Spirit on the Water
E97659
"Spirit on the Water" is a reflective, blues-inflected song by Bob Dylan from his 2006 album *Modern Times*, noted for its laid-back groove and lyrical blend of romance, humor, and spiritual allusion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spirit on the Water canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T835256 — 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: Spirit on the Water Context triple: [Modern Times, hasTrack, Spirit on the Water]
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A.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
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B.
Crossing the Water
"Crossing the Water" is a posthumously published collection of poems by Sylvia Plath that showcases her stark, vivid imagery and evolving poetic voice in the years leading up to her death.
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C.
Openwater
Openwater is a medical imaging and neurotechnology company developing high-resolution, low-cost brain and body imaging devices using novel optics and holography techniques.
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D.
Bluewater
Bluewater is a large out-of-town shopping and leisure centre located in Kent, England.
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E.
At Sea
"At Sea" is a section or component of Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published novel "Islands in the Stream," focusing on the protagonist's experiences during World War II naval patrols.
- 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: Spirit on the Water Target entity description: "Spirit on the Water" is a reflective, blues-inflected song by Bob Dylan from his 2006 album *Modern Times*, noted for its laid-back groove and lyrical blend of romance, humor, and spiritual allusion.
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A.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
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B.
Crossing the Water
"Crossing the Water" is a posthumously published collection of poems by Sylvia Plath that showcases her stark, vivid imagery and evolving poetic voice in the years leading up to her death.
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C.
Openwater
Openwater is a medical imaging and neurotechnology company developing high-resolution, low-cost brain and body imaging devices using novel optics and holography techniques.
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D.
Bluewater
Bluewater is a large out-of-town shopping and leisure centre located in Kent, England.
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E.
At Sea
"At Sea" is a section or component of Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published novel "Islands in the Stream," focusing on the protagonist's experiences during World War II naval patrols.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
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song ⓘ |
| album | Modern Times ⓘ |
| artist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| chronologicallyFollows | songs from Bob Dylan’s album Love and Theft ⓘ |
| composer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
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rock ⓘ roots rock ⓘ |
| hasEra | Bob Dylan late-career period ⓘ |
| hasGroove | laid-back ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
humor
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romance ⓘ spiritual allusion ⓘ |
| hasMood | reflective ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | blues-inflected ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
blend of romantic and spiritual imagery
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references to spiritual or religious concepts ⓘ relaxed, mid-tempo arrangement ⓘ traditional blues influences ⓘ use of light, playful humor in lyrics ⓘ |
| includedIn | Modern Times track list ⓘ |
| isOnStudioAlbum | Modern Times ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| partOf | Modern Times ⓘ |
| performer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2006 ⓘ |
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: Spirit on the Water Description of subject: "Spirit on the Water" is a reflective, blues-inflected song by Bob Dylan from his 2006 album *Modern Times*, noted for its laid-back groove and lyrical blend of romance, humor, and spiritual allusion.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.