The Dark I Know Well
E951904
"The Dark I Know Well" is a haunting and emotionally intense song from the rock musical *Spring Awakening* that explores themes of abuse and inner turmoil.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Dark I Know Well canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11878340 — 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: The Dark I Know Well Context triple: [Spring Awakening, notableSong, The Dark I Know Well]
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A.
After the Dark
After the Dark is a 2013 philosophical science-fiction thriller film that explores moral dilemmas through a series of apocalyptic thought experiments conducted by a high school philosophy class.
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B.
The Shadow Knows
"The Shadow Knows" is a 1960 novelty R&B song by The Coasters that plays off the famous catchphrase from the old-time radio drama "The Shadow."
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C.
The Shadow Knows
The Shadow Knows is a 1974 psychological horror novel by American writer Diane Johnson that follows a divorced mother terrorized by an unseen stalker in New York City.
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D.
Out of the Dark
Out of the Dark is a collection of essays by Helen Keller in which she reflects on socialism, social justice, and her political beliefs.
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E.
In the Dark
"In the Dark" is a 1987 studio album by the Grateful Dead that became their biggest commercial success, featuring the hit single "Touch of Grey."
- 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: The Dark I Know Well Target entity description: "The Dark I Know Well" is a haunting and emotionally intense song from the rock musical *Spring Awakening* that explores themes of abuse and inner turmoil.
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A.
After the Dark
After the Dark is a 2013 philosophical science-fiction thriller film that explores moral dilemmas through a series of apocalyptic thought experiments conducted by a high school philosophy class.
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B.
The Shadow Knows
"The Shadow Knows" is a 1960 novelty R&B song by The Coasters that plays off the famous catchphrase from the old-time radio drama "The Shadow."
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C.
The Shadow Knows
The Shadow Knows is a 1974 psychological horror novel by American writer Diane Johnson that follows a divorced mother terrorized by an unseen stalker in New York City.
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D.
Out of the Dark
Out of the Dark is a collection of essays by Helen Keller in which she reflects on socialism, social justice, and her political beliefs.
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E.
In the Dark
"In the Dark" is a 1987 studio album by the Grateful Dead that became their biggest commercial success, featuring the hit single "Touch of Grey."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical theatre song
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show tune ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedAward |
Tony Award for Best Musical (for Spring Awakening)
NERFINISHED
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Tony Award for Best Original Score (for Spring Awakening) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Spring Awakening (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Frank Wedekind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Duncan Sheik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dramaticFunction |
character development for Martha
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reveals backstory of abuse ⓘ |
| firstBroadwayProduction | Spring Awakening Broadway production NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstMajorProduction | Spring Awakening Off-Broadway production NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
rock
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rock musical ⓘ show tune ⓘ |
| hasMusical | Spring Awakening (musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInCastRecording | Spring Awakening original Broadway cast recording NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Steven Sater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | stage musical ⓘ |
| musicalStyle |
haunting
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intense ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark subject matter
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depiction of child abuse in musical theatre ⓘ emotional intensity ⓘ |
| originalCastPerformer |
Lauren Pritchard
NERFINISHED
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Lilli Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalProduction | Spring Awakening original Broadway production ⓘ |
| partOf |
Spring Awakening
NERFINISHED
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Spring Awakening (musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedByCharacter |
Ilse
NERFINISHED
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Martha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | late 19th-century Germany (within the musical’s narrative) ⓘ |
| theme |
abuse
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emotional pain ⓘ family dysfunction ⓘ inner turmoil ⓘ sexual abuse ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| vocalForces | female duet ⓘ |
| workType | stage song ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstPerformance | 2006 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: The Dark I Know Well Description of subject: "The Dark I Know Well" is a haunting and emotionally intense song from the rock musical *Spring Awakening* that explores themes of abuse and inner turmoil.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.