Life Itself
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"Life Itself" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 album *Working on a Dream*, blending reflective lyrics with his signature rock sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Life Itself canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1921627 — 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: Life Itself Context triple: [Working on a Dream, hasTrack, Life Itself]
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A.
The Meyerowitz Stories
The Meyerowitz Stories is a 2017 Noah Baumbach film, starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, and Dustin Hoffman, that follows a dysfunctional New York family reuniting around their aging patriarch.
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B.
The Man Who Wasn't There
The Man Who Wasn't There is a 2001 neo-noir crime film by the Coen brothers, known for its stark black-and-white cinematography and understated, existential storytelling.
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C.
Lust for Life
Lust for Life is a 1956 biographical drama film about the life of painter Vincent van Gogh, renowned for its vivid Technicolor visuals and Kirk Douglas’s intense lead performance.
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D.
A Personal Matter
A Personal Matter is a semi-autobiographical novel by Kenzaburō Ōe that follows a young father’s psychological turmoil and moral struggle after the birth of his brain-damaged son.
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E.
The Day I Tried to Live
"The Day I Tried to Live" is a 1994 grunge/alternative rock song by Soundgarden, known for its dark, introspective lyrics and dynamic, heavy sound.
- 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: Life Itself Target entity description: "Life Itself" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 album *Working on a Dream*, blending reflective lyrics with his signature rock sound.
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A.
The Meyerowitz Stories
The Meyerowitz Stories is a 2017 Noah Baumbach film, starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, and Dustin Hoffman, that follows a dysfunctional New York family reuniting around their aging patriarch.
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B.
The Man Who Wasn't There
The Man Who Wasn't There is a 2001 neo-noir crime film by the Coen brothers, known for its stark black-and-white cinematography and understated, existential storytelling.
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C.
Lust for Life
Lust for Life is a 1956 biographical drama film about the life of painter Vincent van Gogh, renowned for its vivid Technicolor visuals and Kirk Douglas’s intense lead performance.
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D.
A Personal Matter
A Personal Matter is a semi-autobiographical novel by Kenzaburō Ōe that follows a young father’s psychological turmoil and moral struggle after the birth of his brain-damaged son.
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E.
The Day I Tried to Live
"The Day I Tried to Live" is a 1994 grunge/alternative rock song by Soundgarden, known for its dark, introspective lyrics and dynamic, heavy sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
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song ⓘ |
| artist | Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| composer | Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| creator | Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| genre | rock ⓘ |
| hasLyricsTheme |
introspection
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reflection on life ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | rock sound ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacteristic |
reflective lyrics
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signature Bruce Springsteen rock sound ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Life Itself (memoir)
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surface form:
Life Itself
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| hasType | studio recording ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Bruce Springsteen
ⓘ
surface form:
Bruce Springsteen discography
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| isTrackOn | Working on a Dream ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| medium | audio recording ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Working on a Dream ⓘ |
| performer |
Bruce Springsteen
ⓘ
E Street Band ⓘ
surface form:
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
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| publisher | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
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: Life Itself Description of subject: "Life Itself" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 album *Working on a Dream*, blending reflective lyrics with his signature rock sound.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.