Song for the Asking
E290710
"Song for the Asking" is a gentle, acoustic closing track by Simon & Garfunkel that showcases Paul Simon's introspective songwriting and delicate vocal style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Song for the Asking canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2700851 — 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: Song for the Asking Context triple: [Bridge over Troubled Water, includesSong, Song for the Asking]
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A.
The Song We Were Singing
"The Song We Were Singing" is a reflective, nostalgia-tinged track by Paul McCartney from his 1997 album "Flaming Pie."
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B.
A Song
"A Song" is a track by Greek composer Vangelis featured on his 1979 electronic music album "Earth."
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C.
Our Song
"Our Song" is a track by the English progressive rock band Yes, featured on their 1983 album "90125."
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D.
Song to Song
Song to Song is a 2017 experimental romantic drama film directed by Terrence Malick, known for its impressionistic narrative, Austin music-scene setting, and fluid, visually striking cinematography.
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E.
A Love Song
"A Love Song" is a country-pop ballad recorded by Kenny Rogers that became one of his notable hits in the early 1980s.
- 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: Song for the Asking Target entity description: "Song for the Asking" is a gentle, acoustic closing track by Simon & Garfunkel that showcases Paul Simon's introspective songwriting and delicate vocal style.
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A.
The Song We Were Singing
"The Song We Were Singing" is a reflective, nostalgia-tinged track by Paul McCartney from his 1997 album "Flaming Pie."
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B.
A Song
"A Song" is a track by Greek composer Vangelis featured on his 1979 electronic music album "Earth."
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C.
Our Song
"Our Song" is a track by the English progressive rock band Yes, featured on their 1983 album "90125."
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D.
Song to Song
Song to Song is a 2017 experimental romantic drama film directed by Terrence Malick, known for its impressionistic narrative, Austin music-scene setting, and fluid, visually striking cinematography.
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E.
A Love Song
"A Love Song" is a country-pop ballad recorded by Kenny Rogers that became one of his notable hits in the early 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Bridge over Troubled Water ⓘ |
| artist | Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ |
| composer | Paul Simon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ soft rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation | acoustic guitar ⓘ |
| hasLength | about 1 minute 40 seconds ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
introspection
ⓘ
love ⓘ vulnerability ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
acoustic
ⓘ
gentle ⓘ |
| includedIn | Simon & Garfunkel compilation albums ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Bridge over Troubled Water ⓘ |
| performer | Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ |
| performerRoleOfArtGarfunkel | vocals ⓘ |
| performerRoleOfPaulSimon |
guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| position | closing track ⓘ |
| producer |
Art Garfunkel
ⓘ
Paul Simon ⓘ Roy Halee ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1970-01-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| trackNumber | 11 ⓘ |
| vocalist |
Art Garfunkel
ⓘ
Paul Simon ⓘ |
| writer | Paul Simon ⓘ |
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: Song for the Asking Description of subject: "Song for the Asking" is a gentle, acoustic closing track by Simon & Garfunkel that showcases Paul Simon's introspective songwriting and delicate vocal style.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.