You Were on My Mind
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"You Were on My Mind" is a folk song written by Sylvia Tyson and first recorded by the Canadian duo Ian and Sylvia, later popularized by several hit cover versions in the 1960s.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| You Were on My Mind canonical | 2 |
| You Were On My Mind | 1 |
| “You Were on My Mind” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4452413 — 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: You Were on My Mind Context triple: [Ian and Sylvia, notableWork, You Were on My Mind]
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A.
Got My Mind Set on You
"Got My Mind Set on You" is a 1987 hit single by former Beatle George Harrison, known for its catchy pop-rock sound and memorable music video that helped revive his solo career in the late 1980s.
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B.
In My Mind
"In My Mind" is the 2006 debut solo studio album by American musician and producer Pharrell Williams, blending hip hop, R&B, and pop with numerous high-profile collaborations.
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C.
In My Mind
In My Mind is a critically acclaimed R&B/soul album by American singer-songwriter BJ the Chicago Kid, showcasing his rich vocals and deeply personal, gospel-infused storytelling.
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D.
If You Had My Love
"If You Had My Love" is the debut single by Jennifer Lopez, a late-1990s pop and R&B hit that launched her successful music career.
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E.
If You Think You’re Lonely Now
"If You Think You’re Lonely Now" is a 1981 R&B/soul ballad by Bobby Womack, renowned for its emotive vocals and enduring influence on later artists and samples.
- 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: You Were on My Mind Target entity description: "You Were on My Mind" is a folk song written by Sylvia Tyson and first recorded by the Canadian duo Ian and Sylvia, later popularized by several hit cover versions in the 1960s.
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A.
Got My Mind Set on You
"Got My Mind Set on You" is a 1987 hit single by former Beatle George Harrison, known for its catchy pop-rock sound and memorable music video that helped revive his solo career in the late 1980s.
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B.
In My Mind
In My Mind is a critically acclaimed R&B/soul album by American singer-songwriter BJ the Chicago Kid, showcasing his rich vocals and deeply personal, gospel-infused storytelling.
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C.
In My Mind
"In My Mind" is the 2006 debut solo studio album by American musician and producer Pharrell Williams, blending hip hop, R&B, and pop with numerous high-profile collaborations.
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D.
If You Had My Love
"If You Had My Love" is the debut single by Jennifer Lopez, a late-1990s pop and R&B hit that launched her successful music career.
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E.
If You Think You’re Lonely Now
"If You Think You’re Lonely Now" is a 1981 R&B/soul ballad by Bobby Womack, renowned for its emotive vocals and enduring influence on later artists and samples.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk song
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song ⓘ |
| composer | Sylvia Tyson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| decadeOfProminence | 1960s ⓘ |
| firstRecordedBy | Ian and Sylvia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | folk ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion |
Crispian St. Peters version of You Were on My Mind
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We Five version of You Were on My Mind ⓘ |
| hasType | popular song ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Sylvia Tyson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicStyle | folk rock ⓘ |
| notableFor | being widely covered in the 1960s ⓘ |
| originalArtistNationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| originalPerformer | Ian and Sylvia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | 1960s folk music repertoire ⓘ |
| popularizedBy |
Crispian St. Peters
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
We Five NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Sylvia Tyson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: You Were on My Mind Description of subject: "You Were on My Mind" is a folk song written by Sylvia Tyson and first recorded by the Canadian duo Ian and Sylvia, later popularized by several hit cover versions in the 1960s.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
You Were On My Mind