Eddie the Head
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Eddie the Head is the iconic skeletal mascot of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, featured prominently on their album covers, merchandise, and live shows.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eddie the Head canonical | 6 |
| Eddie the Head in a science fiction setting | 1 |
| Edward the Head | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5875648 — 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: Eddie the Head Context triple: [Iron Maiden, hasMascot, Eddie the Head]
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A.
Hat Head
Hat Head is a small coastal village and national park area in New South Wales, Australia, known for its beaches, headland, and natural bushland.
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B.
The Coneheads
The Coneheads are a family of absurd, cone-headed aliens from the planet Remulak who became popular comedic characters through sketches and later a feature film.
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C.
Edgar the Bug
Edgar the Bug is the main alien antagonist in the 1997 sci-fi comedy film "Men in Black," a giant cockroach-like creature that disguises itself in a stolen human skin.
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D.
Nice Guy Eddie
Nice Guy Eddie is a volatile, tracksuit-wearing crime boss’s son and organizer of the botched heist in Quentin Tarantino’s film "Reservoir Dogs."
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E.
Mr Goon
Mr Goon is the bumbling, bad-tempered village policeman who frequently clashes with the child detectives in Enid Blyton’s Mystery Series.
- 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: Eddie the Head Target entity description: Eddie the Head is the iconic skeletal mascot of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, featured prominently on their album covers, merchandise, and live shows.
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A.
Hat Head
Hat Head is a small coastal village and national park area in New South Wales, Australia, known for its beaches, headland, and natural bushland.
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B.
The Coneheads
The Coneheads are a family of absurd, cone-headed aliens from the planet Remulak who became popular comedic characters through sketches and later a feature film.
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C.
Edgar the Bug
Edgar the Bug is the main alien antagonist in the 1997 sci-fi comedy film "Men in Black," a giant cockroach-like creature that disguises itself in a stolen human skin.
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D.
Nice Guy Eddie
Nice Guy Eddie is a volatile, tracksuit-wearing crime boss’s son and organizer of the botched heist in Quentin Tarantino’s film "Reservoir Dogs."
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E.
Mr Goon
Mr Goon is the bumbling, bad-tempered village policeman who frequently clashes with the child detectives in Enid Blyton’s Mystery Series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
band mascot
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fictional character ⓘ iconic character ⓘ skeleton ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Eddie
ⓘ
Eddie the ‘Ead ⓘ Edward the Head ⓘ
linked to:
Eddie the Head
|
| appearsInMedium |
album art
ⓘ
music videos ⓘ video games ⓘ |
| appearsOnStageAs |
animatronic figure
ⓘ
inflatable figure ⓘ large stage prop ⓘ |
| associatedBand | Iron Maiden ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Derek Riggs ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | widely recognized heavy metal mascot ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
cyborg
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ice-bound mystic ⓘ pharaoh ⓘ warrior ⓘ zombie-like creature ⓘ |
| featuredIn | Iron Maiden live shows ⓘ |
| featuredOn |
Iron Maiden album covers
ⓘ
Iron Maiden merchandise ⓘ Iron Maiden singles covers ⓘ Iron Maiden tour posters ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Iron Maiden (album) ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| genreAssociation | heavy metal ⓘ |
| hasGenderPresentation | male ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| notableAppearance |
Brave New World (album cover)
ⓘ
linked to:
Brave New World
Dance of Death (album cover) ⓘ
linked to:
Dance of Death
Fear of the Dark (album cover) ⓘ
linked to:
Fear of the Dark
Killers (album cover) ⓘ
linked to:
Killers
Piece of Mind (album cover) ⓘ
linked to:
Piece of Mind
Powerslave (album cover) ⓘ
linked to:
Powerslave
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (album cover) ⓘ
linked to:
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Somewhere in Time (album cover) ⓘ
linked to:
Somewhere in Time
The Book of Souls (album cover) ⓘ
linked to:
The Book of Souls
The Number of the Beast (album cover) ⓘ
linked to:
The Number of the Beast
|
| roleInBand | mascot ⓘ |
| usedFor |
band branding
ⓘ
merchandising ⓘ visual identity ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
horror-inspired imagery
ⓘ
skeletal figure ⓘ |
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: Eddie the Head Description of subject: Eddie the Head is the iconic skeletal mascot of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, featured prominently on their album covers, merchandise, and live shows.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Eddie the Head
linked to: Eddie the Head