How Can We Be Lovers
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"How Can We Be Lovers" is a 1990 pop-rock power ballad made famous by Michael Bolton, known for its soaring vocals and dramatic, radio-friendly production.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| How Can We Be Lovers canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9059039 — 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 Can We Be Lovers Context triple: [Desmond Child, notableWork, How Can We Be Lovers]
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A.
If We Can’t Be Lovers
"If We Can’t Be Lovers" is a soulful ballad by Prince Phillip Mitchell that has been frequently sampled and covered in R&B and hip-hop music.
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B.
The Lovers Are Losing
"The Lovers Are Losing" is a song by the English alternative rock band Keane, known for its emotive lyrics and piano-driven melody.
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C.
Your Lover
"Your Lover" is a song featured on the album "Something About Faith" by American R&B singer Faith Evans.
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D.
Our Love
"Our Love" is a song featured on Donna Summer's influential disco album "Bad Girls."
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E.
I Want a Lover
"I Want a Lover" is a song by the English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their 1990 album "Behaviour."
- 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 Can We Be Lovers Target entity description: "How Can We Be Lovers" is a 1990 pop-rock power ballad made famous by Michael Bolton, known for its soaring vocals and dramatic, radio-friendly production.
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A.
If We Can’t Be Lovers
"If We Can’t Be Lovers" is a soulful ballad by Prince Phillip Mitchell that has been frequently sampled and covered in R&B and hip-hop music.
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B.
The Lovers Are Losing
"The Lovers Are Losing" is a song by the English alternative rock band Keane, known for its emotive lyrics and piano-driven melody.
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C.
Your Lover
"Your Lover" is a song featured on the album "Something About Faith" by American R&B singer Faith Evans.
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D.
Our Love
"Our Love" is a song featured on Donna Summer's influential disco album "Bad Girls."
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E.
I Want a Lover
"I Want a Lover" is a song by the English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their 1990 album "Behaviour."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Soul Provider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Michael Bolton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionAustraliaARIA | 3 ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | How Can We Be Lovers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 3 ⓘ |
| chronology | Michael Bolton singles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decade | 1990s ⓘ |
| format |
7-inch single
ⓘ
CD single ⓘ cassette single ⓘ |
| genre |
pop rock
ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ |
| hasISRC | USSM18900489 ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| includedIn | Michael Bolton concert setlists ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalsBy | Michael Bolton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | 3:55 ⓘ |
| musicVideoPerformer | Michael Bolton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextSingle | When I'm Back on My Feet Again NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic production
ⓘ
radio-friendly sound ⓘ soaring vocals ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Soul Provider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Michael Bolton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousSingle | How Am I Supposed to Live Without You NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Omartian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
CBS Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1990-01-09 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| theme | romantic relationship difficulties ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 3 ⓘ |
| vocalType | power ballad ⓘ |
| writer |
Desmond Child
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diane Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Bolton 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 Can We Be Lovers Description of subject: "How Can We Be Lovers" is a 1990 pop-rock power ballad made famous by Michael Bolton, known for its soaring vocals and dramatic, radio-friendly production.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.