Be Without You (Mary J. Blige song)
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"Be Without You" is a 2005 R&B ballad by Mary J. Blige that became one of her signature hits, earning critical acclaim, major chart success, and multiple Grammy Awards.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Be Without You (Mary J. Blige song) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6675019 — 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: Be Without You (Mary J. Blige song) Context triple: [Johntá Austin, notableWork, Be Without You (Mary J. Blige song)]
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A.
Nothing Without You
"Nothing Without You" is a song by Canadian singer The Weeknd from his 2016 album *Starboy*.
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B.
Here Without You
"Here Without You" is a 2003 rock ballad by American band 3 Doors Down, known for its emotive lyrics about longing and separation and for becoming one of the group's biggest commercial hits.
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C.
Here Without You
"Here Without You" is a melancholic folk-rock song written by Gene Clark, best known from its recording by The Byrds on their 1965 debut album "Mr. Tambourine Man."
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D.
Happy Without Me
"Happy Without Me" is an R&B song by American musical duo Chloe x Halle that showcases their soulful harmonies and emotive songwriting.
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E.
If I Ain't Got You
"If I Ain't Got You" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys, celebrated for its emotive vocals, piano-driven melody, and enduring popularity as one of her signature songs.
- 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: Be Without You (Mary J. Blige song) Target entity description: "Be Without You" is a 2005 R&B ballad by Mary J. Blige that became one of her signature hits, earning critical acclaim, major chart success, and multiple Grammy Awards.
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A.
Nothing Without You
"Nothing Without You" is a song by Canadian singer The Weeknd from his 2016 album *Starboy*.
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B.
Here Without You
"Here Without You" is a 2003 rock ballad by American band 3 Doors Down, known for its emotive lyrics about longing and separation and for becoming one of the group's biggest commercial hits.
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C.
Here Without You
"Here Without You" is a melancholic folk-rock song written by Gene Clark, best known from its recording by The Byrds on their 1965 debut album "Mr. Tambourine Man."
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D.
Happy Without Me
"Happy Without Me" is an R&B song by American musical duo Chloe x Halle that showcases their soulful harmonies and emotive songwriting.
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E.
If I Ain't Got You
"If I Ain't Got You" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys, celebrated for its emotive vocals, piano-driven melody, and enduring popularity as one of her signature songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | The Breakthrough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Mary J. Blige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
NERFINISHED
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Grammy Award for Best R&B Album (for The Breakthrough, featuring the song) NERFINISHED ⓘ Grammy Award for Best R&B Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certification |
Gold in the United Kingdom
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Platinum in the United States ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
number 1 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart
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number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ top 10 in Ireland ⓘ top 10 in the United Kingdom ⓘ top 20 in Australia ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of Mary J. Blige's signature songs ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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R&B ballad ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Be Without You (music video) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRemix | Be Without You (remix featuring Jay-Z and Stat Quo) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Mary J. Blige concert setlists ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:09 ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Matthew Rolston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextSingle | Enough Cryin (Mary J. Blige song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Grammy Award for Record of the Year
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grammy Award for Song of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
major chart success
ⓘ
multiple Grammy Awards ⓘ |
| partOf | The Breakthrough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Mary J. Blige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousSingle | Take Me as I Am (Mary J. Blige song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Bryan-Michael Cox
NERFINISHED
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Kendu Isaacs NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary J. Blige NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recorded | 2005 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Geffen Records
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Matriarch Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2005-11-14 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| singleFromAlbum | The Breakthrough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempo | slow to mid-tempo ⓘ |
| theme | romantic relationship ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | soulful vocals ⓘ |
| writer |
Bryan-Michael Cox
NERFINISHED
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Jason Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ Johntá Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary J. Blige 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: Be Without You (Mary J. Blige song) Description of subject: "Be Without You" is a 2005 R&B ballad by Mary J. Blige that became one of her signature hits, earning critical acclaim, major chart success, and multiple Grammy Awards.
Referenced by (1)
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