I Thank You
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"I Thank You" is a classic 1968 soul song by American duo Sam & Dave, celebrated for its energetic vocals and enduring influence on R&B music.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Thank You canonical | 5 |
| I Thank You (Bonnie Raitt version) | 1 |
| I Thank You (Tower of Power version) | 1 |
| I Thank You (ZZ Top version) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3706825 — 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: I Thank You Context triple: [Sam & Dave, notableWork, I Thank You]
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A.
Thank You
"Thank You" is a 1995 studio album by the American rock band Royal Trux, known for its experimental, lo-fi blend of noise rock and classic rock influences.
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B.
Thank You
"Thank You" is a soulful R&B song by British singer-songwriter Estelle, showcasing her smooth vocals and heartfelt lyricism.
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C.
Thank You
"Thank You" is a song featured on the jazz standard album "All of Me."
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D.
Thank You So Much
"Thank You So Much" is a lesser-known song composed by Richard Rodgers, the influential American composer famed for his work in musical theatre.
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E.
I Wanna Thank Me
"I Wanna Thank Me" is a 2019 studio album by Snoop Dogg that showcases his veteran West Coast hip-hop style and self-reflective celebration of his long career.
- 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: I Thank You Target entity description: "I Thank You" is a classic 1968 soul song by American duo Sam & Dave, celebrated for its energetic vocals and enduring influence on R&B music.
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A.
Thank You
"Thank You" is a 1995 studio album by the American rock band Royal Trux, known for its experimental, lo-fi blend of noise rock and classic rock influences.
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B.
Thank You
"Thank You" is a soulful R&B song by British singer-songwriter Estelle, showcasing her smooth vocals and heartfelt lyricism.
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C.
Thank You
"Thank You" is a song featured on the jazz standard album "All of Me."
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D.
Thank You So Much
"Thank You So Much" is a lesser-known song composed by Richard Rodgers, the influential American composer famed for his work in musical theatre.
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E.
I Wanna Thank Me
"I Wanna Thank Me" is a 2019 studio album by Snoop Dogg that showcases his veteran West Coast hip-hop style and self-reflective celebration of his long career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| composer | Isaac Hayes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
call-and-response vocals
ⓘ
horn-driven arrangement ⓘ up-tempo rhythm ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion |
I Thank You
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
I Thank You (Bonnie Raitt version)
I Thank You self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
I Thank You (Tower of Power version)
I Thank You self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
I Thank You (ZZ Top version)
|
| hasInfluenceOnGenre |
contemporary R&B
ⓘ
soul revival ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | Memphis soul ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| isClassicOf | 1960s soul music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | David Porter ⓘ |
| notableFor |
energetic vocals
ⓘ
influence on R&B music ⓘ |
| partOf | Sam & Dave discography ⓘ |
| performer |
Dave Prater
ⓘ
Sam & Dave ⓘ Sam Moore ⓘ |
| producer | Stax Records ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Stax Records ⓘ |
| songwriter |
David Porter
ⓘ
Isaac Hayes ⓘ |
| vocalType | duet ⓘ |
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: I Thank You Description of subject: "I Thank You" is a classic 1968 soul song by American duo Sam & Dave, celebrated for its energetic vocals and enduring influence on R&B music.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
I Thank You (ZZ Top version)
this entity surface form:
I Thank You (Bonnie Raitt version)
this entity surface form:
I Thank You (Tower of Power version)