Wild World
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"Wild World" is a classic folk-rock song, originally released in 1970 by Cat Stevens (later known as Yusuf Islam), that reflects on love, loss, and letting go.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wild World canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6238846 — 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: Wild World Context triple: [Yusuf Islam, notableSong, Wild World]
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A.
Wild World
Wild World was the original name of the Maryland amusement park now known as Six Flags America, a regional theme park featuring roller coasters, water rides, and family attractions.
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B.
Wild Wild Life
"Wild Wild Life" is a 1986 new wave song by Talking Heads, known for its playful lyrics, catchy rhythm, and a music video featuring the band and others lip-syncing in a variety of humorous personas.
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C.
Wild Life
Wild Life is the second studio album by Paul McCartney’s band Wings, known for its raw, unpolished sound and loose, spontaneous recording style.
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D.
I Saw the World
"I Saw the World" is a darkly poetic anti-war song by the 1960s psychedelic folk-rock band Pearls Before Swine, known for its haunting lyrics and melancholic tone.
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E.
Safari Song
"Safari Song" is a hard rock track by American rock band Greta Van Fleet, known for its retro, Led Zeppelin-inspired sound and powerful vocals.
- 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: Wild World Target entity description: "Wild World" is a classic folk-rock song, originally released in 1970 by Cat Stevens (later known as Yusuf Islam), that reflects on love, loss, and letting go.
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A.
Wild World
Wild World was the original name of the Maryland amusement park now known as Six Flags America, a regional theme park featuring roller coasters, water rides, and family attractions.
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B.
Wild Wild Life
"Wild Wild Life" is a 1986 new wave song by Talking Heads, known for its playful lyrics, catchy rhythm, and a music video featuring the band and others lip-syncing in a variety of humorous personas.
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C.
Wild Life
Wild Life is the second studio album by Paul McCartney’s band Wings, known for its raw, unpolished sound and loose, spontaneous recording style.
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D.
I Saw the World
"I Saw the World" is a darkly poetic anti-war song by the 1960s psychedelic folk-rock band Pearls Before Swine, known for its haunting lyrics and melancholic tone.
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E.
Safari Song
"Safari Song" is a hard rock track by American rock band Greta Van Fleet, known for its retro, Led Zeppelin-inspired sound and powerful vocals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Cat Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 11 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 11 ⓘ |
| composer | Cat Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBySingle | Father and Son NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsSingle | Lady D'Arbanville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ soft rock ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersionBy |
Cat Power
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gavin DeGraw NERFINISHED ⓘ James Blunt NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Cliff NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan King NERFINISHED ⓘ Jose Feliciano NERFINISHED ⓘ Maxi Priest NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr. Big NERFINISHED ⓘ Yusuf / Cat Stevens (re-recordings) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| hasISRC | GBAYE7000017 ⓘ |
| hasLyric |
It's hard to get by just upon a smile
ⓘ
Now that I've lost everything to you, you say you want to start something new ⓘ Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | no original 1970 promotional video ⓘ |
| includedOnAlbum | Tea for the Tillerman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedOnCompilation | Greatest Hits (Cat Stevens album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:20 ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of Cat Stevens' signature songs ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| partOfArtistDiscography | Cat Stevens discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Cat Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Paul Samwell-Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
A&M Records
ⓘ
Island Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1970-09-25 ⓘ |
| theme |
farewell
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letting go ⓘ loss ⓘ love ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | male lead vocal ⓘ |
| writer | Cat Stevens 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: Wild World Description of subject: "Wild World" is a classic folk-rock song, originally released in 1970 by Cat Stevens (later known as Yusuf Islam), that reflects on love, loss, and letting go.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Yusuf Islam