True
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"True" is a 1983 soft rock ballad by British band Spandau Ballet, widely recognized as their signature hit and a classic of the New Romantic era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| True canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4696063 — 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: True Context triple: [Spandau Ballet, notableWork, True]
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A.
True
"True" is a song featured on the album "Human" by the British singer and songwriter Rag'n'Bone Man.
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B.
true
true is a UK-based pay TV provider and broadcaster offering subscription television services, including channels such as Sky Comedy.
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C.
Truth
Truth is the concept of alignment between statements or beliefs and reality, often regarded as a fundamental philosophical and ethical ideal.
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D.
Real
"Real" is a track by American rapper Common from his socially conscious hip-hop album "Nobody's Smiling."
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E.
Actually
"Actually" is a 1987 synth-pop album by Pet Shop Boys, widely regarded as one of their definitive releases and a landmark of 1980s pop music.
- 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: True Target entity description: "True" is a 1983 soft rock ballad by British band Spandau Ballet, widely recognized as their signature hit and a classic of the New Romantic era.
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A.
True
"True" is a song featured on the album "Human" by the British singer and songwriter Rag'n'Bone Man.
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B.
true
true is a UK-based pay TV provider and broadcaster offering subscription television services, including channels such as Sky Comedy.
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C.
Truth
Truth is the concept of alignment between statements or beliefs and reality, often regarded as a fundamental philosophical and ethical ideal.
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D.
Real
"Real" is a track by American rapper Common from his socially conscious hip-hop album "Nobody's Smiling."
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E.
Actually
"Actually" is a 1987 synth-pop album by Pet Shop Boys, widely regarded as one of their definitive releases and a landmark of 1980s pop music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | True (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Spandau Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | Lifeline (live) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionAustralianKentMusicReport | 10 ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionNewZealandSinglesChart | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 4 ⓘ |
| composer | Gary Kemp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs |
classic of the New Romantic era
ⓘ
signature hit of Spandau Ballet ⓘ |
| featuresInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ saxophone solo ⓘ synthesizers ⓘ |
| genre |
New Romantic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
blue-eyed soul ⓘ new wave ⓘ soft rock ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | True (music video) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverVersionBy |
Brandon Flowers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul Anka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableSampledIn | Set Adrift on Memory Bliss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableUseInFilm | The Wedding Singer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableUseInTVSeries |
Modern Family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Office (US) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label | Chrysalis Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 6:33 ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Russell Mulcahy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextSingle | Gold ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | True (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Spandau Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousSingle | Communication ⓘ |
| producer |
Steve Jolley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tony Swain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1982 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1983-03-11 ⓘ |
| sampledBy | P.M. Dawn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signatureSongOf | Spandau Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| singleVersionLength | 4:16 ⓘ |
| tempo | slow ⓘ |
| trackNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | crooning male lead vocal ⓘ |
| writer | Gary Kemp 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: True Description of subject: "True" is a 1983 soft rock ballad by British band Spandau Ballet, widely recognized as their signature hit and a classic of the New Romantic era.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.