Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
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"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" is a 1976 pop ballad by Elton John, renowned for its melancholic melody and lyrics about the difficulty of apologizing in a failing relationship.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word canonical | 13 |
| Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word (Blue song) | 1 |
| Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word (single) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1787560 — 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: Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word Context triple: [Elton John, notableWork, Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word]
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A.
In Your Words
"In Your Words" is a pop song by American singer Rebecca Black that showcases her more mature musical style following her viral debut with "Friday."
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B.
No More Words
"No More Words" is a memoir by Reeve Lindbergh reflecting on the final years and declining health of her mother, aviator and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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C.
Only These Words
"Only These Words" is a song featured on the album *Higher Truth* by Chris Cornell.
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D.
The Things I Say
"The Things I Say" is a song by the indie folk-rock musician Joanna Newsom from her album "Divers."
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E.
Why Try Harder
"Why Try Harder" is a greatest hits compilation album by British DJ and producer Norman Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim, showcasing his most popular big beat and electronic tracks.
- 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: Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word Target entity description: "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" is a 1976 pop ballad by Elton John, renowned for its melancholic melody and lyrics about the difficulty of apologizing in a failing relationship.
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A.
In Your Words
"In Your Words" is a pop song by American singer Rebecca Black that showcases her more mature musical style following her viral debut with "Friday."
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B.
No More Words
"No More Words" is a memoir by Reeve Lindbergh reflecting on the final years and declining health of her mother, aviator and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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C.
Only These Words
"Only These Words" is a song featured on the album *Higher Truth* by Chris Cornell.
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D.
The Things I Say
"The Things I Say" is a song by the indie folk-rock musician Joanna Newsom from her album "Divers."
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E.
Why Try Harder
"Why Try Harder" is a greatest hits compilation album by British DJ and producer Norman Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim, showcasing his most popular big beat and electronic tracks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Blue Moves ⓘ |
| artist | Elton John ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
top 10 in the United States
ⓘ
top 20 in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| composer | Elton John ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decade | 1970s ⓘ |
| describedAs |
emotional piano ballad
ⓘ
melancholic pop ballad ⓘ |
| era | classic Elton John period ⓘ |
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
pop ballad
ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ |
| hasAudioRecording | yes ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion | Blue featuring Elton John version ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | positive ⓘ |
| hasLivePerformances | yes ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasSheetMusic | yes ⓘ |
| includedIn | Elton John compilation albums ⓘ |
| instrumentation | piano ⓘ |
| isInCatalog | Elton John discography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadInstrument | piano ⓘ |
| length | approximately 3 minutes ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bernie Taupin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
introspective lyrics
ⓘ
melancholic melody ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Blue Moves ⓘ |
| performedInTour | Elton John concert tours ⓘ |
| performer | Elton John ⓘ |
| producer | Gus Dudgeon ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1976 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
MCA Records
ⓘ
Rocket Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1976-11-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| subject | difficulty of apologizing ⓘ |
| tempo | slow ⓘ |
| theme |
apology
ⓘ
failing relationship ⓘ regret ⓘ |
| vocalist | Elton John ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | melancholic ⓘ |
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: Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word Description of subject: "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" is a 1976 pop ballad by Elton John, renowned for its melancholic melody and lyrics about the difficulty of apologizing in a failing relationship.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "Wallflower"
subject linked to:
album "Wallflower"
subject linked to:
Bernard John Taupin
subject linked to:
Blue (band)
linked to: Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
linked to: Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word