Oliver's Army
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"Oliver's Army" is a 1979 new wave song by Elvis Costello and the Attractions, known for its catchy pop melody paired with politically charged lyrics about militarism and class.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oliver's Army canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10007107 — 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: Oliver's Army Context triple: [Elvis Costello, notableSong, Oliver's Army]
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A.
Oliver and Boyd
Oliver and Boyd was a prominent Scottish publishing house known for producing influential academic and scientific works.
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B.
The Fifer
The Fifer is a famous 1866 painting by Édouard Manet depicting a young military musician in a flat, poster-like style that anticipates modern art.
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C.
Oliver
Oliver is the given first name of Olli Wisdom, the British musician and prominent figure in the psychedelic trance scene.
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D.
Oliver
Oliver is a character in Shakespeare's comedy "As You Like It," known as Orlando's cruel elder brother who later undergoes a significant moral transformation.
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E.
Oliver
Oliver is the given name of Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., a prominent 19th-century American physician, poet, and essayist.
- 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: Oliver's Army Target entity description: "Oliver's Army" is a 1979 new wave song by Elvis Costello and the Attractions, known for its catchy pop melody paired with politically charged lyrics about militarism and class.
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A.
Oliver and Boyd
Oliver and Boyd was a prominent Scottish publishing house known for producing influential academic and scientific works.
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B.
The Fifer
The Fifer is a famous 1866 painting by Édouard Manet depicting a young military musician in a flat, poster-like style that anticipates modern art.
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C.
Oliver
Oliver is the given first name of Olli Wisdom, the British musician and prominent figure in the psychedelic trance scene.
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D.
Oliver
Oliver is a character in Shakespeare's comedy "As You Like It," known as Orlando's cruel elder brother who later undergoes a significant moral transformation.
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E.
Oliver
Oliver is the given name of Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., a prominent 19th-century American physician, poet, and essayist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| backingBand | The Attractions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartedIn |
Irish Singles Chart
NERFINISHED
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New Zealand Singles Chart NERFINISHED ⓘ UK Singles Chart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUK | 2 ⓘ |
| composer | Elvis Costello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| followedBySingle | Accidents Will Happen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ |
| hasBside |
Chemistry Class
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My Funny Valentine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCensorshipHistory | later radio versions often edited to remove slur ⓘ |
| hasControversialLyric | contains a racial slur in one line GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
class conflict
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imperialism ⓘ militarism ⓘ recruitment of working class soldiers ⓘ |
| hasMusicalKey | A major ⓘ |
| hasReleaseDate | 1979-02-02 ⓘ |
| hasStyleCharacteristic |
Phil Spector–influenced pop production
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hook-driven keyboard riff ⓘ sing-along chorus ⓘ |
| hasTempo | upbeat ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
a classic of the new wave era
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one of Elvis Costello's best-known songs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:00 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Elvis Costello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | catchy pop melody contrasted with political lyrics ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Elvis Costello and the Attractions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBySingle | Radio Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Nick Lowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedAt | Eden Studios, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1978 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Radar Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Elvis Costello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Elvis Costello 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: Oliver's Army Description of subject: "Oliver's Army" is a 1979 new wave song by Elvis Costello and the Attractions, known for its catchy pop melody paired with politically charged lyrics about militarism and class.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.