Back in the U.S.S.R.
E464750
"Back in the U.S.S.R." is a rock song by the Beatles that parodies American surf music and celebrates a fictional return to the Soviet Union, opening their 1968 self-titled "White Album."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Back in the U.S.S.R. canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4724317 — 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: Back in the U.S.S.R. Context triple: [The Beatles (White Album), hasPart, Back in the U.S.S.R.]
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A.
Memories of Lenin
Memories of Lenin is a biographical memoir by Nadezhda Krupskaya that offers a personal account of Vladimir Lenin’s life and revolutionary activities.
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B.
The Motherland Calls
The Motherland Calls is a colossal Soviet-era statue in Volgograd, Russia, commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad and symbolizing the Motherland’s call to defend the nation.
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C.
Stalin’s organ
Stalin’s organ is the colloquial nickname for the Soviet World War II–era Katyusha multiple rocket launcher, known for its devastating barrages and distinctive howling sound.
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D.
Дружба народов
«Дружба народов» — это надпись на ордене Дружбы народов, советской государственной награде, учреждённой для поощрения укрепления дружбы и сотрудничества между народами.
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E.
Molotov Girl
Molotov Girl is a rebellious, game-savvy character in the film "Free Guy," known for helping the protagonist uncover the truth about his virtual world.
- 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: Back in the U.S.S.R. Target entity description: "Back in the U.S.S.R." is a rock song by the Beatles that parodies American surf music and celebrates a fictional return to the Soviet Union, opening their 1968 self-titled "White Album."
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A.
Memories of Lenin
Memories of Lenin is a biographical memoir by Nadezhda Krupskaya that offers a personal account of Vladimir Lenin’s life and revolutionary activities.
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B.
The Motherland Calls
The Motherland Calls is a colossal Soviet-era statue in Volgograd, Russia, commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad and symbolizing the Motherland’s call to defend the nation.
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C.
Stalin’s organ
Stalin’s organ is the colloquial nickname for the Soviet World War II–era Katyusha multiple rocket launcher, known for its devastating barrages and distinctive howling sound.
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D.
Дружба народов
«Дружба народов» — это надпись на ордене Дружбы народов, советской государственной награде, учреждённой для поощрения укрепления дружбы и сотрудничества между народами.
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E.
Molotov Girl
Molotov Girl is a rebellious, game-savvy character in the film "Free Guy," known for helping the protagonist uncover the truth about his virtual world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rock song
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song ⓘ |
| album | The Beatles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The White Album NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | The Beatles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coveredBy |
Billy Joel
NERFINISHED
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Paul McCartney (solo live performances) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drummerOnRecording |
George Harrison
NERFINISHED
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John Lennon NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul McCartney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
parody
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rock ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ surf rock ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Cold War era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLivePerformance | The Beatles’ 1968–1969 studio-era rehearsals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
Beach Boys–style vocal harmonies
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jet airplane sound effects ⓘ uptempo rock and roll rhythm ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerformance | Paul McCartney’s 2003 concert in Moscow’s Red Square ⓘ |
| hasSetting | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | 1968 double LP The Beatles ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chuck Berry
NERFINISHED
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The Beach Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label | Apple Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 2:43 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| mentions |
Georgia
NERFINISHED
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Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFact | Ringo Starr temporarily left the band during the recording of the song ⓘ |
| openingTrackOf | The Beatles (White Album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parodies | American surf music ⓘ |
| partOf | The Beatles (1968 double album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | The Beatles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | George Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recorded | 1968 ⓘ |
| references |
Back in the U.S.A.
NERFINISHED
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California Girls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1968-11-22 ⓘ |
| songwriter |
George Harrison
NERFINISHED
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John Lennon NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul McCartney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
fictional return to the Soviet Union
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satire of Cold War stereotypes ⓘ |
| trackNumber | 1 ⓘ |
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: Back in the U.S.S.R. Description of subject: "Back in the U.S.S.R." is a rock song by the Beatles that parodies American surf music and celebrates a fictional return to the Soviet Union, opening their 1968 self-titled "White Album."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.