Rain (Madonna music video)
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"Rain" is a visually striking, blue-hued music video for Madonna’s 1993 single, noted for its minimalist aesthetic and emotional, introspective tone, directed by Mark Romanek.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rain (Madonna music video) canonical | 2 |
| Rain (song by Madonna) | 2 |
| Rain (Madonna song) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6262220 — 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: Rain (Madonna music video) Context triple: [Mark Romanek, notableWork, Rain (Madonna music video)]
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A.
Madonna in the Church
Madonna in the Church is a small, highly detailed early Netherlandish panel painting by Jan van Eyck depicting the Virgin Mary standing monumental within a Gothic church interior, celebrated for its intricate realism and complex symbolism.
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B.
Driving Rain
Driving Rain is a 2001 studio album by Paul McCartney, noted for its raw, contemporary rock sound and for being his first major release after the death of his wife Linda.
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C.
November Rain
"November Rain" is an epic rock ballad by Guns N' Roses, renowned for its orchestral arrangement, emotional guitar solos, and iconic, cinematic music video.
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D.
Red Rain
"Red Rain" is a 1986 art rock song by Peter Gabriel, known for its atmospheric production, vivid apocalyptic imagery, and role as the opening track on his acclaimed album *So*.
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E.
Rain (album)
Rain is a 2008 studio album by English musician Joe Jackson that showcases his piano-driven pop and jazz-influenced songwriting.
- 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: Rain (Madonna music video) Target entity description: "Rain" is a visually striking, blue-hued music video for Madonna’s 1993 single, noted for its minimalist aesthetic and emotional, introspective tone, directed by Mark Romanek.
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A.
Madonna in the Church
Madonna in the Church is a small, highly detailed early Netherlandish panel painting by Jan van Eyck depicting the Virgin Mary standing monumental within a Gothic church interior, celebrated for its intricate realism and complex symbolism.
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B.
Driving Rain
Driving Rain is a 2001 studio album by Paul McCartney, noted for its raw, contemporary rock sound and for being his first major release after the death of his wife Linda.
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C.
November Rain
"November Rain" is an epic rock ballad by Guns N' Roses, renowned for its orchestral arrangement, emotional guitar solos, and iconic, cinematic music video.
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D.
Red Rain
"Red Rain" is a 1986 art rock song by Peter Gabriel, known for its atmospheric production, vivid apocalyptic imagery, and role as the opening track on his acclaimed album *So*.
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E.
Rain (album)
Rain is a 2008 studio album by English musician Joe Jackson that showcases his piano-driven pop and jazz-influenced songwriting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | music video ⓘ |
| associatedAlbum |
Erotica
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linked to:
Erotica (album)
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| basedOn |
Rain (song by Madonna)
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linked to:
Rain (Madonna music video)
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| cameraStyle |
frequent close-ups
ⓘ
slow, lingering shots ⓘ |
| choreographyStyle | subtle movement rather than dance routines ⓘ |
| chronologicalPositionInSinglesVideos |
follows Bad Girl (Madonna music video)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bad Girl
precedes Bye Bye Baby (Madonna music video) ⓘ |
| colorProcess | blue-tinted cinematography ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creativeDirectionBy | Mark Romanek ⓘ |
| director | Mark Romanek ⓘ |
| editingStyle |
measured pacing
ⓘ
smooth transitions ⓘ |
| era | Erotica era of Madonna’s career ⓘ |
| features |
close-up shots of Madonna
ⓘ
rain imagery ⓘ short black wig worn by Madonna ⓘ studio-set environment ⓘ |
| genre | pop music video ⓘ |
| hairStyleOfMadonna | short black bob wig ⓘ |
| hasSetting | futuristic studio ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
emotional renewal
ⓘ
love ⓘ vulnerability ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
music video compilation releases
ⓘ
television broadcast ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
emotional
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blue-hued visual design
ⓘ
intimate performance by Madonna ⓘ restrained, minimalist direction ⓘ |
| partOf | Madonna videography ⓘ |
| performer | Madonna ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Maverick Records ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Maverick Records
ⓘ
Sire Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| soundtrack |
Rain (song by Madonna)
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linked to:
Rain (Madonna music video)
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| star | Madonna ⓘ |
| title | Rain ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
rain
ⓘ
linked to:
Rain
water ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
minimalist aesthetic
ⓘ
monochromatic blue palette ⓘ |
| wardrobeStyle | simple, monochrome outfits ⓘ |
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: Rain (Madonna music video) Description of subject: "Rain" is a visually striking, blue-hued music video for Madonna’s 1993 single, noted for its minimalist aesthetic and emotional, introspective tone, directed by Mark Romanek.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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