Luka
E760699
"Luka" is a 1987 folk-pop song by Suzanne Vega that poignantly addresses the subject of child abuse from a child's perspective.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Luka canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8808524 — 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: Luka Context triple: [Suzanne Vega, notableWork, Luka]
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A.
Luka
Luka is a central character in Maxim Gorky's play "The Lower Depths," known as a compassionate wanderer whose comforting lies and philosophical outlook profoundly affect the other destitute inhabitants of the shelter.
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B.
Luka
Luka is the young protagonist of Salman Rushdie’s fantasy novel "Luka and the Fire of Life," who embarks on a magical quest to save his father.
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C.
Matija
Matija is a South Slavic given name, equivalent to the English name Matthew.
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D.
Luka Pecel
Luka Pecel is the husband of American actress Sasha Alexander, known for her roles in television series such as "NCIS" and "Rizzoli & Isles."
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E.
Julijan
Julijan is a given name, commonly used in Slavic regions, that corresponds to the name Julian.
- 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: Luka Target entity description: "Luka" is a 1987 folk-pop song by Suzanne Vega that poignantly addresses the subject of child abuse from a child's perspective.
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A.
Luka
Luka is a central character in Maxim Gorky's play "The Lower Depths," known as a compassionate wanderer whose comforting lies and philosophical outlook profoundly affect the other destitute inhabitants of the shelter.
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B.
Luka
Luka is the young protagonist of Salman Rushdie’s fantasy novel "Luka and the Fire of Life," who embarks on a magical quest to save his father.
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C.
Matija
Matija is a South Slavic given name, equivalent to the English name Matthew.
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D.
Luka Pecel
Luka Pecel is the husband of American actress Sasha Alexander, known for her roles in television series such as "NCIS" and "Rizzoli & Isles."
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E.
Julijan
Julijan is a given name, commonly used in Slavic regions, that corresponds to the name Julian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Solitude Standing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Suzanne Vega NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionNewZealandSingles | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionSwitzerlandSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 23 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 3 ⓘ |
| composer | Suzanne Vega NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs |
poignant
ⓘ
socially conscious ⓘ |
| featuredInstrument |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ |
| followedBy | Tom’s Diner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Marlene on the Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
folk rock
ⓘ
folk-pop ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | public awareness of child abuse ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
domestic violence
ⓘ
silence and secrecy ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:52 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Suzanne Vega NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector |
Candice Reckinger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Patterson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person child narrator ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grammy Award for Record of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ Grammy Award for Song of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Solitude Standing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Suzanne Vega NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Marlene on the Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Lenny Kaye
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steve Addabbo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1986 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | A&M Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1987 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | child abuse ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbumSolitudeStanding | 2 ⓘ |
| writer | Suzanne Vega 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: Luka Description of subject: "Luka" is a 1987 folk-pop song by Suzanne Vega that poignantly addresses the subject of child abuse from a child's perspective.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.