Closer
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"Closer" is a 1994 industrial rock song by Nine Inch Nails, renowned for its provocative lyrics, dark erotic themes, and iconic, heavily sampled beat.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Closer canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6480338 — 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: Closer Context triple: [Nine Inch Nails, notableSong, Closer]
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A.
Closer
Closer is a track by the progressive metal band Evolver, likely featured as a component of one of their albums or releases.
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B.
Closer
Closer is a 2004 romantic drama film, directed by Mike Nichols and based on Patrick Marber’s play, that explores the complex, often brutal dynamics of modern relationships through the intertwined lives of four Londoners.
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C.
Closer
"Closer" is a moody, atmospheric rock song by American band Kings of Leon, known for its haunting guitar riffs and introspective lyrics.
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D.
Closer
"Closer" is a 2016 EDM-pop hit by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey that became a global chart-topping single and one of the duo's signature songs.
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E.
Come Closer
"Come Closer" is a hit Afrobeats single by Nigerian artist Wizkid featuring Drake, known for its fusion of Afrobeat and dancehall and its international chart success.
- 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: Closer Target entity description: "Closer" is a 1994 industrial rock song by Nine Inch Nails, renowned for its provocative lyrics, dark erotic themes, and iconic, heavily sampled beat.
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A.
Closer
Closer is a 2004 romantic drama film, directed by Mike Nichols and based on Patrick Marber’s play, that explores the complex, often brutal dynamics of modern relationships through the intertwined lives of four Londoners.
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B.
Closer
"Closer" is a moody, atmospheric rock song by American band Kings of Leon, known for its haunting guitar riffs and introspective lyrics.
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C.
Closer
Closer is a track by the progressive metal band Evolver, likely featured as a component of one of their albums or releases.
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D.
Closer
"Closer" is a 2016 EDM-pop hit by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey that became a global chart-topping single and one of the duo's signature songs.
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E.
Come Closer
"Come Closer" is a hit Afrobeats single by Nigerian artist Wizkid featuring Drake, known for its fusion of Afrobeat and dancehall and its international chart success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | The Downward Spiral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Nine Inch Nails NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Trent Reznor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide |
All the Pigs, All Lined Up
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Heresy (Blind remix) NERFINISHED ⓘ Memorabilia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
US Billboard Hot 100 top 50
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks top 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chorusLine | I want to fuck you like an animal ⓘ |
| composer | Trent Reznor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsExplicitLyrics | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | 1990s ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
industrial ⓘ industrial rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
distorted vocals ⓘ drum machine ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| hasRemix | Closer to God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Natural Born Killers soundtrack (remix version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Nine Inch Nails NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Trent Reznor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Mark Romanek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial music video
ⓘ
dark erotic themes ⓘ heavily sampled beat ⓘ provocative lyrics ⓘ |
| partOf | The Downward Spiral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Nine Inch Nails NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Trent Reznor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Interscope Records
ⓘ
Nothing Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1994-05-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| singleFromAlbum | The Downward Spiral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| theme |
power and control
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self-loathing ⓘ sexual obsession ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 5 ⓘ |
| writer | Trent Reznor 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: Closer Description of subject: "Closer" is a 1994 industrial rock song by Nine Inch Nails, renowned for its provocative lyrics, dark erotic themes, and iconic, heavily sampled beat.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Closer (Precursor) (remix)