Modern Man
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"Modern Man" is a song by the Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire from their critically acclaimed 2010 album *The Suburbs*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Modern Man canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9059627 — 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: Modern Man Context triple: [The Suburbs, notableTrack, Modern Man]
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A.
A Modern Man
A Modern Man is a rapid-fire comedic monologue by George Carlin in which he satirically lists the traits, contradictions, and buzzwords of contemporary life and identity.
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B.
Modern Man Is Obsolete
Modern Man Is Obsolete is a 1945 essay by Norman Cousins that reflects on the implications of nuclear weapons and modern warfare for humanity’s future and moral responsibility.
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C.
The New Men
The New Men is a 1954 novel by C. P. Snow in his "Strangers and Brothers" series, focusing on the ethical and political dilemmas surrounding the development of nuclear weapons in Britain during World War II.
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D.
The Study of Man
The Study of Man is a foundational 1936 anthropology book by Ralph Linton that systematically introduces and explains the nature of culture and human societies.
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E.
Man Equals Man
Man Equals Man is a satirical play by Bertolt Brecht that explores themes of identity, dehumanization, and the malleability of the individual within militaristic and capitalist systems.
- 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: Modern Man Target entity description: "Modern Man" is a song by the Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire from their critically acclaimed 2010 album *The Suburbs*.
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A.
A Modern Man
A Modern Man is a rapid-fire comedic monologue by George Carlin in which he satirically lists the traits, contradictions, and buzzwords of contemporary life and identity.
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B.
Modern Man Is Obsolete
Modern Man Is Obsolete is a 1945 essay by Norman Cousins that reflects on the implications of nuclear weapons and modern warfare for humanity’s future and moral responsibility.
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C.
The New Men
The New Men is a 1954 novel by C. P. Snow in his "Strangers and Brothers" series, focusing on the ethical and political dilemmas surrounding the development of nuclear weapons in Britain during World War II.
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D.
The Study of Man
The Study of Man is a foundational 1936 anthropology book by Ralph Linton that systematically introduces and explains the nature of culture and human societies.
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E.
Man Equals Man
Man Equals Man is a satirical play by Bertolt Brecht that explores themes of identity, dehumanization, and the malleability of the individual within militaristic and capitalist systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album | The Suburbs ⓘ |
| albumSequence | track on The Suburbs ⓘ |
| artist | Arcade Fire ⓘ |
| associatedAlbumCriticalReception |
The Suburbs was critically acclaimed
ⓘ
linked to:
Arcade Fire album "The Suburbs"
|
| composer | Arcade Fire ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ |
| hasProducer |
Arcade Fire
ⓘ
Markus Dravs ⓘ |
| hasType | album track ⓘ |
| includedIn | 2010 studio album The Suburbs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Arcade Fire ⓘ |
| medium | studio recording ⓘ |
| musicStyle | indie rock song ⓘ |
| originAlbumReleaseDate | 2 August 2010 ⓘ |
| partOf | The Suburbs ⓘ |
| partOfDiscographyOf | Arcade Fire ⓘ |
| performer | Arcade Fire ⓘ |
| performingBandCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Mercury Records
ⓘ
Merge Records ⓘ Sonovox Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| title | Modern Man ⓘ |
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: Modern Man Description of subject: "Modern Man" is a song by the Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire from their critically acclaimed 2010 album *The Suburbs*.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.