You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)
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"You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)" is a 1984 jazz-inflected pop single by English musician Joe Jackson, known for its sophisticated arrangement and prominent slap bass line.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4494236 — 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 Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) Context triple: [Joe Jackson, notableWork, You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)]
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A.
You Can't Always Get What You Want
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" is a classic rock song by the Rolling Stones, renowned for its gospel-influenced choir, reflective lyrics, and enduring cultural impact since its release in 1969.
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B.
You Got What I Want
"You Got What I Want" is a track from Snoop Dogg’s 1998 studio album *Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told*, showcasing his late-90s No Limit Records era sound.
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C.
I Really Want You
"I Really Want You" is a song by James Blunt featured on his 2007 studio album "All the Lost Souls."
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D.
So What'cha Want
"So What'cha Want" is a 1992 hip hop single by the Beastie Boys known for its distorted vocals, funky groove, and iconic, psychedelic music video.
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E.
Whatever You Want
"Whatever You Want" is a smooth R&B ballad by Tony! Toni! Toné! that became one of the group's signature hits in the early 1990s.
- 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 Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) Target entity description: "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)" is a 1984 jazz-inflected pop single by English musician Joe Jackson, known for its sophisticated arrangement and prominent slap bass line.
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A.
You Can't Always Get What You Want
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" is a classic rock song by the Rolling Stones, renowned for its gospel-influenced choir, reflective lyrics, and enduring cultural impact since its release in 1969.
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B.
You Got What I Want
"You Got What I Want" is a track from Snoop Dogg’s 1998 studio album *Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told*, showcasing his late-90s No Limit Records era sound.
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C.
I Really Want You
"I Really Want You" is a song by James Blunt featured on his 2007 studio album "All the Lost Souls."
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D.
So What'cha Want
"So What'cha Want" is a 1992 hip hop single by the Beastie Boys known for its distorted vocals, funky groove, and iconic, psychedelic music video.
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E.
Whatever You Want
"Whatever You Want" is a smooth R&B ballad by Tony! Toni! Toné! that became one of the group's signature hits in the early 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | Body and Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Joe Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartedIn |
Billboard Hot 100
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
UK Singles Chart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Joe Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBy | Happy Ending NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
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jazz-pop ⓘ pop ⓘ |
| hasBside | Cha Cha Loco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
horn arrangement
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slap bass ⓘ sophisticated arrangement ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) music video NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableInstrument | bass guitar ⓘ |
| hasNotableStyle |
big band-influenced arrangement
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jazz-inflected pop ⓘ |
| hasNotableTechnique | slap bass playing ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
motivation
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personal desire ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ |
| isInCatalogOf | Joe Jackson discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Joe Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Body and Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Joe Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
David Kershenbaum
NERFINISHED
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Joe Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1984 ⓘ |
| recordingArtistNationality | English ⓘ |
| recordLabel | A&M Records ⓘ |
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 Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) Description of subject: "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)" is a 1984 jazz-inflected pop single by English musician Joe Jackson, known for its sophisticated arrangement and prominent slap bass line.
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