Don’t Stand So Close to Me
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"Don’t Stand So Close to Me" is a hit song by the British rock band The Police, known for its reggae-influenced sound and lyrics about a teacher’s inappropriate relationship with a student.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Don't Stand So Close to Me / Young Girl | 1 |
| Don’t Stand So Close to Me canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8696684 — 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: Don’t Stand So Close to Me Context triple: [The Police, notableWork, Don’t Stand So Close to Me]
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A.
I Can’t Make You Love Me
"I Can’t Make You Love Me" is a critically acclaimed 1991 piano ballad by Bonnie Raitt, renowned for its emotional depth and powerful vocal performance.
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B.
Standing in the Shadows of Love
"Standing in the Shadows of Love" is a classic 1966 Motown soul song by the Four Tops, renowned for its dramatic vocals and driving, orchestral production.
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C.
Call on Me
"Call on Me" is a hip hop single by American rapper Nelly, known for its smooth, melodic style and R&B-influenced production.
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D.
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" is a 1966 pop ballad made famous by British singer Dusty Springfield, known for its dramatic orchestration and powerful, emotionally charged vocal performance.
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E.
Come a Little Bit Closer
"Come a Little Bit Closer" is a 1964 pop hit song by Jay and the Americans, known for its storytelling lyrics and Latin-flavored arrangement.
- 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: Don’t Stand So Close to Me Target entity description: "Don’t Stand So Close to Me" is a hit song by the British rock band The Police, known for its reggae-influenced sound and lyrics about a teacher’s inappropriate relationship with a student.
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A.
I Can’t Make You Love Me
"I Can’t Make You Love Me" is a critically acclaimed 1991 piano ballad by Bonnie Raitt, renowned for its emotional depth and powerful vocal performance.
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B.
Standing in the Shadows of Love
"Standing in the Shadows of Love" is a classic 1966 Motown soul song by the Four Tops, renowned for its dramatic vocals and driving, orchestral production.
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C.
Call on Me
"Call on Me" is a hip hop single by American rapper Nelly, known for its smooth, melodic style and R&B-influenced production.
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D.
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" is a 1966 pop ballad made famous by British singer Dusty Springfield, known for its dramatic orchestration and powerful, emotionally charged vocal performance.
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E.
Come a Little Bit Closer
"Come a Little Bit Closer" is a 1964 pop hit song by Jay and the Americans, known for its storytelling lyrics and Latin-flavored arrangement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Zenyatta Mondatta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alludesTo | Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | The Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| bSide | Friends ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 10 ⓘ |
| composer | Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuredOn |
Every Breath You Take: The Singles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greatest Hits (The Police compilation album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
reggae rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | Don't Stand So Close to Me single cover ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
female student
ⓘ
male teacher ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| hasVersion | Don't Stand So Close to Me '86 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | reggae ⓘ |
| isHitSingle | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:03 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Zenyatta Mondatta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | The Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performerMember |
Andy Summers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stewart Copeland NERFINISHED ⓘ Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Nigel Gray
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
Hilversum, Netherlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wisseloord Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | A&M Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1980-09-19 ⓘ |
| reRecordedAs | Don't Stand So Close to Me '86 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
sexual tension
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teacher–student relationship ⓘ |
| writer | Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 1980 ⓘ |
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: Don’t Stand So Close to Me Description of subject: "Don’t Stand So Close to Me" is a hit song by the British rock band The Police, known for its reggae-influenced sound and lyrics about a teacher’s inappropriate relationship with a student.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Don't Stand So Close to Me / Young Girl