How Soon Is Now?
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"How Soon Is Now?" is a 1984 alternative rock song by The Smiths, renowned for its distinctive tremolo guitar riff, moody atmosphere, and enduring influence on indie and alternative music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| How Soon Is Now? canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8569288 — 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: How Soon Is Now? Context triple: [The Smiths, notableSong, How Soon Is Now?]
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A.
What Now
"What Now" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her seventh studio album, Unapologetic.
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B.
If Not Now, When?
If Not Now, When? is a historical novel by Primo Levi that follows a band of Jewish partisans fighting behind enemy lines in Eastern Europe during World War II.
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C.
If Not Now, When?
If Not Now, When? is a 2011 studio album by American rock band Incubus that showcases a more melodic, introspective shift from their earlier alternative rock sound.
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D.
Over Now
"Over Now" is a track by American rapper and singer Post Malone from his hit 2018 album *Beerbongs & Bentleys*.
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E.
Here and Now
"Here and Now" is a Grammy-winning R&B ballad by Luther Vandross that became one of his signature love songs and a popular wedding staple.
- 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: How Soon Is Now? Target entity description: "How Soon Is Now?" is a 1984 alternative rock song by The Smiths, renowned for its distinctive tremolo guitar riff, moody atmosphere, and enduring influence on indie and alternative music.
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A.
What Now
"What Now" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her seventh studio album, Unapologetic.
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B.
If Not Now, When?
If Not Now, When? is a historical novel by Primo Levi that follows a band of Jewish partisans fighting behind enemy lines in Eastern Europe during World War II.
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C.
If Not Now, When?
If Not Now, When? is a 2011 studio album by American rock band Incubus that showcases a more melodic, introspective shift from their earlier alternative rock sound.
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D.
Over Now
"Over Now" is a track by American rapper and singer Post Malone from his hit 2018 album *Beerbongs & Bentleys*.
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E.
Here and Now
"Here and Now" is a Grammy-winning R&B ballad by Luther Vandross that became one of his signature love songs and a popular wedding staple.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | The Smiths NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Johnny Marr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs |
cult classic
ⓘ
one of The Smiths' most famous songs ⓘ |
| era | 1980s ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | widely regarded as influential in indie and alternative music ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ guitar effects ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
heavily processed guitar with vibrato/tremolo effect
ⓘ
iconic opening guitar motif ⓘ reverb-heavy production ⓘ |
| hasPart | distinctive tremolo guitar riff ⓘ |
| hasQuality | moody atmosphere ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
difficulty forming relationships
ⓘ
personal insecurity ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Hatful of Hollow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Meat Is Murder (US edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
alternative rock music
ⓘ
indie music ⓘ |
| laterReleasedAs | A-side single ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
desire for love and connection
ⓘ
isolation ⓘ social anxiety ⓘ |
| lyricist | Morrissey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | innovative use of guitar effects in mainstream rock ⓘ |
| originalBsideOf | William, It Was Really Nothing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyReleasedAs | B-side ⓘ |
| partOf | The Smiths discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | The Smiths NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | John Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1984 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Rough Trade Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| tempo | slow-to-mid tempo ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | melancholic baritone vocal ⓘ |
| writer |
Johnny Marr
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morrissey 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: How Soon Is Now? Description of subject: "How Soon Is Now?" is a 1984 alternative rock song by The Smiths, renowned for its distinctive tremolo guitar riff, moody atmosphere, and enduring influence on indie and alternative music.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.