Welcome to the Machine
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"Welcome to the Machine" is a dark, atmospheric progressive rock song by Pink Floyd that critiques dehumanizing industrial and music-industry systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Welcome to the Machine canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20408546 — 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: Welcome to the Machine Context triple: [Wish You Were Here, hasPart, Welcome to the Machine]
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A.
The Machine
The Machine is the nickname of Albert Pujols, a Dominican-American former Major League Baseball first baseman renowned for his remarkably consistent and powerful hitting.
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B.
The Machine
The Machine is a powerful, clandestine artificial superintelligence from the TV series "Person of Interest" that predicts violent crimes by analyzing global surveillance data.
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C.
The Machine
The Machine is the nickname of Shelly Levene, a once-legendary but now struggling real estate salesman in David Mamet’s play and film "Glengarry Glen Ross."
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D.
The Machine
The Machine is a 2013 British science fiction thriller film about a sentient android created as a military weapon, directed by Caradog W. James.
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E.
The Machine
The Machine is the sadistic, masked pornographer and primary antagonist in the 1999 crime thriller film "8MM."
- 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: Welcome to the Machine Target entity description: "Welcome to the Machine" is a dark, atmospheric progressive rock song by Pink Floyd that critiques dehumanizing industrial and music-industry systems.
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A.
The Machine
The Machine is the nickname of Albert Pujols, a Dominican-American former Major League Baseball first baseman renowned for his remarkably consistent and powerful hitting.
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B.
The Machine
The Machine is a powerful, clandestine artificial superintelligence from the TV series "Person of Interest" that predicts violent crimes by analyzing global surveillance data.
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C.
The Machine
The Machine is the nickname of Shelly Levene, a once-legendary but now struggling real estate salesman in David Mamet’s play and film "Glengarry Glen Ross."
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D.
The Machine
The Machine is a 2013 British science fiction thriller film about a sentient android created as a military weapon, directed by Caradog W. James.
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E.
The Machine
The Machine is the sadistic, masked pornographer and primary antagonist in the 1999 crime thriller film "8MM."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
subject linked to:
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here