On My Own
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"On My Own" is a 1986 pop-R&B ballad performed by Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald that became one of LaBelle's signature solo hits.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| On My Own canonical | 4 |
| On My Own (Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald song) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4670400 — 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: On My Own Context triple: [Patti LaBelle, notableWork, On My Own]
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A.
On My Own
"On My Own" is a memoir by Eleanor Roosevelt in which she reflects on her life and public service following the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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B.
On My Own
"On My Own" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston from her 2002 studio album "Just Whitney."
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C.
On My Own
"On My Own" is a poignant solo ballad from the musical Les Misérables, sung by the character Éponine as she expresses her unrequited love and loneliness.
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D.
On My Own
"On My Own" is a song by the American hip hop group Consequence, known for its introspective lyrics and connection to the broader Kanye West–affiliated rap scene.
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E.
All by Myself
"All by Myself" is a hidden-track-style joke song by Green Day, sung by drummer Tré Cool and known for its humorous, offbeat lyrics and lo-fi, acoustic style.
- 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: On My Own Target entity description: "On My Own" is a 1986 pop-R&B ballad performed by Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald that became one of LaBelle's signature solo hits.
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A.
On My Own
"On My Own" is a memoir by Eleanor Roosevelt in which she reflects on her life and public service following the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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B.
On My Own
"On My Own" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston from her 2002 studio album "Just Whitney."
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C.
On My Own
"On My Own" is a poignant solo ballad from the musical Les Misérables, sung by the character Éponine as she expresses her unrequited love and loneliness.
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D.
On My Own
"On My Own" is a song by the American hip hop group Consequence, known for its introspective lyrics and connection to the broader Kanye West–affiliated rap scene.
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E.
All by Myself
"All by Myself" is a hidden-track-style joke song by Green Day, sung by drummer Tré Cool and known for its humorous, offbeat lyrics and lo-fi, acoustic style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| albumArtist | Patti LaBelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Doobie Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Bside | Stir It Up NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certification | Gold (RIAA) ⓘ |
| chartName | Billboard Hot 100 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPeakCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionBelgiumUltratop50 | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaTopSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionNetherlandsTop40 | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSAdultContemporary | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| composer | Burt Bacharach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decade | 1980s ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of Patti LaBelle's signature solo hits ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
ballad ⓘ pop ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length |
4:12 (single edit)
ⓘ
4:50 (album version) ⓘ |
| lyricist | Cynthia Weil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | cross-genre pop and R&B appeal ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Winner in You NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Michael McDonald
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Patti LaBelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Michael McDonald
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Bunetta NERFINISHED ⓘ Rick Chudacoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingArtist |
Michael McDonald
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Patti LaBelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | MCA Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1986-03-22 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| tempo | slow ⓘ |
| theme | romantic breakup ⓘ |
| vocalist |
Michael McDonald
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Patti LaBelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalType | duet ⓘ |
| writer | Burt Bacharach 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: On My Own Description of subject: "On My Own" is a 1986 pop-R&B ballad performed by Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald that became one of LaBelle's signature solo hits.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
On My Own (Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald song)