I Was There
E115824
"I Was There" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day, featured on their debut studio album 39/Smooth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Was There canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T976151 — 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: I Was There Context triple: [39/Smooth, hasPart, I Was There]
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A.
Our Very Own
"Our Very Own" is a 1950 American drama film starring Ann Blyth and Jane Wyatt that explores the emotional upheaval of a teenager who discovers she is adopted.
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B.
As I Am
"As I Am" is a Grammy-winning R&B and soul studio album by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, noted for hits like "No One" and its blend of classical piano with contemporary urban sounds.
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C.
Everything I Thought It Was
"Everything I Thought It Was" is a pop and R&B studio album by American singer Justin Timberlake, marking his return to music after a lengthy hiatus.
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D.
If I Told You That
"If I Told You That" is an R&B duet by Whitney Houston and George Michael that gained popularity as a single from Houston’s late-1990s musical era.
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E.
I (Who Have Nothing)
"I (Who Have Nothing)" is a dramatic soul ballad popularized by Ben E. King, known for its powerful vocals and themes of unrequited love and emotional desperation.
- 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: I Was There Target entity description: "I Was There" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day, featured on their debut studio album 39/Smooth.
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A.
Our Very Own
"Our Very Own" is a 1950 American drama film starring Ann Blyth and Jane Wyatt that explores the emotional upheaval of a teenager who discovers she is adopted.
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B.
As I Am
"As I Am" is a Grammy-winning R&B and soul studio album by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, noted for hits like "No One" and its blend of classical piano with contemporary urban sounds.
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C.
Everything I Thought It Was
"Everything I Thought It Was" is a pop and R&B studio album by American singer Justin Timberlake, marking his return to music after a lengthy hiatus.
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D.
If I Told You That
"If I Told You That" is an R&B duet by Whitney Houston and George Michael that gained popularity as a single from Houston’s late-1990s musical era.
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E.
I (Who Have Nothing)
"I (Who Have Nothing)" is a dramatic soul ballad popularized by Ben E. King, known for its powerful vocals and themes of unrequited love and emotional desperation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| albumSequence | track on 39/Smooth ⓘ |
| artist | Green Day ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Green Day ⓘ |
| bassist | Mike Dirnt ⓘ |
| composer | Green Day ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| drummer | John Kiffmeyer ⓘ |
| genre |
punk
ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ |
| guitarist | Billie Joe Armstrong ⓘ |
| hasMusicStyle | punk rock ⓘ |
| hasOriginAlbumArtist | Green Day ⓘ |
| hasPerformerType | band recording ⓘ |
| includedIn | Green Day discography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Green Day ⓘ |
| originallyReleasedOn | 39/Smooth ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | 39/Smooth ⓘ |
| performer |
Billie Joe Armstrong
ⓘ
Green Day ⓘ John Kiffmeyer ⓘ Mike Dirnt ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Green Day ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Lookout! Records ⓘ |
| releaseType | album track ⓘ |
| vocalist | Billie Joe Armstrong ⓘ |
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: I Was There Description of subject: "I Was There" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day, featured on their debut studio album 39/Smooth.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.