The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
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"The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" is a brooding, guitar-driven indie rock song by The National, known for its dark atmosphere and emotionally charged lyrics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10008202 — 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: The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness Context triple: [Sleep Well Beast, hasTrack, The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness]
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A.
Perfect Darkness
Perfect Darkness is a critically acclaimed album by British singer-songwriter Fink, known for its atmospheric blend of folk, blues, and downtempo influences.
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B.
Inside a Dream
"Inside a Dream" is a song by the American rock band Electric, likely featuring their characteristic guitar-driven sound and introspective lyrics.
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C.
From Darkness
From Darkness is a British crime drama television series featuring Anne-Marie Duff as a former police officer drawn back into an investigation that forces her to confront her traumatic past.
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D.
Strangeland
Strangeland is a song by the American rock band Green Day from their early compilation album "Kerplunk."
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E.
Strangeland
Strangeland is a confessional memoir by British artist Tracey Emin, exploring her turbulent childhood, relationships, and the experiences that shaped her provocative artistic persona.
- 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: The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness Target entity description: "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" is a brooding, guitar-driven indie rock song by The National, known for its dark atmosphere and emotionally charged lyrics.
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A.
Perfect Darkness
Perfect Darkness is a critically acclaimed album by British singer-songwriter Fink, known for its atmospheric blend of folk, blues, and downtempo influences.
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B.
Inside a Dream
"Inside a Dream" is a song by the American rock band Electric, likely featuring their characteristic guitar-driven sound and introspective lyrics.
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C.
From Darkness
From Darkness is a British crime drama television series featuring Anne-Marie Duff as a former police officer drawn back into an investigation that forces her to confront her traumatic past.
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D.
Strangeland
Strangeland is a song by the American rock band Green Day from their early compilation album "Kerplunk."
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E.
Strangeland
Strangeland is a confessional memoir by British artist Tracey Emin, exploring her turbulent childhood, relationships, and the experiences that shaped her provocative artistic persona.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | The National NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| hasLyricalCharacteristic | emotionally charged lyrics ⓘ |
| hasMood |
dark
ⓘ
intense ⓘ melancholic ⓘ |
| hasMusicalCharacteristic |
brooding atmosphere
ⓘ
dark tone ⓘ guitar-driven ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
emotional turmoil
ⓘ
isolation ⓘ relationships ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | baritone lead vocals ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark atmosphere
ⓘ
emotional intensity ⓘ guitar solo ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Sleep Well Beast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | The National NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | The National 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: The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness Description of subject: "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" is a brooding, guitar-driven indie rock song by The National, known for its dark atmosphere and emotionally charged lyrics.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sleep Well Beast
subject surface form:
Sleep Well Beast