Alfie
E140479
"Alfie" is a classic 1966 pop song, with music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David, best known as the reflective theme from the film of the same name.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alfie canonical | 17 |
| Alfie (1966 film) | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1230314 — 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: Alfie Context triple: [Burt Bacharach, wroteSong, Alfie]
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A.
Alfie
Alfie is a diminutive given name, commonly used in English-speaking countries, derived from the name Alfred.
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B.
Julie
Julie is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in many Western countries.
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C.
Kinder Downfall
Kinder Downfall is a notable waterfall on the Kinder Scout plateau in the Peak District, known for its dramatic windswept spray that can sometimes blow the water back upwards.
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D.
Dolittle
Dolittle is a 2020 fantasy adventure film in which Robert Downey Jr. stars as the eccentric doctor who can talk to animals, based on Hugh Lofting’s classic character.
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E.
Fink
Fink is a British singer-songwriter and producer known for his atmospheric blend of folk, blues, and electronic music.
- 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: Alfie Target entity description: "Alfie" is a classic 1966 pop song, with music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David, best known as the reflective theme from the film of the same name.
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A.
Alfie
Alfie is a diminutive given name, commonly used in English-speaking countries, derived from the name Alfred.
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B.
Julie
Julie is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in many Western countries.
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C.
Kinder Downfall
Kinder Downfall is a notable waterfall on the Kinder Scout plateau in the Peak District, known for its dramatic windswept spray that can sometimes blow the water back upwards.
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D.
Dolittle
Dolittle is a 2020 fantasy adventure film in which Robert Downey Jr. stars as the eccentric doctor who can talk to animals, based on Hugh Lofting’s classic character.
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E.
Fink
Fink is a British singer-songwriter and producer known for his atmospheric blend of folk, blues, and electronic music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film theme song
ⓘ
pop song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Burt Bacharach
ⓘ
Hal David ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Burt Bacharach–Hal David songbook ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Alfie
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Alfie (1966 film)
|
| composer | Burt Bacharach ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs |
introspective
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ |
| era | 1960s pop ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| firstFeaturedIn |
Alfie
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Alfie (1966 film)
|
| genre | pop ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus | standard ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecordingBy |
Barbra Streisand
ⓘ
Cher ⓘ Cilla Black ⓘ Dionne Warwick ⓘ Stevie Wonder ⓘ Vanessa Williams ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
emotional vulnerability
ⓘ
philosophical questioning ⓘ search for purpose ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter |
Alfie
ⓘ
surface form:
Alfie (fictional character)
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| includedIn |
Burt Bacharach song anthologies
ⓘ
Hal David lyric collections ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | narrative of the film Alfie ⓘ |
| isClassic | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Hal David ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Hal David ⓘ |
| musicBy | Burt Bacharach ⓘ |
| musicStyle | orchestral pop ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the theme from the film Alfie ⓘ |
| notablePeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| originalFilmLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Alfie
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Alfie (1966 film)
|
| subjectMatter |
love
ⓘ
meaning of life ⓘ self-reflection ⓘ |
| title | Alfie self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| usedAs | theme song ⓘ |
| writtenFor |
Alfie
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Alfie (1966 film)
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| yearOfComposition | 1966 ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 1966 ⓘ |
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: Alfie Description of subject: "Alfie" is a classic 1966 pop song, with music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David, best known as the reflective theme from the film of the same name.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Alfie (song)
this entity surface form:
Alfie (1966 film)
subject surface form:
Alfie (song)
this entity surface form:
Alfie (1966 film)
subject surface form:
Alfie (song)
this entity surface form:
Alfie (1966 film)
subject surface form:
Alfie (song)
this entity surface form:
Alfie (1966 film)
subject surface form:
Dionne Warwick
this entity surface form:
Alfie (1966 film)