Criminal (Fiona Apple music video)
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"Criminal" is a 1997 music video for Fiona Apple, directed in a gritty, voyeuristic style that became iconic for its raw, unsettling portrayal of teenage alienation and sexuality.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Criminal (Fiona Apple music video) canonical | 2 |
| Criminal (Fiona Apple song) | 2 |
| Criminal (music video) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6262221 — 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: Criminal (Fiona Apple music video) Context triple: [Mark Romanek, notableWork, Criminal (Fiona Apple music video)]
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A.
Crime and Human Nature
Crime and Human Nature is a 1985 criminology book by James Q. Wilson and Richard J. Herrnstein that argues criminal behavior is influenced by a complex interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors.
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B.
Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale is a 2002 neo-noir erotic thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma, known for its twisty plot, stylish visuals, and exploration of identity and deception.
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C.
Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale is a 2011 dance-pop and electropop album by Britney Spears known for its club-ready production and hit singles like "Hold It Against Me" and "Till the World Ends."
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D.
The Criminal Kind
The Criminal Kind is a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers featured on their 1981 album "Hard Promises."
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E.
Pieces of a Woman
Pieces of a Woman is a 2020 emotional drama film that follows a woman's harrowing journey through grief and personal reckoning after a traumatic home birth.
- 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: Criminal (Fiona Apple music video) Target entity description: "Criminal" is a 1997 music video for Fiona Apple, directed in a gritty, voyeuristic style that became iconic for its raw, unsettling portrayal of teenage alienation and sexuality.
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A.
Crime and Human Nature
Crime and Human Nature is a 1985 criminology book by James Q. Wilson and Richard J. Herrnstein that argues criminal behavior is influenced by a complex interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors.
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B.
Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale is a 2002 neo-noir erotic thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma, known for its twisty plot, stylish visuals, and exploration of identity and deception.
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C.
Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale is a 2011 dance-pop and electropop album by Britney Spears known for its club-ready production and hit singles like "Hold It Against Me" and "Till the World Ends."
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D.
The Criminal Kind
The Criminal Kind is a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers featured on their 1981 album "Hard Promises."
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E.
Pieces of a Woman
Pieces of a Woman is a 2020 emotional drama film that follows a woman's harrowing journey through grief and personal reckoning after a traumatic home birth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music video
ⓘ
short film ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Fiona Apple ⓘ |
| associatedAlbum | Tidal ⓘ |
| associatedGenre | alternative music video ⓘ |
| associatedNetwork | MTV ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Criminal (Fiona Apple song)
ⓘ
linked to:
Criminal (Fiona Apple music video)
|
| cameraTechnique |
close-ups
ⓘ
handheld camera ⓘ |
| colorPalette | muted tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| director | Mark Romanek ⓘ |
| era | late 1990s music television ⓘ |
| featuresCast | young people ⓘ |
| featuresSetting |
bathroom
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bedroom ⓘ kitchen ⓘ suburban house interiors ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock video
ⓘ
music video ⓘ |
| hasMusic |
Criminal (Fiona Apple song)
ⓘ
linked to:
Criminal (Fiona Apple music video)
|
| hasSubject |
emotional vulnerability
ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ remorse ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lightingStyle |
low-key lighting
ⓘ
naturalistic lighting ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
emotional turmoil
ⓘ
guilt ⓘ sexuality ⓘ teenage alienation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial imagery
ⓘ
iconic 1990s aesthetic ⓘ portrayal of adolescent sexuality ⓘ portrayal of teenage alienation ⓘ |
| performer | Fiona Apple ⓘ |
| portrays |
disaffected youth
ⓘ
intimate domestic spaces ⓘ |
| productionStyle |
gritty
ⓘ
voyeuristic ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1997 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| starring | Fiona Apple ⓘ |
| title | Criminal ⓘ |
| visualMotif |
claustrophobic interiors
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disheveled rooms ⓘ lingering camera gazes ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
raw
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unsettling ⓘ |
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: Criminal (Fiona Apple music video) Description of subject: "Criminal" is a 1997 music video for Fiona Apple, directed in a gritty, voyeuristic style that became iconic for its raw, unsettling portrayal of teenage alienation and sexuality.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Criminal (Fiona Apple music video)
linked to: Criminal (Fiona Apple music video)
linked to: Criminal (Fiona Apple music video)
subject linked to:
"Criminal"
linked to: Criminal (Fiona Apple music video)