Message in a Bottle
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"Message in a Bottle" is a 1979 rock song by the British band The Police, known for its reggae-influenced sound and memorable guitar riff, and is considered one of their signature hits.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Message in a Bottle canonical | 3 |
| "Message in a Bottle" (guitar parts) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8696682 — 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: Message in a Bottle Context triple: [The Police, notableWork, Message in a Bottle]
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A.
Message in a Bottle
Message in a Bottle is a 1999 romantic drama film best known for its emotional story of love and loss, adapted from Nicholas Sparks’ novel and featuring a score by Gabriel Yared.
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B.
Genie in a Bottle
"Genie in a Bottle" is a 1999 pop song that served as Christina Aguilera's breakout hit, helping to launch her to international fame.
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C.
The Bottom of the Bottle
The Bottom of the Bottle is a 1956 American drama film directed by Henry Hathaway, based on Georges Simenon's novel about a lawyer whose escaped-convict brother seeks his help to cross the Mexican border.
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D.
Somewhere
"Somewhere" is a track by the American rock band Soundgarden from their influential 1991 album *Badmotorfinger*.
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E.
Somewhere
"Somewhere" is a poignant ballad from the musical West Side Story that expresses a longing for a peaceful place where love can transcend conflict and prejudice.
- 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: Message in a Bottle Target entity description: "Message in a Bottle" is a 1979 rock song by the British band The Police, known for its reggae-influenced sound and memorable guitar riff, and is considered one of their signature hits.
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A.
Message in a Bottle
Message in a Bottle is a 1999 romantic drama film best known for its emotional story of love and loss, adapted from Nicholas Sparks’ novel and featuring a score by Gabriel Yared.
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B.
Genie in a Bottle
"Genie in a Bottle" is a 1999 pop song that served as Christina Aguilera's breakout hit, helping to launch her to international fame.
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C.
The Bottom of the Bottle
The Bottom of the Bottle is a 1956 American drama film directed by Henry Hathaway, based on Georges Simenon's novel about a lawyer whose escaped-convict brother seeks his help to cross the Mexican border.
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D.
Somewhere
"Somewhere" is a track by the American rock band Soundgarden from their influential 1991 album *Badmotorfinger*.
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E.
Somewhere
"Somewhere" is a poignant ballad from the musical West Side Story that expresses a longing for a peaceful place where love can transcend conflict and prejudice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Reggatta de Blanc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | The Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionAustralia | 5 ⓘ |
| chartPositionIreland | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionNetherlands | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionSpain | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 74 ⓘ |
| composer | Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| followedBy | Walking on the Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
reggae rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasBside | Landlord ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersionBy |
John Mayer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Matisyahu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion | featured on The Police live recordings ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
lyrics about isolation and seeking connection
ⓘ
prominent guitar arpeggios ⓘ reggae-influenced guitar riff ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
hope for communication
ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Reggatta de Blanc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInList | Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ |
| isOpeningTrackOf | Reggatta de Blanc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | The Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:51 ⓘ |
| performedByMember |
Andy Summers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stewart Copeland NERFINISHED ⓘ Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | The Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | So Lonely NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Nigel Gray
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reachedNumberOneIn | UK Singles Chart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1979 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | A&M Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1979-09-21 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| tempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| writer | Sting 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: Message in a Bottle Description of subject: "Message in a Bottle" is a 1979 rock song by the British band The Police, known for its reggae-influenced sound and memorable guitar riff, and is considered one of their signature hits.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
"Message in a Bottle" (guitar parts)