Running to Stand Still
E130295
"Running to Stand Still" is a reflective, piano-driven U2 song that poignantly addresses heroin addiction and urban struggle in Dublin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Running to Stand Still canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1130630 — 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: Running to Stand Still Context triple: [The Joshua Tree, hasPart, Running to Stand Still]
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A.
My Heart Stood Still
"My Heart Stood Still" is a popular 1927 show tune composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart, now regarded as a standard of the American songbook.
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B.
The Waiting
"The Waiting" is a popular rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, known for its jangly guitars and reflective lyrics about anticipation and patience.
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C.
In Joy Still Felt
In Joy Still Felt is Isaac Asimov’s second autobiographical volume, covering his life and career from the early 1950s through the 1970s.
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D.
As We Go
As We Go is a collection of essays by American writer and editor Charles Dudley Warner, reflecting his observations on everyday life and society in the late 19th century.
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E.
Somewhere Now
"Somewhere Now" is the opening track from Green Day's 2016 album *Revolution Radio*, blending reflective lyrics with anthemic punk rock elements.
- 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: Running to Stand Still Target entity description: "Running to Stand Still" is a reflective, piano-driven U2 song that poignantly addresses heroin addiction and urban struggle in Dublin.
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A.
My Heart Stood Still
"My Heart Stood Still" is a popular 1927 show tune composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart, now regarded as a standard of the American songbook.
-
B.
The Waiting
"The Waiting" is a popular rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, known for its jangly guitars and reflective lyrics about anticipation and patience.
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C.
In Joy Still Felt
In Joy Still Felt is Isaac Asimov’s second autobiographical volume, covering his life and career from the early 1950s through the 1970s.
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D.
As We Go
As We Go is a collection of essays by American writer and editor Charles Dudley Warner, reflecting his observations on everyday life and society in the late 19th century.
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E.
Somewhere Now
"Somewhere Now" is the opening track from Green Day's 2016 album *Revolution Radio*, blending reflective lyrics with anthemic punk rock elements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | The Joshua Tree ⓘ |
| artist | U2 ⓘ |
| composer |
Adam Clayton
ⓘ
Bono ⓘ Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ The Edge ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| describedAs |
piano-driven U2 song
ⓘ
poignant ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
piano rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ harmonica ⓘ piano ⓘ slide guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| hasMusicalCharacteristic |
piano-driven arrangement
ⓘ
reflective mood ⓘ slow tempo ⓘ |
| includedIn |
The Joshua Tree Tour setlist
ⓘ
U2 360° Tour setlist ⓘ Vertigo Tour setlist ⓘ Zoo TV Tour setlist ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bono ⓘ |
| lyricsTopic |
drug dependency
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life in public housing ⓘ social deprivation ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
heroin addiction
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poverty in Dublin ⓘ urban struggle ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Dublin ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | The Joshua Tree ⓘ |
| performer | U2 ⓘ |
| producer |
Brian Eno
ⓘ
Daniel Lanois ⓘ |
| recordedBy | U2 ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | U2 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
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: Running to Stand Still Description of subject: "Running to Stand Still" is a reflective, piano-driven U2 song that poignantly addresses heroin addiction and urban struggle in Dublin.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.