Steam (music video)
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"Steam (music video)" is the official visual accompaniment to Peter Gabriel's song "Steam," featuring surreal, computer-enhanced imagery and playful, rapidly shifting scenes that match the track’s energetic, funk-infused rock style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steam (music video) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8786327 — 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: Steam (music video) Context triple: [Steam (song), hasMusicVideo, Steam (music video)]
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A.
If (music video)
"If (music video)" is the visual accompaniment to Janet Jackson's 1993 single "If," noted for its innovative choreography, futuristic club setting, and influential use of video technology and sensual imagery.
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B.
Sky Stream
Sky Stream is a streaming television service from Sky that delivers live TV and on-demand content over broadband without the need for a satellite dish.
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C.
Blue Poles
Blue Poles is a famous abstract expressionist painting by Jackson Pollock, renowned for its dynamic drip technique and bold linear structures.
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D.
"Give It 2 Me" music video
The "Give It 2 Me" music video is a stylish, high-energy visual for Madonna’s 2008 dance-pop single, featuring her performing in minimalist studio settings with rapid cuts, fashion-forward looks, and a playful, club-like atmosphere.
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E.
One (Metallica music video)
"One" (Metallica music video) is the dark, war-themed visual accompaniment to Metallica’s song "One," featuring the band’s performance intercut with footage from the film "Johnny Got His Gun" to depict the horrors of combat and isolation.
- 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: Steam (music video) Target entity description: "Steam (music video)" is the official visual accompaniment to Peter Gabriel's song "Steam," featuring surreal, computer-enhanced imagery and playful, rapidly shifting scenes that match the track’s energetic, funk-infused rock style.
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A.
If (music video)
"If (music video)" is the visual accompaniment to Janet Jackson's 1993 single "If," noted for its innovative choreography, futuristic club setting, and influential use of video technology and sensual imagery.
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B.
Sky Stream
Sky Stream is a streaming television service from Sky that delivers live TV and on-demand content over broadband without the need for a satellite dish.
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C.
Blue Poles
Blue Poles is a famous abstract expressionist painting by Jackson Pollock, renowned for its dynamic drip technique and bold linear structures.
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D.
"Give It 2 Me" music video
The "Give It 2 Me" music video is a stylish, high-energy visual for Madonna’s 2008 dance-pop single, featuring her performing in minimalist studio settings with rapid cuts, fashion-forward looks, and a playful, club-like atmosphere.
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E.
One (Metallica music video)
"One" (Metallica music video) is the dark, war-themed visual accompaniment to Metallica’s song "One," featuring the band’s performance intercut with footage from the film "Johnny Got His Gun" to depict the horrors of combat and isolation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music video
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short film ⓘ |
| artist | Peter Gabriel ⓘ |
| associatedAlbum | Us ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Geffen Records
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Real World Records ⓘ |
| basedOn | Steam (song) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Stephen R. Johnson ⓘ |
| editingStyle |
fast-paced editing
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rhythmic cuts synchronized to music ⓘ |
| featuredSong | Steam ⓘ |
| featuresArtist | Peter Gabriel ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | animated versions of Peter Gabriel ⓘ |
| featuresMedium |
computer animation
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digital effects ⓘ live-action footage ⓘ |
| featuresTechnique |
digital layering of images
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green-screen compositing ⓘ morphing ⓘ |
| follows |
Digging in the Dirt (music video)
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linked to:
Digging in the Dirt
|
| genre |
experimental music video
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rock music video ⓘ surrealist music video ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
media saturation
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playful sensuality ⓘ sexual innuendo ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicStyle |
art rock
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funk-infused rock ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dense layering of visual elements
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humorous and playful tone ⓘ innovative use of early 1990s computer graphics ⓘ surreal transformations of Peter Gabriel ⓘ |
| partOf | Peter Gabriel videography ⓘ |
| performer | Peter Gabriel ⓘ |
| platform |
MTV
ⓘ
VH1 ⓘ YouTube ⓘ |
| producer | Adam Whittaker ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Oil Factory ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| title | Steam ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
cartoon-like effects
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computer-enhanced imagery ⓘ heavy digital compositing ⓘ playful visual gags ⓘ rapidly shifting scenes ⓘ surreal imagery ⓘ |
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: Steam (music video) Description of subject: "Steam (music video)" is the official visual accompaniment to Peter Gabriel's song "Steam," featuring surreal, computer-enhanced imagery and playful, rapidly shifting scenes that match the track’s energetic, funk-infused rock style.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.