Devils & Dust
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Devils & Dust is a 2005 studio album by Bruce Springsteen that features introspective, acoustic-driven songs exploring themes of war, faith, and American life.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Devils & Dust canonical | 27 |
| 2005 studio album Devils & Dust | 1 |
| Devils & Dust (song) | 1 |
| album Devils & Dust | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T312956 — 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: Devils & Dust Context triple: [Bruce Springsteen, notableAlbum, Devils & Dust]
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A.
Devils Playground
Devils Playground is a remote, arid expanse of sand dunes and desert terrain located within California’s Mojave Desert.
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B.
Souls on Fire
Souls on Fire is a collection of spiritual and biographical tales in which Elie Wiesel portrays the lives, teachings, and inner struggles of Hasidic masters.
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C.
Fell on Black Days
"Fell on Black Days" is a dark, introspective grunge song by Soundgarden, written and sung by Chris Cornell and released on their acclaimed 1994 album *Superunknown*.
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D.
Last Rites
Last Rites is a traditional set of Catholic sacramental practices given to a gravely ill or dying person to prepare their soul for death.
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E.
Like a Stone
"Like a Stone" is a melancholic, introspective rock ballad by Audioslave, renowned for Chris Cornell’s haunting vocals and reflective lyrics on mortality and longing.
- 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: Devils & Dust Target entity description: Devils & Dust is a 2005 studio album by Bruce Springsteen that features introspective, acoustic-driven songs exploring themes of war, faith, and American life.
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A.
Devils Playground
Devils Playground is a remote, arid expanse of sand dunes and desert terrain located within California’s Mojave Desert.
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B.
Souls on Fire
Souls on Fire is a collection of spiritual and biographical tales in which Elie Wiesel portrays the lives, teachings, and inner struggles of Hasidic masters.
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C.
Fell on Black Days
"Fell on Black Days" is a dark, introspective grunge song by Soundgarden, written and sung by Chris Cornell and released on their acclaimed 1994 album *Superunknown*.
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D.
Last Rites
Last Rites is a traditional set of Catholic sacramental practices given to a gravely ill or dying person to prepare their soul for death.
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E.
Like a Stone
"Like a Stone" is a melancholic, introspective rock ballad by Audioslave, renowned for Chris Cornell’s haunting vocals and reflective lyrics on mortality and longing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bruce Springsteen album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance ⓘ |
| chartPosition | US Billboard 200 number one album ⓘ |
| chronology | Bruce Springsteen studio albums ⓘ |
| composer | Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| followedBy | Magic ⓘ |
| follows | The Rising ⓘ |
| format |
CD
ⓘ
dualdisc ⓘ |
| genre |
Americana
ⓘ
acoustic rock ⓘ folk rock ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | Devils & Dust album cover ⓘ |
| hasPart |
All I'm Thinkin' About
ⓘ
All the Way Home ⓘ Black Cowboys ⓘ Devils & Dust (song) ⓘ
linked to:
Devils & Dust
Jesus Was an Only Son ⓘ Leah ⓘ Long Time Comin' ⓘ Maria's Bed ⓘ Matamoros Banks ⓘ Reno ⓘ Silver Palomino ⓘ The Hitter ⓘ |
| hasType | introspective album ⓘ |
| instrumentation | acoustic guitar-driven arrangements ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 50 minutes ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
contemporary American society
ⓘ
religious doubt and faith ⓘ soldiers and war experiences ⓘ |
| mediaType | audio ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album ⓘ |
| performer | Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| producer |
Brendan O'Brien
ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 2004 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2005-04-26 ⓘ |
| theme |
American life
ⓘ
faith ⓘ war ⓘ |
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: Devils & Dust Description of subject: Devils & Dust is a 2005 studio album by Bruce Springsteen that features introspective, acoustic-driven songs exploring themes of war, faith, and American life.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Devils & Dust
linked to: Devils & Dust
linked to: Devils & Dust
subject linked to:
Bruce Springsteen album "The Rising"