When a Man Loves a Woman
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"When a Man Loves a Woman" is a classic 1966 soul ballad, first recorded by Percy Sledge, that became one of the most iconic love songs in popular music history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| When a Man Loves a Woman canonical | 4 |
| “When a Man Loves a Woman” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11603513 — 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: When a Man Loves a Woman Context triple: [Spooner Oldham, notableWork, When a Man Loves a Woman]
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A.
When a Man Loves a Woman
"When a Man Loves a Woman" is a 1994 romantic drama film about a couple struggling with the devastating impact of alcoholism on their marriage and family.
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B.
Only a Woman Like You
"Only a Woman Like You" is a 2002 studio album by American pop-rock singer Michael Bolton, featuring adult contemporary ballads and collaborations with prominent songwriters and producers.
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C.
When a Man Loves
"When a Man Loves" is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film starring John Barrymore, noted for its lavish production and adaptation of the story of Manon Lescaut.
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D.
I Want a Woman
"I Want a Woman" is a hard rock/glam metal song by the American band Ratt, released in 1988 on their album "Reach for the Sky."
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E.
Any Man of Mine
"Any Man of Mine" is a 1995 country-pop hit song by Shania Twain that became one of her signature tracks and a breakthrough crossover success.
- 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: When a Man Loves a Woman Target entity description: "When a Man Loves a Woman" is a classic 1966 soul ballad, first recorded by Percy Sledge, that became one of the most iconic love songs in popular music history.
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A.
When a Man Loves a Woman
"When a Man Loves a Woman" is a 1994 romantic drama film about a couple struggling with the devastating impact of alcoholism on their marriage and family.
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B.
Only a Woman Like You
"Only a Woman Like You" is a 2002 studio album by American pop-rock singer Michael Bolton, featuring adult contemporary ballads and collaborations with prominent songwriters and producers.
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C.
When a Man Loves
"When a Man Loves" is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film starring John Barrymore, noted for its lavish production and adaptation of the story of Manon Lescaut.
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D.
I Want a Woman
"I Want a Woman" is a hard rock/glam metal song by the American band Ratt, released in 1988 on their album "Reach for the Sky."
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E.
Any Man of Mine
"Any Man of Mine" is a 1995 country-pop hit song by Shania Twain that became one of her signature tracks and a breakthrough crossover success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Muscle Shoals musicians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedGenreMovement | Southern soul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPeakCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSRBChart | 1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalImpact | widely used in films and television ⓘ |
| famousFor |
emotional vocal performance
ⓘ
iconic opening organ riff ⓘ |
| firstRecordingArtist | Percy Sledge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasISRCStatus | commercially released recording ⓘ |
| hasKey | C major (commonly cited) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
devotion
ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ romantic love ⓘ |
| includedInList | classic soul standards ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadInstrument |
horn section
ⓘ
organ ⓘ |
| musicEra | 1960s soul era ⓘ |
| notableCoverArtist |
Bette Midler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Bolton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecognition | regarded as one of the greatest love songs in popular music ⓘ |
| originalMedium | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| performer | Percy Sledge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Marlin Greene
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quin Ivy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingArtistDebutHit | Percy Sledge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingLocation | Sheffield Sound Studio, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Atlantic Records ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| subjectOf | cover versions by many artists ⓘ |
| tempoDescription | slow ballad ⓘ |
| vocalist | Percy Sledge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalType | soul ballad ⓘ |
| writer |
Andrew Wright
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Calvin Lewis 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: When a Man Loves a Woman Description of subject: "When a Man Loves a Woman" is a classic 1966 soul ballad, first recorded by Percy Sledge, that became one of the most iconic love songs in popular music history.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
FAME Studios
this entity surface form:
“When a Man Loves a Woman”