Sign o' the Times
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"Sign o' the Times" is a critically acclaimed 1987 double album by Prince that blends funk, rock, pop, and soul while showcasing his social commentary and musical versatility.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sign o' the Times canonical | 6 |
| Sign o’ the Times | 5 |
| Sign o' the Times (film) | 1 |
| Sign o' the Times (song) | 1 |
| Sign of the Times | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2010884 — 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: Sign o' the Times Context triple: [Prince, notableWork, Sign o' the Times]
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A.
Beats, Rhymes and Life
Beats, Rhymes and Life is the fourth studio album by A Tribe Called Quest, marking a darker, more introspective turn in the influential hip-hop group's sound.
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B.
Sure Thing
"Sure Thing" is a smooth, R&B love song by American singer Miguel that became one of his breakout hits and a fan favorite.
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C.
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is Public Enemy’s landmark 1988 hip-hop album, renowned for its politically charged lyrics, dense production, and lasting influence on rap music.
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D.
All Eyez on Me
All Eyez on Me is a landmark 1996 double album by Tupac Shakur, widely regarded as one of the most influential and successful releases in hip-hop history.
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E.
Another Time
Another Time is a 1940 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that includes many of his most famous and frequently anthologized poems.
- 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: Sign o' the Times Target entity description: "Sign o' the Times" is a critically acclaimed 1987 double album by Prince that blends funk, rock, pop, and soul while showcasing his social commentary and musical versatility.
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A.
Beats, Rhymes and Life
Beats, Rhymes and Life is the fourth studio album by A Tribe Called Quest, marking a darker, more introspective turn in the influential hip-hop group's sound.
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B.
Sure Thing
"Sure Thing" is a smooth, R&B love song by American singer Miguel that became one of his breakout hits and a fan favorite.
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C.
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is Public Enemy’s landmark 1988 hip-hop album, renowned for its politically charged lyrics, dense production, and lasting influence on rap music.
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D.
All Eyez on Me
All Eyez on Me is a landmark 1996 double album by Tupac Shakur, widely regarded as one of the most influential and successful releases in hip-hop history.
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E.
Another Time
Another Time is a 1940 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that includes many of his most famous and frequently anthologized poems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
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: Sign o' the Times Description of subject: "Sign o' the Times" is a critically acclaimed 1987 double album by Prince that blends funk, rock, pop, and soul while showcasing his social commentary and musical versatility.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sign o' the Times (film)
this entity surface form:
Sign of the Times
this entity surface form:
Sign o’ the Times
this entity surface form:
Sign o’ the Times
this entity surface form:
Sign o' the Times (song)
this entity surface form:
Sign o’ the Times
this entity surface form:
Sign o’ the Times
subject surface form:
Wendy Melvoin
this entity surface form:
Sign o’ the Times