A Broken Frame
E1045220
A Broken Frame is Depeche Mode’s 1982 studio album that marked their transition toward a darker, more experimental synth-pop sound following the departure of songwriter Vince Clarke.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Broken Frame canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13524600 — 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: A Broken Frame Context triple: [Depeche Mode, notableWork, A Broken Frame]
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A.
The Fragment
The Fragment is a track by the British electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers from their album "Electric Light."
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B.
Fractured
Fractured is a 2019 psychological thriller film in which Sam Worthington plays a desperate father whose search for his missing family in a hospital leads him to question reality and his own sanity.
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C.
Shattered Glass
Shattered Glass is a 2003 drama film about the real-life scandal of journalist Stephen Glass, whose fabricated stories at The New Republic exposed deep ethical failures in journalism.
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D.
The Fragment: The Window
"The Fragment: The Window" is a segment or component of the larger work "Electric Light," likely functioning as a distinct section or piece within that creative project.
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E.
The Fragment: The Barn
The Fragment: The Barn is a track by the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra, featured as a segment within their multi-part composition "Electric Light."
- 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: A Broken Frame Target entity description: A Broken Frame is Depeche Mode’s 1982 studio album that marked their transition toward a darker, more experimental synth-pop sound following the departure of songwriter Vince Clarke.
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A.
The Fragment
The Fragment is a track by the British electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers from their album "Electric Light."
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B.
Fractured
Fractured is a 2019 psychological thriller film in which Sam Worthington plays a desperate father whose search for his missing family in a hospital leads him to question reality and his own sanity.
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C.
Shattered Glass
Shattered Glass is a 2003 drama film about the real-life scandal of journalist Stephen Glass, whose fabricated stories at The New Republic exposed deep ethical failures in journalism.
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D.
The Fragment: The Window
"The Fragment: The Window" is a segment or component of the larger work "Electric Light," likely functioning as a distinct section or piece within that creative project.
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E.
The Fragment: The Barn
The Fragment: The Barn is a track by the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra, featured as a segment within their multi-part composition "Electric Light."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Depeche Mode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtBy | Brian Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresMemberDepartureContext | Vince Clarke GENERATED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Construction Time Again NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Speak & Spell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
cassette
ⓘ
compact disc ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| genre |
electronic music
ⓘ
new wave ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasSingle |
Leave in Silence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
See You NERFINISHED ⓘ The Meaning of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
A Photograph of You
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leave in Silence NERFINISHED ⓘ Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ My Secret Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ Nothing to Fear NERFINISHED ⓘ Satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ See You NERFINISHED ⓘ Shouldn’t Have Done That NERFINISHED ⓘ The Meaning of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sun and the Rainfall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 40 minutes ⓘ |
| mainSongwriter | Martin Gore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicStyleCharacteristic |
darker lyrical themes
ⓘ
more experimental synth arrangements ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first Depeche Mode album written primarily by Martin Gore
ⓘ
transition toward a darker sound for Depeche Mode ⓘ |
| partOf | Depeche Mode discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Depeche Mode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Daniel Miller
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Depeche Mode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1982 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Mute Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1982-09-27 ⓘ |
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: A Broken Frame Description of subject: A Broken Frame is Depeche Mode’s 1982 studio album that marked their transition toward a darker, more experimental synth-pop sound following the departure of songwriter Vince Clarke.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.