You Are My Friend
E460783
"You Are My Friend" is a soulful 1978 R&B ballad by Patti LaBelle that has become one of her signature songs and a staple of her live performances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| You Are My Friend canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4670403 — 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 Are My Friend Context triple: [Patti LaBelle, notableWork, You Are My Friend]
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A.
Friend of Mine
"Friend of Mine" is a track by The Notorious B.I.G. from his landmark 1994 debut hip-hop album *Ready to Die*.
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B.
You’ve Got a Friend
"You’ve Got a Friend" is a classic 1971 pop ballad written by Carole King that became an enduring anthem of comfort and support, popularized by both King and James Taylor.
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C.
I Miss My Friend
"I Miss My Friend" is a song featured on the album "Evolver."
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D.
You Were a Good Friend
"You Were a Good Friend" is a song featured on the 1976 self-titled debut album by the American rock band Gideon.
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E.
All My Friends Say
"All My Friends Say" is a breakout country single by Luke Bryan that helped launch his mainstream music career.
- 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 Are My Friend Target entity description: "You Are My Friend" is a soulful 1978 R&B ballad by Patti LaBelle that has become one of her signature songs and a staple of her live performances.
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A.
Friend of Mine
"Friend of Mine" is a track by The Notorious B.I.G. from his landmark 1994 debut hip-hop album *Ready to Die*.
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B.
You’ve Got a Friend
"You’ve Got a Friend" is a classic 1971 pop ballad written by Carole King that became an enduring anthem of comfort and support, popularized by both King and James Taylor.
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C.
I Miss My Friend
"I Miss My Friend" is a song featured on the album "Evolver."
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D.
You Were a Good Friend
"You Were a Good Friend" is a song featured on the 1976 self-titled debut album by the American rock band Gideon.
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E.
All My Friends Say
"All My Friends Say" is a breakout country single by Luke Bryan that helped launch his mainstream music career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| chronologyInArtistRepertoire | early solo hit for Patti LaBelle ⓘ |
| composer |
Armstead Edwards
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Patti LaBelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decadeOfRelease | 1970s ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
background vocals
ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasAudienceReception |
concert highlight
ⓘ
fan favorite ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
ballad
ⓘ
slow tempo ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | no ⓘ |
| hasNotableLiveRenditions |
Patti LaBelle concerts
ⓘ
Patti LaBelle television performances ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
friendship
ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ support ⓘ |
| hasVocalRangeDisplay | wide vocal range ⓘ |
| hasVocalTechnique |
melisma
ⓘ
powerful belting ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWithCareerPhaseOf | Patti LaBelle solo career ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyIncludedOn |
Patti LaBelle concert setlists
ⓘ
Patti LaBelle live albums ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Patti LaBelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isStapleOfLivePerformancesBy | Patti LaBelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liveArrangementsOftenInclude |
audience sing-along sections
ⓘ
extended vocal improvisations ⓘ spoken introductions by Patti LaBelle ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Armstead Edwards
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Patti LaBelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Patti LaBelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedLiveBy | Patti LaBelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Patti LaBelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
David Rubinson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Epic Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Patti LaBelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | soulful ⓘ |
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 Are My Friend Description of subject: "You Are My Friend" is a soulful 1978 R&B ballad by Patti LaBelle that has become one of her signature songs and a staple of her live performances.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.