Waiting on the World to Change
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"Waiting on the World to Change" is a Grammy-winning pop-rock song by John Mayer that reflects on political apathy and the frustrations of a younger generation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waiting on the World to Change canonical | 4 |
| "Waiting on the world to change" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1249533 — 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: Waiting on the World to Change Context triple: [John Mayer, notableSong, Waiting on the World to Change]
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A.
It Don’t Have to Change
"It Don’t Have to Change" is a soulful R&B track by John Legend from his debut album "Get Lifted," showcasing his smooth vocals and reflective songwriting.
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B.
Things Done Changed
"Things Done Changed" is the reflective opening track on The Notorious B.I.G.'s debut album, contrasting his harsh past experiences with his newfound success and the changing realities of street life.
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C.
I Can Change
"I Can Change" is a song by John Legend from his debut studio album "Get Lifted."
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D.
Are We the Waiting
"Are We the Waiting" is a mid-tempo, atmospheric rock song by Green Day from their concept album *American Idiot*, reflecting themes of disillusionment and longing.
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E.
When I Look at the World
"When I Look at the World" is a reflective, spiritually tinged rock song by U2 that contemplates faith, doubt, and resilience in the face of suffering.
- 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: Waiting on the World to Change Target entity description: "Waiting on the World to Change" is a Grammy-winning pop-rock song by John Mayer that reflects on political apathy and the frustrations of a younger generation.
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A.
It Don’t Have to Change
"It Don’t Have to Change" is a soulful R&B track by John Legend from his debut album "Get Lifted," showcasing his smooth vocals and reflective songwriting.
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B.
Things Done Changed
"Things Done Changed" is the reflective opening track on The Notorious B.I.G.'s debut album, contrasting his harsh past experiences with his newfound success and the changing realities of street life.
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C.
I Can Change
"I Can Change" is a song by John Legend from his debut studio album "Get Lifted."
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D.
Are We the Waiting
"Are We the Waiting" is a mid-tempo, atmospheric rock song by Green Day from their concept album *American Idiot*, reflecting themes of disillusionment and longing.
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E.
When I Look at the World
"When I Look at the World" is a reflective, spiritually tinged rock song by U2 that contemplates faith, doubt, and resilience in the face of suffering.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | Continuum ⓘ |
| artist | John Mayer ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ⓘ |
| composer | John Mayer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| describes |
feeling of powerlessness
ⓘ
frustration with political climate ⓘ hope for future change ⓘ |
| genre |
blue-eyed soul
ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ |
| hasChorusLine |
Waiting on the World to Change
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
"Waiting on the world to change"
|
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Waiting on the World to Change music video ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
laid-back groove
ⓘ
soul-influenced pop ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
civic engagement
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mass media influence ⓘ war and government policy ⓘ |
| includedIn | John Mayer live setlists ⓘ |
| intendedMessage |
call for eventual social change
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critique of political disengagement ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | John Mayer ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person plural ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Grammy-winning vocal performance
ⓘ
socially conscious lyrics ⓘ |
| partOf | Continuum ⓘ |
| performer |
John Mayer
ⓘ
John Mayer ⓘ
surface form:
John Mayer (guitar)
John Mayer ⓘ
surface form:
John Mayer (vocals)
John Mayer Trio ⓘ Pino Palladino ⓘ
surface form:
Pino Palladino (bass)
Steve Jordan (drums) ⓘ |
| producer |
John Alagía
ⓘ
surface form:
John Alagia
John Mayer ⓘ Steve Jordan ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Aware Records
ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseType | lead single ⓘ |
| theme |
political apathy
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social frustration ⓘ younger generation ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | male lead vocal ⓘ |
| writer | John Mayer ⓘ |
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: Waiting on the World to Change Description of subject: "Waiting on the World to Change" is a Grammy-winning pop-rock song by John Mayer that reflects on political apathy and the frustrations of a younger generation.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Waiting on the World to Change
→
hasChorusLine
→
Waiting on the World to Change
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
"Waiting on the world to change"
subject surface form:
John Mayer