song "Every Grain of Sand"
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"Every Grain of Sand" is a contemplative, spiritually themed song by Bob Dylan, widely regarded as one of his finest later-period compositions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| song "Every Grain of Sand" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11124977 — 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: song "Every Grain of Sand" Context triple: [Wrecking Ball, hasPart, song "Every Grain of Sand"]
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A.
song "The Siren’s Song"
"The Siren’s Song" is a musical number from the early 20th-century Jerome Kern–Guy Bolton–P. G. Wodehouse college musical comedy *Leave It to Jane*.
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B.
song "The Ground Beneath Her Feet"
"The Ground Beneath Her Feet" is a song by U2, featuring lyrics adapted from Salman Rushdie’s novel of the same name and first released on the soundtrack to the film "The Million Dollar Hotel."
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C.
song "Isle of Dreams"
"Isle of Dreams" is a pop song performed by actress and singer Alexa Vega, best known from the Spy Kids film series.
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D.
song “Come unto these yellow sands”
“Come unto these yellow sands” is a lyrical song from William Shakespeare’s play *The Tempest*, sung by the airy spirit Ariel to enchant and guide shipwrecked characters.
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E.
song "Soul Music"
"Soul Music" is a track from Talib Kweli's 2007 hip hop album "Eardrum," showcasing his socially conscious lyricism and soulful production.
- 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: song "Every Grain of Sand" Target entity description: "Every Grain of Sand" is a contemplative, spiritually themed song by Bob Dylan, widely regarded as one of his finest later-period compositions.
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A.
song "The Siren’s Song"
"The Siren’s Song" is a musical number from the early 20th-century Jerome Kern–Guy Bolton–P. G. Wodehouse college musical comedy *Leave It to Jane*.
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B.
song "The Ground Beneath Her Feet"
"The Ground Beneath Her Feet" is a song by U2, featuring lyrics adapted from Salman Rushdie’s novel of the same name and first released on the soundtrack to the film "The Million Dollar Hotel."
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C.
song "Isle of Dreams"
"Isle of Dreams" is a pop song performed by actress and singer Alexa Vega, best known from the Spy Kids film series.
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D.
song “Come unto these yellow sands”
“Come unto these yellow sands” is a lyrical song from William Shakespeare’s play *The Tempest*, sung by the airy spirit Ariel to enchant and guide shipwrecked characters.
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E.
song "Soul Music"
"Soul Music" is a track from Talib Kweli's 2007 hip hop album "Eardrum," showcasing his socially conscious lyricism and soulful production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
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song ⓘ |
| albumReleaseDate | 1981-08-10 ⓘ |
| belongsToCatalog | Bob Dylan song catalog ⓘ |
| composer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReputation |
highly acclaimed later-period composition
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one of Bob Dylan's greatest songs ⓘ |
| firstReleasedOn | Shot of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary Christian music
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ spiritual song ⓘ |
| hasDemoVersion |
Biograph
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The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
guitar
ⓘ
harmonica ⓘ voice ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion | The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLyricAllusionTo |
Bible
NERFINISHED
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Gospel of Matthew NERFINISHED ⓘ William Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMood |
contemplative
ⓘ
meditative ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverVersionBy |
Emmylou Harris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Keb' Mo' NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyle Lovett NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
divine presence
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faith ⓘ introspection ⓘ redemption ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
| includedInList | Bob Dylan’s best songs lists by various critics ⓘ |
| isClosingTrackOf | Shot of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Shot of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| periodOfWork | Dylan’s Christian period ⓘ |
| producer |
Bob Dylan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bumps Blackwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Chuck Plotkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Special Rider Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1981 ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 9 ⓘ |
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: song "Every Grain of Sand" Description of subject: "Every Grain of Sand" is a contemplative, spiritually themed song by Bob Dylan, widely regarded as one of his finest later-period compositions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.