Listen
E140733
"Listen" is a powerful ballad from the musical film adaptation of *Dreamgirls*, widely recognized for its soaring vocals and themes of self-empowerment and finding one’s own voice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Listen canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1225928 — 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: Listen Context triple: [Dreamgirls, hasOriginalSong, Listen]
-
A.
Listen
"Listen" is an abstract expressionist painting by American artist Lee Krasner, reflecting her dynamic, gestural style and exploration of emotional intensity through color and form.
-
B.
I Am Listening
"I Am Listening" is a work by acclaimed American playwright and director Moss Hart, known for his influential contributions to 20th-century theater.
-
C.
Tunes
Tunes is a town in Portugal’s Algarve region known as a key railway junction linking major lines in the south of the country.
-
D.
Sing
Sing is a 2016 animated musical comedy film featuring a group of anthropomorphic animals who enter a singing competition, produced by Illumination Entertainment.
-
E.
Loop
The Loop is Chicago’s central business district and downtown core, known for its dense cluster of skyscrapers, cultural institutions, and historic elevated train system.
- 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: Listen Target entity description: "Listen" is a powerful ballad from the musical film adaptation of *Dreamgirls*, widely recognized for its soaring vocals and themes of self-empowerment and finding one’s own voice.
-
A.
Listen
"Listen" is an abstract expressionist painting by American artist Lee Krasner, reflecting her dynamic, gestural style and exploration of emotional intensity through color and form.
-
B.
I Am Listening
"I Am Listening" is a work by acclaimed American playwright and director Moss Hart, known for his influential contributions to 20th-century theater.
-
C.
Tunes
Tunes is a town in Portugal’s Algarve region known as a key railway junction linking major lines in the south of the country.
-
D.
Sing
Sing is a 2016 animated musical comedy film featuring a group of anthropomorphic animals who enter a singing competition, produced by Illumination Entertainment.
-
E.
Loop
The Loop is Chicago’s central business district and downtown core, known for its dense cluster of skyscrapers, cultural institutions, and historic elevated train system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film song
ⓘ
power ballad ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Deena Jones ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical)
ⓘ
surface form:
Dreamgirls (stage musical)
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
pop ballad ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasAudienceReception |
widely recognized as inspirational ballad
ⓘ
widely recognized for vocal difficulty ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
frequently covered by singers worldwide
ⓘ
popular audition song for vocal competitions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalFocus |
asserting individuality
ⓘ
breaking free from control ⓘ personal strength ⓘ |
| medium | motion picture soundtrack ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional intensity
ⓘ
soaring vocals ⓘ |
| originalMedium | film ⓘ |
| partOfWork |
Dreamgirls
ⓘ
surface form:
Dreamgirls (2006 film adaptation)
|
| performedBy | Beyoncé ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Beyoncé in Dreamgirls (2006 film) ⓘ |
| releaseContext | musical film adaptation of Dreamgirls ⓘ |
| theme |
finding one’s own voice
ⓘ
independence ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ self-empowerment ⓘ |
| title | Listen self-link ⓘ |
| usedAs | character anthem ⓘ |
| vocalRange | wide vocal range ⓘ |
| vocalType | powerful belting ⓘ |
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: Listen Description of subject: "Listen" is a powerful ballad from the musical film adaptation of *Dreamgirls*, widely recognized for its soaring vocals and themes of self-empowerment and finding one’s own voice.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.