The Passenger
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"The Passenger" is a 1977 rock song by Iggy Pop, known for its driving rhythm, iconic "la-la-la" chorus, and enduring influence as one of his signature tracks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Passenger canonical | 4 |
| Passenger | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5135817 — 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: The Passenger Context triple: [Iggy Pop, notableWork, The Passenger]
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A.
The Passenger
The Passenger is a late-career novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows a haunted salvage diver entangled in mystery, guilt, and philosophical inquiry in the aftermath of his sister’s suicide.
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B.
Passengers
Passengers is an experimental music project formed by U2 and producer Brian Eno, known for its atmospheric, soundtrack-style compositions.
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C.
Passengers
Passengers is a 2016 science fiction romance film starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt as space travelers who awaken prematurely from hibernation on an interstellar voyage.
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D.
The Tourist
The Tourist is a 2010 romantic thriller film starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, involving mistaken identity and international intrigue across Paris and Venice.
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E.
Passenger 57
Passenger 57 is a 1992 American action thriller film starring Wesley Snipes as an airline security expert who must thwart a terrorist hijacking mid-flight.
- 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: The Passenger Target entity description: "The Passenger" is a 1977 rock song by Iggy Pop, known for its driving rhythm, iconic "la-la-la" chorus, and enduring influence as one of his signature tracks.
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A.
The Passenger
The Passenger is a late-career novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows a haunted salvage diver entangled in mystery, guilt, and philosophical inquiry in the aftermath of his sister’s suicide.
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B.
Passengers
Passengers is an experimental music project formed by U2 and producer Brian Eno, known for its atmospheric, soundtrack-style compositions.
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C.
Passengers
Passengers is a 2016 science fiction romance film starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt as space travelers who awaken prematurely from hibernation on an interstellar voyage.
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D.
The Tourist
The Tourist is a 2010 romantic thriller film starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, involving mistaken identity and international intrigue across Paris and Venice.
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E.
Passenger 57
Passenger 57 is a 1992 American action thriller film starring Wesley Snipes as an airline security expert who must thwart a terrorist hijacking mid-flight.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Lust for Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Iggy Pop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
call-and-response vocal pattern
ⓘ
driving rhythm ⓘ prominent guitar riff ⓘ |
| composer | Ricky Gardiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs | one of Iggy Pop's signature songs ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
backing vocals
ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ |
| firstReleaseFormat | album track ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasChorus | la-la-la refrain ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | widely used in films, television, and advertising ⓘ |
| hasSignatureStatusFor | Iggy Pop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Lust for Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
alternative rock artists
ⓘ
post-punk bands ⓘ |
| label | RCA Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterReleaseFormat | single ⓘ |
| notableFor |
enduring popularity
ⓘ
frequent inclusion in Iggy Pop live sets ⓘ iconic la-la-la chorus ⓘ |
| performer | Iggy Pop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Colin Thurston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Iggy Pop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingEra | Berlin period of Iggy Pop and David Bowie ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
travel ⓘ urban observation ⓘ |
| timeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Iggy Pop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Iggy Pop
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ricky Gardiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: The Passenger Description of subject: "The Passenger" is a 1977 rock song by Iggy Pop, known for its driving rhythm, iconic "la-la-la" chorus, and enduring influence as one of his signature tracks.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Passenger