Crying in the Rain
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"Crying in the Rain" is a classic pop song, best known in its 1962 hit recording by the Everly Brothers, co-written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crying in the Rain canonical | 4 |
| Crying in the Rain (The Everly Brothers hit) | 1 |
| Crying in the Rain (live version) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2876596 — 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: Crying in the Rain Context triple: [Gerry Goffin, notableWork, Crying in the Rain]
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A.
Fire and Rain
"Fire and Rain" is a 1970 folk-rock song by James Taylor, widely recognized for its introspective lyrics about personal struggle and loss.
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B.
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" is a classic country ballad, popularized by Willie Nelson, known for its sparse arrangement and poignant themes of lost love and longing.
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C.
Here’s That Rainy Day
"Here’s That Rainy Day" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, renowned for its melancholic melody and enduring presence in the Great American Songbook.
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D.
As Tears Go By
"As Tears Go By" is a melancholic 1960s pop ballad associated with The Rolling Stones, known for its orchestral arrangement and reflective lyrics about lost youth.
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E.
Famous Blue Raincoat
"Famous Blue Raincoat" is a melancholic, narrative song by Leonard Cohen, written as a letter that explores themes of betrayal, regret, and complex love.
- 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: Crying in the Rain Target entity description: "Crying in the Rain" is a classic pop song, best known in its 1962 hit recording by the Everly Brothers, co-written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
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A.
Fire and Rain
"Fire and Rain" is a 1970 folk-rock song by James Taylor, widely recognized for its introspective lyrics about personal struggle and loss.
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B.
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" is a classic country ballad, popularized by Willie Nelson, known for its sparse arrangement and poignant themes of lost love and longing.
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C.
Here’s That Rainy Day
"Here’s That Rainy Day" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, renowned for its melancholic melody and enduring presence in the Great American Songbook.
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D.
As Tears Go By
"As Tears Go By" is a melancholic 1960s pop ballad associated with The Rolling Stones, known for its orchestral arrangement and reflective lyrics about lost youth.
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E.
Famous Blue Raincoat
"Famous Blue Raincoat" is a melancholic, narrative song by Leonard Cohen, written as a letter that explores themes of betrayal, regret, and complex love.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
1960s song
ⓘ
single ⓘ song ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 6 ⓘ |
| composer | Carole King ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
country
ⓘ
pop ⓘ |
| hasBside | I'm Not Angry ⓘ |
| hasMusicalArtist | The Everly Brothers ⓘ |
| hasNotableCover | A-ha version of Crying in the Rain ⓘ |
| hasType | 1960s pop ballad ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 1:59 ⓘ |
| notableFor | 1962 hit recording by The Everly Brothers ⓘ |
| originallyPerformedBy | The Everly Brothers ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Everly Brothers
ⓘ
surface form:
The Everly Brothers discography
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| performer |
The Everly Brothers
ⓘ
surface form:
Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers ⓘ |
| producer | Archie Bleyer ⓘ |
| recordedBy | The Everly Brothers ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1962-01-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| writer |
Carole King
ⓘ
Gerry Goffin ⓘ |
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: Crying in the Rain Description of subject: "Crying in the Rain" is a classic pop song, best known in its 1962 hit recording by the Everly Brothers, co-written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Crying in the Rain (The Everly Brothers hit)
this entity surface form:
Crying in the Rain (live version)