Things That Make You Go Hmmm...
E528008
"Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." is a 1991 dance-pop song by American artist C+C Music Factory that became a major hit for its catchy hook and humorous, observational lyrics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Things That Make You Go Hmmm... canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5535523 — 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: Things That Make You Go Hmmm... Context triple: [David Cole, notableWork, Things That Make You Go Hmmm...]
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A.
Enquire Within Upon Everything
Enquire Within Upon Everything is a 19th-century British household reference book offering practical advice and information on a vast range of everyday topics.
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B.
Certain Things
"Certain Things" is a song by the American ska-punk band Carry the Banner.
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C.
Some Might Say
"Some Might Say" is a 1995 Britpop anthem by the English rock band Oasis, known as one of their major hit singles and a defining track of their early career.
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D.
The Whole Shebang
The Whole Shebang is a popular science book by Timothy Ferris that explores the origins, structure, and fate of the universe in an accessible and wide-ranging overview of modern cosmology.
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E.
Reconsider Everything
"Reconsider Everything" is a song by the progressive rock band Evolver.
- 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: Things That Make You Go Hmmm... Target entity description: "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." is a 1991 dance-pop song by American artist C+C Music Factory that became a major hit for its catchy hook and humorous, observational lyrics.
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A.
Enquire Within Upon Everything
Enquire Within Upon Everything is a 19th-century British household reference book offering practical advice and information on a vast range of everyday topics.
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B.
Certain Things
"Certain Things" is a song by the American ska-punk band Carry the Banner.
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C.
Some Might Say
"Some Might Say" is a 1995 Britpop anthem by the English rock band Oasis, known as one of their major hit singles and a defining track of their early career.
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D.
The Whole Shebang
The Whole Shebang is a popular science book by Timothy Ferris that explores the origins, structure, and fate of the universe in an accessible and wide-ranging overview of modern cosmology.
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E.
Reconsider Everything
"Reconsider Everything" is a song by the progressive rock band Evolver.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| albumArtist | C+C Music Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | C+C Music Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionARIBAJapan | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 4 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSDanceClubPlay | 1 ⓘ |
| chronology | C+C Music Factory singles chronology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decade | 1990s ⓘ |
| featuresVocalist |
Freedom Williams
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martha Wash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ CD single ⓘ |
| genre |
dance
ⓘ
dance-pop ⓘ pop ⓘ |
| hasHook | catchy hook ⓘ |
| hasLyricContent |
humorous
ⓘ
observational ⓘ |
| hasStyle | club-oriented ⓘ |
| hasTempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
ironic situations
ⓘ
relationship mishaps ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Arsenio Hall catchphrase "things that make you go hmmm" ⓘ |
| isMajorHit | true ⓘ |
| label |
CBS Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 5:22 ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Perry Haines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextSingle | Just a Touch of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
catchy spoken-rap verses
ⓘ
humorous storytelling lyrics ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Gonna Make You Sweat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | C+C Music Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousSingle | Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
David Cole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Clivillés NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1990 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1991-06-03 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| writer |
David Cole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Freedom Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Clivillés 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: Things That Make You Go Hmmm... Description of subject: "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." is a 1991 dance-pop song by American artist C+C Music Factory that became a major hit for its catchy hook and humorous, observational lyrics.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.