Only the Strong Survive
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"Only the Strong Survive" is a classic 1968 soul song by American singer Jerry Butler, celebrated for its uplifting message of resilience and its enduring popularity in the genre.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Only the Strong Survive canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10405129 — 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: Only the Strong Survive Context triple: [Jerry Butler, notableWork, Only the Strong Survive]
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A.
Only the Strong Survive
Only the Strong Survive is a 2022 studio album by Bruce Springsteen consisting primarily of soul and R&B covers.
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B.
Only the Strong
"Only the Strong" is a song by British singer-songwriter Laura Marling from her critically acclaimed folk album "Song for Our Daughter."
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C.
Survival of the Fittest
"Survival of the Fittest" is a jazz composition by pianist Herbie Hancock, featured on his influential 1965 album *Maiden Voyage*.
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D.
Survival of the Fittest
"Survival of the Fittest" is a gritty, hardcore hip-hop track by Mobb Deep that became one of their signature songs and a defining anthem of 1990s East Coast rap.
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E.
The Survivors
The Survivors is a film featuring actor George Hamilton, known for its blend of comedy and drama centered on characters coping with extreme and often absurd circumstances.
- 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: Only the Strong Survive Target entity description: "Only the Strong Survive" is a classic 1968 soul song by American singer Jerry Butler, celebrated for its uplifting message of resilience and its enduring popularity in the genre.
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A.
Only the Strong Survive
Only the Strong Survive is a 2022 studio album by Bruce Springsteen consisting primarily of soul and R&B covers.
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B.
Only the Strong
"Only the Strong" is a song by British singer-songwriter Laura Marling from her critically acclaimed folk album "Song for Our Daughter."
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C.
Survival of the Fittest
"Survival of the Fittest" is a jazz composition by pianist Herbie Hancock, featured on his influential 1965 album *Maiden Voyage*.
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D.
Survival of the Fittest
"Survival of the Fittest" is a gritty, hardcore hip-hop track by Mobb Deep that became one of their signature songs and a defining anthem of 1990s East Coast rap.
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E.
The Survivors
The Survivors is a film featuring actor George Hamilton, known for its blend of comedy and drama centered on characters coping with extreme and often absurd circumstances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | The Ice Man Cometh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
US Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit
ⓘ
US R&B chart hit ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs |
classic soul song
ⓘ
uplifting ⓘ |
| genre | soul ⓘ |
| hasBside | Just Because I Really Love You NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEra | late 1960s ⓘ |
| hasMusicGenre |
R&B
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric | Only the strong survive ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
overcoming heartbreak
ⓘ
perseverance ⓘ resilience ⓘ |
| notableCoverVersionBy |
Billy Paul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elvis Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trammps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfMovement | Philadelphia soul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Jerry Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Kenny Gamble
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leon Huff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Mercury Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Jerry Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Jerry Butler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kenny Gamble NERFINISHED ⓘ Leon Huff 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: Only the Strong Survive Description of subject: "Only the Strong Survive" is a classic 1968 soul song by American singer Jerry Butler, celebrated for its uplifting message of resilience and its enduring popularity in the genre.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.