“Let’s Get Serious”
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“Let’s Get Serious” is a 1980 R&B hit single and album by Jermaine Jackson, produced and co-written by Stevie Wonder, that became one of Jackson’s most successful and recognizable works.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Let's Get Serious (song) | 4 |
| Let's Get Serious | 3 |
| “Let’s Get Serious” canonical | 2 |
| Let's Get Serious (album) | 1 |
| Let's Get Serious (as songwriter and producer) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3258859 — 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: “Let’s Get Serious” Context triple: [Jermaine Jackson, notableWork, “Let’s Get Serious”]
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A.
Let’s Get It Started
"Let’s Get It Started" is a hit hip hop/pop single by the Black Eyed Peas known for its high-energy party vibe and widespread commercial success in the mid-2000s.
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B.
Come and Get It
Come and Get It is a 1936 American drama film, co-directed by Howard Hawks and William Wyler, best known for featuring Walter Brennan in an Oscar-winning supporting performance.
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C.
Ain't Talkin'
"Ain't Talkin'" is a long, brooding, and apocalyptic folk song by Bob Dylan that closes his 2006 album *Modern Times*.
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D.
Doin' It
"Doin' It" is a mid-1990s hip hop single by LL Cool J known for its smooth, sensual vibe and catchy chorus.
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E.
You’re Gonna Get It!
"You’re Gonna Get It!" is the second studio album by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, showcasing their early blend of heartland rock and new wave influences.
- 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: “Let’s Get Serious” Target entity description: “Let’s Get Serious” is a 1980 R&B hit single and album by Jermaine Jackson, produced and co-written by Stevie Wonder, that became one of Jackson’s most successful and recognizable works.
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A.
Let’s Get It Started
"Let’s Get It Started" is a hit hip hop/pop single by the Black Eyed Peas known for its high-energy party vibe and widespread commercial success in the mid-2000s.
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B.
Come and Get It
Come and Get It is a 1936 American drama film, co-directed by Howard Hawks and William Wyler, best known for featuring Walter Brennan in an Oscar-winning supporting performance.
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C.
Ain't Talkin'
"Ain't Talkin'" is a long, brooding, and apocalyptic folk song by Bob Dylan that closes his 2006 album *Modern Times*.
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D.
Doin' It
"Doin' It" is a mid-1990s hip hop single by LL Cool J known for its smooth, sensual vibe and catchy chorus.
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E.
You’re Gonna Get It!
"You’re Gonna Get It!" is the second studio album by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, showcasing their early blend of heartland rock and new wave influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
ⓘ
music recording ⓘ single ⓘ song ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Jermaine Jackson ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
The Jackson 5
ⓘ
surface form:
The Jacksons
|
| Bside | Burnin' Hot ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | top 10 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSHotSoulSingles | number 1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
soul music ⓘ |
| hasCertification | RIAA-certified (single or album, territory-specific) ⓘ |
| hasLivePerformance | performed on television music shows in 1980 ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| hasNotableInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
| hasRecognition | signature song of Jermaine Jackson ⓘ |
| hasSingle |
Burnin' Hot
ⓘ
“Let’s Get Serious” self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Let's Get Serious
|
| isOneOfMostSuccessfulWorksOf | Jermaine Jackson ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 3 minutes 50 seconds ⓘ |
| lyricsTheme | commitment in a romantic relationship ⓘ |
| notableWork |
“Let’s Get Serious”
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Let's Get Serious
“Let’s Get Serious” self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Let's Get Serious (as songwriter and producer)
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| partOfAlbum |
“Let’s Get Serious”
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Let's Get Serious (album)
|
| performer |
Jermaine Jackson
ⓘ
Jermaine Jackson ⓘ
surface form:
Jermaine Jackson & Stevie Wonder (live performances)
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| producer | Stevie Wonder ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1980 ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| recordLabel |
Motown
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surface form:
Motown Records
|
| songwriter | Stevie Wonder ⓘ |
| titleTrack |
“Let’s Get Serious”
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Let's Get Serious
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| vocalist | Jermaine Jackson ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | lead male vocal with backing harmonies ⓘ |
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: “Let’s Get Serious” Description of subject: “Let’s Get Serious” is a 1980 R&B hit single and album by Jermaine Jackson, produced and co-written by Stevie Wonder, that became one of Jackson’s most successful and recognizable works.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Let's Get Serious
this entity surface form:
Let's Get Serious (album)
subject surface form:
Let's Get Serious (album)
this entity surface form:
Let's Get Serious
subject surface form:
Let's Get Serious (album)
this entity surface form:
Let's Get Serious
subject surface form:
Jermaine Jackson
this entity surface form:
Let's Get Serious
subject surface form:
Stevie Wonder
this entity surface form:
Let's Get Serious (as songwriter and producer)
subject surface form:
Let's Get Serious
this entity surface form:
Let's Get Serious (song)
subject surface form:
Let's Get Serious
this entity surface form:
Let's Get Serious (song)
subject surface form:
Let's Get Serious
this entity surface form:
Let's Get Serious (song)
subject surface form:
Let's Get Serious
this entity surface form:
Let's Get Serious (song)