Working Man
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"Working Man" is a hard rock song by the Canadian band Rush, celebrated for its heavy riffs, extended guitar solo, and blue-collar lyrical themes that helped establish the band's early popularity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Working Man canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8544471 — 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: Working Man Context triple: [Rush, notableSong, Working Man]
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A.
Hard Workin' Man
Hard Workin' Man is a 1993 country music album by the duo Brooks & Dunn that blends honky-tonk, rock influences, and heartfelt ballads and includes several of their signature hits.
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B.
Workin' Man Blues
"Workin' Man Blues" is a classic country song by Merle Haggard that pays tribute to the struggles and pride of the American working class.
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C.
Man's Job
"Man's Job" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1992 album *Human Touch*, reflecting his rock style and storytelling about work, identity, and relationships.
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D.
Blue Collar
Blue Collar is a 1978 American crime drama film directed by Paul Schrader that explores the struggles and corruption faced by auto workers in Detroit.
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E.
Blue Collar
"Blue Collar" is a socially conscious hip-hop album by rapper Che Smith, better known as Rhymefest, blending sharp lyricism with commentary on working-class life.
- 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: Working Man Target entity description: "Working Man" is a hard rock song by the Canadian band Rush, celebrated for its heavy riffs, extended guitar solo, and blue-collar lyrical themes that helped establish the band's early popularity.
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A.
Hard Workin' Man
Hard Workin' Man is a 1993 country music album by the duo Brooks & Dunn that blends honky-tonk, rock influences, and heartfelt ballads and includes several of their signature hits.
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B.
Workin' Man Blues
"Workin' Man Blues" is a classic country song by Merle Haggard that pays tribute to the struggles and pride of the American working class.
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C.
Man's Job
"Man's Job" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1992 album *Human Touch*, reflecting his rock style and storytelling about work, identity, and relationships.
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D.
Blue Collar
Blue Collar is a 1978 American crime drama film directed by Paul Schrader that explores the struggles and corruption faced by auto workers in Detroit.
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E.
Blue Collar
"Blue Collar" is a socially conscious hip-hop album by rapper Che Smith, better known as Rhymefest, blending sharp lyricism with commentary on working-class life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| albumArtist | Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer |
Alex Lifeson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Geddy Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| drummer | John Rutsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
hard rock
ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ |
| guitarist | Alex Lifeson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
blue-collar listeners
ⓘ
rock music fans ⓘ |
| hasGuitarSolo | yes ⓘ |
| hasInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ |
| hasLiveStapleStatusFor | Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
blue-collar life
ⓘ
daily grind ⓘ working-class struggles ⓘ |
| hasStyleCharacteristic |
extended instrumental section
ⓘ
power trio arrangement ⓘ riff-driven structure ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
labor
ⓘ
routine ⓘ work ⓘ |
| hasTempo | medium-fast ⓘ |
| helpedEstablish | Rush early fanbase ⓘ |
| influencedPerceptionOf | Rush as hard rock band ⓘ |
| isInCatalogOf | Rush discography ⓘ |
| isPerformedByEnsembleType | rock power trio ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Alex Lifeson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Geddy Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early popularity of Rush
ⓘ
extended guitar solo ⓘ heavy guitar riffs ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radioSuccessRegion | Cleveland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Mercury Records
ⓘ
Moon Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| vocalist | Geddy Lee 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: Working Man Description of subject: "Working Man" is a hard rock song by the Canadian band Rush, celebrated for its heavy riffs, extended guitar solo, and blue-collar lyrical themes that helped establish the band's early popularity.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.