Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967
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"Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967" is a narrative-driven song by John Mayer that tells the story of a man who builds a homemade submarine to escape his unfulfilled life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6379871 — 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: Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967 Context triple: [Born and Raised, notableTrack, Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967]
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A.
SEALAB II
SEALAB II was a 1960s U.S. Navy underwater habitat project that enabled aquanauts to live and work on the ocean floor for extended periods as part of early saturation diving research.
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B.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is a 1961 science fiction adventure film about a futuristic submarine crew racing to save Earth from a global catastrophe.
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C.
Submarine Escape Training Tank (historical)
The Submarine Escape Training Tank (historical) was a deep water-filled training facility used by Royal Navy submariners at HMNB Clyde to practice emergency escape procedures from submerged submarines.
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D.
X-10 Project
The X-10 Project was an early Manhattan Project initiative that built and operated one of the first large-scale nuclear reactors at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to produce plutonium for atomic research and weapon development.
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E.
USS Nautilus
USS Nautilus was the world’s first operational nuclear-powered submarine, renowned for completing the first under-ice transit to the North Pole in 1958.
- 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: Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967 Target entity description: "Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967" is a narrative-driven song by John Mayer that tells the story of a man who builds a homemade submarine to escape his unfulfilled life.
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A.
SEALAB II
SEALAB II was a 1960s U.S. Navy underwater habitat project that enabled aquanauts to live and work on the ocean floor for extended periods as part of early saturation diving research.
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B.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is a 1961 science fiction adventure film about a futuristic submarine crew racing to save Earth from a global catastrophe.
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C.
Submarine Escape Training Tank (historical)
The Submarine Escape Training Tank (historical) was a deep water-filled training facility used by Royal Navy submariners at HMNB Clyde to practice emergency escape procedures from submerged submarines.
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D.
X-10 Project
The X-10 Project was an early Manhattan Project initiative that built and operated one of the first large-scale nuclear reactors at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to produce plutonium for atomic research and weapon development.
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E.
USS Nautilus
USS Nautilus was the world’s first operational nuclear-powered submarine, renowned for completing the first under-ice transit to the North Pole in 1958.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedArtist | John Mayer ⓘ |
| centralObject | homemade submarine ⓘ |
| composer | John Mayer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | John Mayer ⓘ |
| describedAs | narrative-driven song ⓘ |
| genre |
folk rock
ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| hasEmotionalTone |
bittersweet
ⓘ
hopeful ⓘ melancholic ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
mechanical tinkering imagery
ⓘ
nautical imagery ⓘ |
| hasNarratorPerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOccupation | unfulfilled office worker ⓘ |
| hasSubgenreCharacteristic | acoustic-oriented production ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Walt Grace ⓘ |
| includedIn | John Mayer discography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalStyle | storytelling ⓘ |
| lyricist | John Mayer ⓘ |
| narrativeElement |
ambiguous ending regarding protagonist's fate
ⓘ
ocean voyage in homemade submarine ⓘ protagonist builds homemade submarine ⓘ protagonist leaves his old life behind ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | fictional character Walt Grace ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Born and Raised ⓘ |
| performer | John Mayer ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | John Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| setting |
1967
ⓘ
ocean ⓘ suburban home life ⓘ |
| theme |
escape from unfulfilled life
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ hope ⓘ isolation ⓘ midlife crisis ⓘ personal reinvention ⓘ pursuit of dreams ⓘ |
| trackType | album track ⓘ |
| workType | story song ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967 Description of subject: "Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967" is a narrative-driven song by John Mayer that tells the story of a man who builds a homemade submarine to escape his unfulfilled life.
Referenced by (1)
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