Funny the Way It Is
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"Funny the Way It Is" is a 2009 rock single by Dave Matthews Band that reflects on life’s ironies and social contrasts, serving as the lead track from their album "Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Funny the Way It Is canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4594563 — 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: Funny the Way It Is Context triple: [Dave Matthews Band, notableWork, Funny the Way It Is]
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A.
That’s the Way It Is
"That’s the Way It Is" is an upbeat pop song by Celine Dion, released in 1999 and known for its empowering lyrics and strong vocal performance.
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B.
The Fun of It
The Fun of It is a 1932 memoir by pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart, recounting her experiences in early aviation and encouraging women to pursue flying.
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C.
This Way Please
"This Way Please" is a 1937 American musical comedy film featuring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, known for its lighthearted romance, songs, and early screen appearances by Betty Grable and Mary Livingstone.
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D.
Isn’t It Kinda Fun
"Isn’t It Kinda Fun" is a romantic song by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, written for the 1945 film adaptation of the musical "State Fair."
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E.
There's Got to Be a Way
"There's Got to Be a Way" is a socially conscious pop and R&B song by Mariah Carey that addresses issues of poverty, racism, and the need for global unity.
- 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: Funny the Way It Is Target entity description: "Funny the Way It Is" is a 2009 rock single by Dave Matthews Band that reflects on life’s ironies and social contrasts, serving as the lead track from their album "Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King."
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A.
That’s the Way It Is
"That’s the Way It Is" is an upbeat pop song by Celine Dion, released in 1999 and known for its empowering lyrics and strong vocal performance.
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B.
The Fun of It
The Fun of It is a 1932 memoir by pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart, recounting her experiences in early aviation and encouraging women to pursue flying.
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C.
This Way Please
"This Way Please" is a 1937 American musical comedy film featuring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, known for its lighthearted romance, songs, and early screen appearances by Betty Grable and Mary Livingstone.
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D.
Isn’t It Kinda Fun
"Isn’t It Kinda Fun" is a romantic song by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, written for the 1945 film adaptation of the musical "State Fair."
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E.
There's Got to Be a Way
"There's Got to Be a Way" is a socially conscious pop and R&B song by Mariah Carey that addresses issues of poverty, racism, and the need for global unity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Dave Matthews Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToMusicEra | late 2000s rock ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSAdultAlternativeSongs | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSAlternativeSongs | 22 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 37 ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followedBy | Why I Am NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
CD single
ⓘ
digital download ⓘ |
| genre | rock ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | Funny the Way It Is single cover ⓘ |
| hasISRC | USRC10900064 ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third person ⓘ |
| hasTempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| isFirstSingleFrom | Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isLeadSingleFrom | Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label | RCA Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:28 ⓘ |
| partOf | Dave Matthews Band discography ⓘ |
| performer | Dave Matthews Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Eh Hee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Dave Matthews Band
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rob Cavallo ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
2008
ⓘ
2009 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2009-04-14 ⓘ |
| theme |
inequality
ⓘ
life’s ironies ⓘ social contrasts ⓘ |
| usesInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ saxophone ⓘ violin ⓘ |
| writer |
Boyd Tinsley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carter Beauford NERFINISHED ⓘ Dave Matthews NERFINISHED ⓘ LeRoi Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Stefan Lessard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 2009 ⓘ |
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: Funny the Way It Is Description of subject: "Funny the Way It Is" is a 2009 rock single by Dave Matthews Band that reflects on life’s ironies and social contrasts, serving as the lead track from their album "Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.