You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
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"You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" is a famous lyric line from Bob Dylan’s song "Subterranean Homesick Blues," often cited as a quintessential example of his cryptic, socially aware songwriting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T954309 — 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: You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows Context triple: [Subterranean Homesick Blues, hasFamousLine, You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows]
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A.
Listen! The Wind
"Listen! The Wind" is a 1938 memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting a perilous transatlantic survey flight she made with her husband, aviator Charles Lindbergh.
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B.
Blowin' in the Wind
"Blowin' in the Wind" is a landmark 1962 protest song by Bob Dylan that became an anthem of the civil rights and anti-war movements.
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C.
Nobody Owns the Sky
"Nobody Owns the Sky" is a children's picture book by Reeve Lindbergh that tells the inspiring true story of pioneering African American aviator Bessie Coleman.
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D.
Blue Skies
Blue Skies is a 1946 American musical film starring Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby, featuring Irving Berlin songs and celebrated for Astaire’s innovative dance sequences.
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E.
Walking Man
Walking Man is a prominent outdoor sculpture installed at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, recognized for its stylized depiction of a human figure in motion.
- 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: You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows Target entity description: "You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" is a famous lyric line from Bob Dylan’s song "Subterranean Homesick Blues," often cited as a quintessential example of his cryptic, socially aware songwriting.
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A.
Listen! The Wind
"Listen! The Wind" is a 1938 memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting a perilous transatlantic survey flight she made with her husband, aviator Charles Lindbergh.
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B.
Blowin' in the Wind
"Blowin' in the Wind" is a landmark 1962 protest song by Bob Dylan that became an anthem of the civil rights and anti-war movements.
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C.
Nobody Owns the Sky
"Nobody Owns the Sky" is a children's picture book by Reeve Lindbergh that tells the inspiring true story of pioneering African American aviator Bessie Coleman.
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D.
Blue Skies
Blue Skies is a 1946 American musical film starring Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby, featuring Irving Berlin songs and celebrated for Astaire’s innovative dance sequences.
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E.
Walking Man
Walking Man is a prominent outdoor sculpture installed at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, recognized for its stylized depiction of a human figure in motion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
quotation
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song lyric line ⓘ |
| appearsOnAlbum | Bringing It All Back Home ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| culturalImpactOn |
1960s counterculture
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New Left ⓘ
surface form:
New Left movement
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| describedAs |
cryptic
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iconic Bob Dylan line ⓘ socially aware ⓘ |
| firstReleasedBy | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| firstReleasedOn | Subterranean Homesick Blues ⓘ |
| genreContext |
folk rock
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rock ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviatedForm | You don’t need a weatherman ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus |
catchphrase
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widely quoted line ⓘ |
| hasKeyPhrase |
weatherman
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wind blows ⓘ |
| hasWordCount | 11 ⓘ |
| inspiredNameOf |
Weather Underground
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Students for a Democratic Society ⓘ
surface form:
Weathermen faction of Students for a Democratic Society
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| interpretedAs |
call for independent judgment
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critique of reliance on authorities ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
counterculture
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political commentary ⓘ social awareness ⓘ |
| medium | song lyric ⓘ |
| oftenCitedAs |
example of Bob Dylan’s cryptic lyrics
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example of Bob Dylan’s socially aware songwriting ⓘ |
| originatesFromAlbumSide | Side 1 of Bringing It All Back Home ⓘ |
| originatesFromTrackNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| partOf | Subterranean Homesick Blues ⓘ |
| quotationType | proverb-like saying ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| timePeriodContext | 1960s United States ⓘ |
| usedAs | political slogan ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
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: You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows Description of subject: "You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" is a famous lyric line from Bob Dylan’s song "Subterranean Homesick Blues," often cited as a quintessential example of his cryptic, socially aware songwriting.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Subterranean Homesick Blues
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hasFamousLine
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You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
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