Tower of Babel
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"Tower of Babel" is a song by Elton John from his 1975 album *Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy*, noted for its dark, theatrical rock style and introspective lyrics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tower of Babel canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8429797 — 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: Tower of Babel Context triple: [Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, hasTrack, Tower of Babel]
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A.
The Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel is a famous 16th-century painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depicting the biblical story of humanity’s attempt to build a tower to reach heaven, symbolizing human ambition and divine judgment.
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B.
La torre di Babele
La torre di Babele is a 1976 rock album by Italian singer-songwriter Edoardo Bennato, known for its satirical lyrics and inventive blend of rock and Mediterranean influences.
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C.
Babel
Babel is a widely used JavaScript compiler that transforms modern ECMAScript code into backward-compatible versions for older environments and tooling.
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D.
Babel
Babel is a 2006 multi-narrative drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu that interweaves interconnected stories across several countries to explore themes of communication, misfortune, and cultural misunderstanding.
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E.
Babel
Babel is a notable work by Japanese dancer and choreographer Yuriko Kikuchi (also known as Yuriko), reflecting her influential contributions to modern dance.
- 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: Tower of Babel Target entity description: "Tower of Babel" is a song by Elton John from his 1975 album *Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy*, noted for its dark, theatrical rock style and introspective lyrics.
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A.
The Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel is a famous 16th-century painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depicting the biblical story of humanity’s attempt to build a tower to reach heaven, symbolizing human ambition and divine judgment.
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B.
La torre di Babele
La torre di Babele is a 1976 rock album by Italian singer-songwriter Edoardo Bennato, known for its satirical lyrics and inventive blend of rock and Mediterranean influences.
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C.
Babel
Babel is a widely used JavaScript compiler that transforms modern ECMAScript code into backward-compatible versions for older environments and tooling.
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D.
Babel
Babel is a 2006 multi-narrative drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu that interweaves interconnected stories across several countries to explore themes of communication, misfortune, and cultural misunderstanding.
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E.
Babel
Babel is a notable work by Japanese dancer and choreographer Yuriko Kikuchi (also known as Yuriko), reflecting her influential contributions to modern dance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Elton John Band
ⓘ
linked to:
The Elton John Band
|
| basedOn | biblical Tower of Babel metaphor ⓘ |
| composer | Elton John ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followsInTracklist |
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (song)
ⓘ
linked to:
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
|
| genre |
art rock
ⓘ
glam rock ⓘ rock ⓘ theatrical rock ⓘ |
| hasEra | classic Elton John period ⓘ |
| hasLyricTheme |
disillusionment
ⓘ
fame and its consequences ⓘ introspection ⓘ moral decay ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
dark
ⓘ
dramatic ⓘ theatrical ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacteristic |
biblical imagery in lyrics
ⓘ
complex arrangement ⓘ concept-album track ⓘ dense production ⓘ |
| includedIn | Elton John 1970s discography ⓘ |
| isTrackOnStudioAlbum | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bernie Taupin ⓘ |
| partOf | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy ⓘ |
| partOfConcept | Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s early career story arc ⓘ |
| performer | Elton John ⓘ |
| performerRole |
Davey Johnstone – guitar
ⓘ
Dee Murray – bass guitar ⓘ Elton John – piano ⓘ Elton John – vocals ⓘ
linked to:
Elton John
Nigel Olsson – drums ⓘ
linked to:
Nigel Olsson
Ray Cooper – percussion ⓘ |
| precedesInTracklist | Bitter Fingers ⓘ |
| producer | Gus Dudgeon ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Elton John ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
DJM Records
ⓘ
MCA Records ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| title | Tower of Babel ⓘ |
| vocalist | Elton John ⓘ |
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: Tower of Babel Description of subject: "Tower of Babel" is a song by Elton John from his 1975 album *Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy*, noted for its dark, theatrical rock style and introspective lyrics.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.