Hurricane
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"Hurricane" is a protest song by Bob Dylan that narrates and condemns the wrongful imprisonment of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hurricane canonical | 12 |
| Hurricane (Part I) | 1 |
| Hurricane (Part II) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T150398 — 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: Hurricane Context triple: [Bob Dylan, notableSong, Hurricane]
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A.
Hurricane
The Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that played a crucial role for the Royal Air Force during World War II, particularly in the Battle of Britain.
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B.
Typhoon FGR4
The Typhoon FGR4 is a multirole variant of the Eurofighter Typhoon used by the Royal Air Force for air-to-air and air-to-ground combat operations.
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C.
Frances
Frances is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Eureka
Eureka is a historic coastal city in Northern California known for its Victorian architecture, maritime heritage, and role as a regional cultural and economic center.
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E.
San Juan
San Juan is the largest city and main cultural, economic, and tourism hub of Puerto Rico, known for its historic colonial architecture and vibrant coastal setting.
- 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: Hurricane Target entity description: "Hurricane" is a protest song by Bob Dylan that narrates and condemns the wrongful imprisonment of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.
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A.
Hurricane
The Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that played a crucial role for the Royal Air Force during World War II, particularly in the Battle of Britain.
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B.
Typhoon FGR4
The Typhoon FGR4 is a multirole variant of the Eurofighter Typhoon used by the Royal Air Force for air-to-air and air-to-ground combat operations.
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C.
Frances
Frances is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Eureka
Eureka is a historic coastal city in Northern California known for its Victorian architecture, maritime heritage, and role as a regional cultural and economic center.
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E.
San Juan
San Juan is the largest city and main cultural, economic, and tourism hub of Puerto Rico, known for its historic colonial architecture and vibrant coastal setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
protest song
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| addresses | racial bias in the criminal justice system ⓘ |
| album | Desire ⓘ |
| artist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| basedOn | Rubin Carter murder case ⓘ |
| characterInLyrics |
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
ⓘ
police officers involved in the case ⓘ witnesses in the Carter trial ⓘ |
| chronology | Bob Dylan singles ⓘ |
| condemns | wrongful conviction of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticizes |
conduct of the prosecution in Rubin Carter's trial
ⓘ
handling of the Rubin Carter investigation ⓘ |
| describes |
events leading to Rubin Carter's arrest
ⓘ
trial of Rubin Carter ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument | violin ⓘ |
| featuresMusician | Scarlet Rivera ⓘ |
| genre |
folk rock
ⓘ
protest music ⓘ |
| hasLyricsPerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Hurricane (Part I)
ⓘ
linked to:
Hurricane
Hurricane (Part II) ⓘ
linked to:
Hurricane
|
| hasTitle | Hurricane ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Bob Dylan
ⓘ
Jacques Levy ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
ⓘ
Rubin Carter murder conviction ⓘ |
| medium | audio recording ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Rubin "Hurricane" Carter ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Rubin "Hurricane" Carter ⓘ |
| notableFor | raising public awareness of Rubin Carter's case ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Desire ⓘ |
| performer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseType | single ⓘ |
| subject | wrongful imprisonment of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter ⓘ |
| theme |
miscarriage of justice
ⓘ
police misconduct ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ racism in the United States ⓘ |
| tone |
accusatory
ⓘ
angry ⓘ |
| workType | musical work ⓘ |
| writer |
Bob Dylan
ⓘ
Jacques Levy ⓘ |
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: Hurricane Description of subject: "Hurricane" is a protest song by Bob Dylan that narrates and condemns the wrongful imprisonment of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Hurricane
linked to: Hurricane
subject linked to:
Hurricane
linked to: Hurricane
subject linked to:
legal case State of New Jersey v. Rubin Carter
subject linked to:
Rolling Thunder Revue tour