The Old Apartment
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"The Old Apartment" is a 1996 alternative rock song by Canadian band Barenaked Ladies, known for its nostalgic lyrics about revisiting a former home and its role in helping the band break into the U.S. market.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Old Apartment canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8268505 — 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: The Old Apartment Context triple: [Barenaked Ladies, hasNotableWork, The Old Apartment]
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A.
The Spanish Apartment
The Spanish Apartment is a 2002 French-Spanish comedy-drama film about a group of international students sharing an apartment in Barcelona, exploring cultural clashes, friendship, and self-discovery.
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B.
The Old House
The Old House is a historic building in the village of Milverton, Somerset, England, noted for its traditional architecture and local heritage significance.
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C.
The Old House
The Old House is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for his distinctive depictions of urban and industrial scenes in mid-20th-century northern England.
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D.
The House on 92nd Street
The House on 92nd Street is a 1945 American film noir spy thriller noted for its semi-documentary style and use of FBI cooperation and real locations.
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E.
About the House
"About the House" is a 1965 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects on domestic life, memory, and the passage of time through the organizing metaphor of a house.
- 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: The Old Apartment Target entity description: "The Old Apartment" is a 1996 alternative rock song by Canadian band Barenaked Ladies, known for its nostalgic lyrics about revisiting a former home and its role in helping the band break into the U.S. market.
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A.
The Spanish Apartment
The Spanish Apartment is a 2002 French-Spanish comedy-drama film about a group of international students sharing an apartment in Barcelona, exploring cultural clashes, friendship, and self-discovery.
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B.
The Old House
The Old House is a historic building in the village of Milverton, Somerset, England, noted for its traditional architecture and local heritage significance.
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C.
The Old House
The Old House is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for his distinctive depictions of urban and industrial scenes in mid-20th-century northern England.
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D.
The House on 92nd Street
The House on 92nd Street is a 1945 American film noir spy thriller noted for its semi-documentary style and use of FBI cooperation and real locations.
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E.
About the House
"About the House" is a 1965 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects on domestic life, memory, and the passage of time through the organizing metaphor of a house.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | Born on a Pirate Ship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Barenaked Ladies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyInArtistSingles |
followedBy: Shoe Box
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
precededBy: Alternative Girlfriend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Ed Robertson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| distributionTerritory |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | alternative rock ⓘ |
| hasChorus | features narrator reflecting on changes to a former apartment ⓘ |
| hasLength | approximately 3 minutes ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| helpedBreakIntoMarket | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Born on a Pirate Ship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Steven Page NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
CD single
ⓘ
cassette single ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Jason Priestley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping Barenaked Ladies break into the U.S. market
ⓘ
nostalgic lyrics about revisiting a former home ⓘ |
| originalAlbumReleaseYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| partOfDiscographyOf | Barenaked Ladies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Barenaked Ladies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performerNationality | Canadian band ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Phillip Wojewoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Reprise Records
ⓘ
Sire Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1996-04-02 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | a man returning to his old apartment ⓘ |
| theme |
memory
ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ revisiting a former home ⓘ |
| writer |
Ed Robertson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steven Page NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Old Apartment Description of subject: "The Old Apartment" is a 1996 alternative rock song by Canadian band Barenaked Ladies, known for its nostalgic lyrics about revisiting a former home and its role in helping the band break into the U.S. market.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.