The First Time
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"The First Time" is a song by Irish rock band U2 from their 1993 album *Zooropa*, known for its soulful, minimalist style and introspective lyrics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The First Time canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1150550 — 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 First Time Context triple: [Zooropa, hasPart, The First Time]
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A.
For the First Time
"For the First Time" is a soulful R&B song by John Legend from his album "Love in the Future."
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B.
This Time
"This Time" is a critically acclaimed country album by American singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam, noted for its blend of traditional honky-tonk and more contemporary influences.
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C.
This Time
"This Time" is a song featured on the album "Evolver" by the Christian rock band John Legend.
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D.
Another Time
Another Time is a 1940 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that includes many of his most famous and frequently anthologized poems.
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E.
Once Again
"Once Again" is a song featured on the album "Show Me."
- 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 First Time Target entity description: "The First Time" is a song by Irish rock band U2 from their 1993 album *Zooropa*, known for its soulful, minimalist style and introspective lyrics.
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A.
For the First Time
"For the First Time" is a soulful R&B song by John Legend from his album "Love in the Future."
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B.
This Time
"This Time" is a critically acclaimed country album by American singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam, noted for its blend of traditional honky-tonk and more contemporary influences.
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C.
This Time
"This Time" is a song featured on the album "Evolver" by the Christian rock band John Legend.
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D.
Another Time
Another Time is a 1940 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that includes many of his most famous and frequently anthologized poems.
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E.
Once Again
"Once Again" is a song featured on the album "Show Me."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Zooropa ⓘ |
| artist | U2 ⓘ |
| byBand | U2 ⓘ |
| chronology | U2 songs ⓘ |
| composer |
Adam Clayton
ⓘ
Bono ⓘ Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ The Edge ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ soul-influenced rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
prominent bass
ⓘ
restrained percussion ⓘ subtle guitar ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
faith
ⓘ
introspection ⓘ love ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
minimalist arrangement
ⓘ
soulful style ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
personal transformation
ⓘ
search for meaning ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | soul-influenced vocals by Bono ⓘ |
| includedIn |
U2 discography
ⓘ
linked to:
U2
|
| isTrackOn | Zooropa ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bono ⓘ |
| medium | studio recording ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Zooropa ⓘ |
| performer | U2 ⓘ |
| performingLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Brian Eno
ⓘ
Flood ⓘ The Edge ⓘ U2 ⓘ |
| recordedBy | U2 ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | U2 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Island
ⓘ
Island Records ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| title | The First Time ⓘ |
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: The First Time Description of subject: "The First Time" is a song by Irish rock band U2 from their 1993 album *Zooropa*, known for its soulful, minimalist style and introspective lyrics.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.