Turn! Turn! Turn!
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"Turn! Turn! Turn!" is a folk song adapted by Pete Seeger from the Book of Ecclesiastes that became a major 1960s peace anthem, especially through The Byrds' hit recording.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Turn! Turn! Turn! canonical | 3 |
| Turn! Turn! Turn! (as member of The Byrds) | 1 |
| Turn! Turn! Turn! (with The Byrds) | 1 |
| song "Turn! Turn! Turn!" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4372618 — 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: Turn! Turn! Turn! Context triple: [Pete Seeger, notableWork, Turn! Turn! Turn!]
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A.
My Turn
"My Turn" is a commercially successful and critically acclaimed studio album by American rapper Lil Baby that helped solidify his status as a leading figure in modern hip-hop.
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B.
Turn Your Love Around
"Turn Your Love Around" is a 1981 Grammy-winning R&B/pop single by George Benson that became one of his signature crossover hits.
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C.
It’s My Turn
"It’s My Turn" is a 1980 romantic comedy film best known for its title song performed by Diana Ross, composed by Michael Masser.
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D.
I Turn to You
"I Turn to You" is a pop ballad by Christina Aguilera, released as a single from her self-titled debut album and known for showcasing her powerful vocal range.
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E.
Turn on to Love
Turn on to Love is a 1969 American romantic drama film best known as an early directorial effort by John G. Avildsen before his later mainstream successes.
- 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: Turn! Turn! Turn! Target entity description: "Turn! Turn! Turn!" is a folk song adapted by Pete Seeger from the Book of Ecclesiastes that became a major 1960s peace anthem, especially through The Byrds' hit recording.
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A.
My Turn
"My Turn" is a commercially successful and critically acclaimed studio album by American rapper Lil Baby that helped solidify his status as a leading figure in modern hip-hop.
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B.
Turn Your Love Around
"Turn Your Love Around" is a 1981 Grammy-winning R&B/pop single by George Benson that became one of his signature crossover hits.
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C.
It’s My Turn
"It’s My Turn" is a 1980 romantic comedy film best known for its title song performed by Diana Ross, composed by Michael Masser.
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D.
I Turn to You
"I Turn to You" is a pop ballad by Christina Aguilera, released as a single from her self-titled debut album and known for showcasing her powerful vocal range.
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E.
Turn on to Love
Turn on to Love is a 1969 American romantic drama film best known as an early directorial effort by John G. Avildsen before his later mainstream successes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
1960s protest song
ⓘ
folk song ⓘ peace song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| adapterOfLyricsFrom | Book of Ecclesiastes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
1960s peace movement
ⓘ
anti–Vietnam War movement ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist |
David Crosby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gene Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger McGuinn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnText | Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartAchievement | US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single ⓘ |
| composerOfMelody | Pete Seeger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsBiblicalText | Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfChartAchievement | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
iconic folk rock protest song
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major 1960s peace anthem ⓘ |
| decadeOfMajorPopularity | 1960s ⓘ |
| firstLine | To everything (turn, turn, turn) ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
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folk rock ⓘ protest song ⓘ |
| hasRefrain | Turn! Turn! Turn! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalContentSource | Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricalModificationBy | Pete Seeger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricist | Pete Seeger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| message | advocacy of peace over war ⓘ |
| notableInstrumentationInByrdsVersion | 12-string electric guitar ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Judy Collins
NERFINISHED
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Pete Seeger NERFINISHED ⓘ The Byrds NERFINISHED ⓘ The Seekers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy | The Byrds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecordingYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| periodReferencedInLyrics |
a time of war, and a time of peace
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a time to be born, and a time to die ⓘ |
| producerOfNotableRecording | Terry Melcher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabelOfNotableRecording | Columbia Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
anti-war
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peace ⓘ time and seasons ⓘ |
| title | Turn! Turn! Turn! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTextFrom | King James Version of the Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearComposed | late 1950s ⓘ |
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: Turn! Turn! Turn! Description of subject: "Turn! Turn! Turn!" is a folk song adapted by Pete Seeger from the Book of Ecclesiastes that became a major 1960s peace anthem, especially through The Byrds' hit recording.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
song "Turn! Turn! Turn!"
this entity surface form:
Turn! Turn! Turn! (as member of The Byrds)
this entity surface form:
Turn! Turn! Turn! (with The Byrds)