They Say
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"They Say" is a song title that has been used by multiple artists across genres, typically exploring themes of external judgment and personal identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| They Say canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T523703 — 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: They Say Context triple: [Be, includesTrack, They Say]
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A.
Things You Say
"Things You Say" is a song by Whitney Houston from her 2002 studio album "Just Whitney."
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B.
Heard 'Em Say
"Heard 'Em Say" is a reflective, soulful hip-hop song by Kanye West featuring Adam Levine, known for its introspective lyrics and mellow production.
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C.
Say You Will
"Say You Will" is the introspective opening track from Kanye West’s album 808s & Heartbreak, known for its minimalist production and emotionally raw lyrics.
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D.
Song to Song
Song to Song is a 2017 experimental romantic drama film directed by Terrence Malick, known for its impressionistic narrative, Austin music-scene setting, and fluid, visually striking cinematography.
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E.
Say Something
"Say Something" is a 2013 emotional pop ballad by A Great Big World featuring Christina Aguilera that gained widespread acclaim for its sparse piano arrangement and heartfelt 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: They Say Target entity description: "They Say" is a song title that has been used by multiple artists across genres, typically exploring themes of external judgment and personal identity.
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A.
Things You Say
"Things You Say" is a song by Whitney Houston from her 2002 studio album "Just Whitney."
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B.
Heard 'Em Say
"Heard 'Em Say" is a reflective, soulful hip-hop song by Kanye West featuring Adam Levine, known for its introspective lyrics and mellow production.
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C.
Say You Will
"Say You Will" is the introspective opening track from Kanye West’s album 808s & Heartbreak, known for its minimalist production and emotionally raw lyrics.
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D.
Song to Song
Song to Song is a 2017 experimental romantic drama film directed by Terrence Malick, known for its impressionistic narrative, Austin music-scene setting, and fluid, visually striking cinematography.
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E.
Say Something
"Say Something" is a 2013 emotional pop ballad by A Great Big World featuring Christina Aguilera that gained widespread acclaim for its sparse piano arrangement and heartfelt vocals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song title ⓘ |
| commonUsageContext |
album tracks
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popular music ⓘ singles ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
external judgment
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gossip ⓘ misunderstanding ⓘ personal identity ⓘ reputation ⓘ self-acceptance ⓘ self-assertion ⓘ social perception ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| titleContainsPronoun | they ⓘ |
| titleContainsVerb | say ⓘ |
| usedAcross |
different decades
ⓘ
multiple genres ⓘ |
| usedByArtist |
Aloe Blacc
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Common ⓘ Huw Williams ⓘ Method Man ⓘ Rachael Yamagata ⓘ Scars on Broadway ⓘ The Brand New Heavies ⓘ The Casket Lottery ⓘ The Cinematic Orchestra ⓘ The Dismemberment Plan ⓘ The Dø ⓘ The Fray ⓘ The Get Up Kids ⓘ The Helio Sequence ⓘ The Jezabels ⓘ The Menzingers ⓘ The Notwist ⓘ The Polyphonic Spree ⓘ The Rapture ⓘ The Rasmus ⓘ The Real Tuesday Weld ⓘ The Skints ⓘ The Temper Trap ⓘ The Ting Tings ⓘ The Von Bondies ⓘ The Walkmen ⓘ War on Drugs ⓘ
surface form:
The War on Drugs
The Weepies ⓘ The Whitest Boy Alive ⓘ The Wombats ⓘ The Young Knives ⓘ The Zombies ⓘ The xx ⓘ |
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: They Say Description of subject: "They Say" is a song title that has been used by multiple artists across genres, typically exploring themes of external judgment and personal identity.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Be