Monkey Context triple: [Peter Gabriel, notableSong, Shock the Monkey]
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A.
Go the Gorilla
Go the Gorilla is the energetic and acrobatic official mascot of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns, known for his high-flying dunks and comedic performances during games.
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B.
Tweeter and the Monkey Man
"Tweeter and the Monkey Man" is a narrative rock song by the supergroup Traveling Wilburys, known for its Springsteen-inspired storytelling about small-time criminals and doomed lovers.
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C.
Monkey Business
Monkey Business is a 1952 screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, best known for starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, and Marilyn Monroe in a zany story about a youth-restoring formula gone awry.
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D.
Monkey Business
"Monkey Business" is a 2005 hip hop and pop-rap studio album by the Black Eyed Peas that features several commercially successful singles and collaborations.
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E.
Gorilla at Large
Gorilla at Large is a 1954 American mystery–horror film set in a carnival, notable for its 3D cinematography and cast including Cameron Mitchell and Anne Bancroft.
- 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: Shock the Monkey Target entity description: "Shock the Monkey" is a 1982 art rock single by English musician Peter Gabriel, known for its innovative production, cryptic lyrics, and influential early MTV-era music video.
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A.
Go the Gorilla
Go the Gorilla is the energetic and acrobatic official mascot of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns, known for his high-flying dunks and comedic performances during games.
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B.
Tweeter and the Monkey Man
"Tweeter and the Monkey Man" is a narrative rock song by the supergroup Traveling Wilburys, known for its Springsteen-inspired storytelling about small-time criminals and doomed lovers.
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C.
Monkey Business
Monkey Business is a 1952 screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, best known for starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, and Marilyn Monroe in a zany story about a youth-restoring formula gone awry.
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D.
Monkey Business
"Monkey Business" is a 2005 hip hop and pop-rap studio album by the Black Eyed Peas that features several commercially successful singles and collaborations.
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E.
Gorilla at Large
Gorilla at Large is a 1954 American mystery–horror film set in a carnival, notable for its 3D cinematography and cast including Cameron Mitchell and Anne Bancroft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Shock the Monkey Description of subject: "Shock the Monkey" is a 1982 art rock single by English musician Peter Gabriel, known for its innovative production, cryptic lyrics, and influential early MTV-era music video.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shock the Monkey
linked to: Shock the Monkey
subject linked to:
David Lord
subject linked to:
Security (Peter Gabriel album)
subject linked to:
Security (Peter Gabriel album)
subject linked to:
Hit (Peter Gabriel compilation album)
linked to: Shock the Monkey