Police on My Back
E503792
"Police on My Back" is a high-energy rock song popularized by the British punk band The Clash, known for its driving rhythm and themes of pursuit and desperation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Police on My Back canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5215084 — 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: Police on My Back Context triple: [The Clash, notableSong, Police on My Back]
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A.
Stories of the Street
"Stories of the Street" is a reflective, poetic song by Leonard Cohen that appears on his debut album, blending melancholic lyrics with folk-inspired melodies.
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B.
The Criminals
The Criminals is a punk rock band known for featuring guitarist Jason White, who later gained prominence with Green Day.
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C.
Out for Justice
Out for Justice is a 1991 action thriller film starring Steven Seagal as a tough Brooklyn cop seeking vengeance against a violent mob-connected criminal.
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D.
I Shall Be Released
"I Shall Be Released" is a gospel-inflected song written by Bob Dylan that has become a widely covered anthem of longing, redemption, and freedom.
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E.
Black on Both Sides
Black on Both Sides is Mos Def’s critically acclaimed 1999 debut studio album, celebrated for its socially conscious lyrics and innovative blend of hip-hop styles.
- 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: Police on My Back Target entity description: "Police on My Back" is a high-energy rock song popularized by the British punk band The Clash, known for its driving rhythm and themes of pursuit and desperation.
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A.
Stories of the Street
"Stories of the Street" is a reflective, poetic song by Leonard Cohen that appears on his debut album, blending melancholic lyrics with folk-inspired melodies.
-
B.
The Criminals
The Criminals is a punk rock band known for featuring guitarist Jason White, who later gained prominence with Green Day.
-
C.
Out for Justice
Out for Justice is a 1991 action thriller film starring Steven Seagal as a tough Brooklyn cop seeking vengeance against a violent mob-connected criminal.
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D.
I Shall Be Released
"I Shall Be Released" is a gospel-inflected song written by Bob Dylan that has become a widely covered anthem of longing, redemption, and freedom.
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E.
Black on Both Sides
Black on Both Sides is Mos Def’s critically acclaimed 1999 debut studio album, celebrated for its socially conscious lyrics and innovative blend of hip-hop styles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| composer | Eddy Grant ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
punk rock
ⓘ
reggae rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasLyricsLine |
I've been running Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
ⓘ
Well, I'm running, police on my back ⓘ What have I done? ⓘ |
| hasNotableInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
being on the run
ⓘ
desperation ⓘ law enforcement ⓘ pursuit ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Eddy Grant ⓘ |
| musicStyleCharacteristic |
driving rhythm
ⓘ
high-energy ⓘ |
| notableCoverVersionBy | The Clash ⓘ |
| originallyPerformedBy | The Equals ⓘ |
| partOfRepertoireOf |
The Clash
ⓘ
The Equals ⓘ |
| performer |
The Clash
ⓘ
The Equals ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | The Clash ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
The Clash
ⓘ
The Equals ⓘ |
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: Police on My Back Description of subject: "Police on My Back" is a high-energy rock song popularized by the British punk band The Clash, known for its driving rhythm and themes of pursuit and desperation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.