Cruisin'
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"Cruisin'" is a smooth, romantic soul ballad by Smokey Robinson that became one of his signature solo hits after its release in 1979.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cruisin' canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4366181 — 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: Cruisin' Context triple: [Smokey Robinson, notableWork, Cruisin']
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A.
Coastin'
"Coastin'" is an R&B song by American singer-songwriter Victoria Monét, known for its smooth, summery groove and sensual, laid-back vibe.
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B.
Hitchin’ a Ride
"Hitchin’ a Ride" is a song by the American rock band Green Day from their 1997 album *Nimrod*.
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C.
Ridin'
"Ridin'" is a Grammy-winning hip hop single by Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone, best known for its catchy hook and commentary on racial profiling and police harassment.
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D.
Funky Ride
"Funky Ride" is a smooth, laid-back track by Outkast known for its soulful instrumentation and extended groove, featured on their debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik.
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E.
Thunder Road
Thunder Road is a critically acclaimed 1975 rock song by Bruce Springsteen that opens his album "Born to Run" and is celebrated for its cinematic storytelling and anthemic sound.
- 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: Cruisin' Target entity description: "Cruisin'" is a smooth, romantic soul ballad by Smokey Robinson that became one of his signature solo hits after its release in 1979.
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A.
Coastin'
"Coastin'" is an R&B song by American singer-songwriter Victoria Monét, known for its smooth, summery groove and sensual, laid-back vibe.
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B.
Hitchin’ a Ride
"Hitchin’ a Ride" is a song by the American rock band Green Day from their 1997 album *Nimrod*.
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C.
Ridin'
"Ridin'" is a Grammy-winning hip hop single by Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone, best known for its catchy hook and commentary on racial profiling and police harassment.
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D.
Funky Ride
"Funky Ride" is a smooth, laid-back track by Outkast known for its soulful instrumentation and extended groove, featured on their debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik.
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E.
Thunder Road
Thunder Road is a critically acclaimed 1975 rock song by Bruce Springsteen that opens his album "Born to Run" and is celebrated for its cinematic storytelling and anthemic sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Where There's Smoke... NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithLabelImprint | Motown Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States
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hit on the Billboard R&B chart ⓘ |
| composer |
Marv Tarplin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Smokey Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decade | 1970s ⓘ |
| describedAs |
romantic
ⓘ
smooth ⓘ soul ballad ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
quiet storm ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasEra | post-Miracles solo career of Smokey Robinson ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
7-inch single
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album track ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
smooth rhythm section
ⓘ
soft keyboards ⓘ subtle strings ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverVersionBy |
D'Angelo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gwyneth Paltrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignatureStatusFor | Smokey Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTempo | slow ⓘ |
| hasTheme | romantic love ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Smokey Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Smokey Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Where There's Smoke... NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Smokey Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Jerry Butler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Smokey Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Smokey Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Motown
ⓘ
Tamla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1979 ⓘ |
| singleReleaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| usedIn | soundtracks and compilations featuring classic soul and R&B ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | soft falsetto passages by Smokey Robinson ⓘ |
| vocalType | ballad ⓘ |
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: Cruisin' Description of subject: "Cruisin'" is a smooth, romantic soul ballad by Smokey Robinson that became one of his signature solo hits after its release in 1979.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.