The Fightin' Side of Me
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"The Fightin' Side of Me" is a 1970 patriotic country song and live album by Merle Haggard that became one of his signature hits and an anthem of working-class conservatism.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Fightin' Side of Me canonical | 4 |
| "The Fightin' Side of Me" | 1 |
| The Fightin Side of Me | 1 |
| The Fightin' Side of Me (live album) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2249342 — 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: The Fightin' Side of Me Context triple: [Merle Haggard, notableWork, The Fightin' Side of Me]
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A.
This Side of the Blue
"This Side of the Blue" is a song by Joanna Newsom, known for its intricate harp accompaniment and poetic, surreal lyrics.
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B.
Callin’ Me
"Callin’ Me" is a hip-hop track by the rapper Consequence, known for its smooth production and introspective, relationship-focused lyrics.
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C.
Come and Take It
"Come and Take It" is a historic Texan slogan and flag design symbolizing defiance against disarmament, famously associated with the Texas Revolution and the Battle of Gonzales.
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D.
All or Nothin' at All
"All or Nothin' at All" is a song by Bruce Springsteen featured on his 1992 album *Human Touch*.
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E.
My Old Man
"My Old Man" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1971 album *Blue*, exploring themes of love, independence, and emotional vulnerability.
- 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: The Fightin' Side of Me Target entity description: "The Fightin' Side of Me" is a 1970 patriotic country song and live album by Merle Haggard that became one of his signature hits and an anthem of working-class conservatism.
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A.
This Side of the Blue
"This Side of the Blue" is a song by Joanna Newsom, known for its intricate harp accompaniment and poetic, surreal lyrics.
-
B.
Callin’ Me
"Callin’ Me" is a hip-hop track by the rapper Consequence, known for its smooth production and introspective, relationship-focused lyrics.
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C.
Come and Take It
"Come and Take It" is a historic Texan slogan and flag design symbolizing defiance against disarmament, famously associated with the Texas Revolution and the Battle of Gonzales.
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D.
All or Nothin' at All
"All or Nothin' at All" is a song by Bruce Springsteen featured on his 1992 album *Human Touch*.
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E.
My Old Man
"My Old Man" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1971 album *Blue*, exploring themes of love, independence, and emotional vulnerability.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
live album
ⓘ
single ⓘ song ⓘ |
| artist | Merle Haggard ⓘ |
| associatedAct | The Strangers ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nixon-era American politics
ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam War era
|
| chartedOn |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
ⓘ
surface form:
Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Country chart ⓘ
surface form:
Billboard Hot Country Singles
|
| chartPosition | number one on Billboard Hot Country Singles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs |
anthem of working-class conservatism
ⓘ
signature song of Merle Haggard ⓘ |
| follows | Okie from Muskogee ⓘ |
| genre |
country
ⓘ
patriotic song ⓘ |
| hasAudience | working-class listeners ⓘ |
| hasBSide | Every Fool Has a Rainbow ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | anthem of working-class conservatism ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
outlaw country discourse
ⓘ
politically themed country music ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | Bakersfield sound ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
criticism of anti-war protesters
ⓘ
support for American soldiers ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Fightin' Side of Me self-link ⓘ |
| hasType | patriotic country song ⓘ |
| includedIn |
The Fightin' Side of Me
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Fightin' Side of Me (live album)
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| liveAlbumBy | Merle Haggard ⓘ |
| liveAlbumGenre | country ⓘ |
| liveAlbumLabel | Capitol Records ⓘ |
| liveAlbumReleaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| mediaType | audio recording ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commercial success in 1970
ⓘ
politically charged lyrics ⓘ |
| originalMedium | vinyl record ⓘ |
| partOf | Merle Haggard discography ⓘ |
| performer | Merle Haggard ⓘ |
| producer | Ken Nelson ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Merle Haggard and The Strangers ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Capitol Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1970 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| theme |
conservative politics
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patriotism ⓘ working-class values ⓘ |
| writer | Merle Haggard ⓘ |
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: The Fightin' Side of Me Description of subject: "The Fightin' Side of Me" is a 1970 patriotic country song and live album by Merle Haggard that became one of his signature hits and an anthem of working-class conservatism.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Merle Haggard
this entity surface form:
"The Fightin' Side of Me"
this entity surface form:
The Fightin Side of Me
this entity surface form:
The Fightin' Side of Me (live album)