Only the Lonely
E202860
"Only the Lonely" is a 1960 Roy Orbison hit single, renowned as a pioneering and emotionally powerful classic of early rock and roll and pop balladry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Only the Lonely canonical | 20 |
| Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1821129 — 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: Only the Lonely Context triple: [Roy Orbison, notableWork, Only the Lonely]
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A.
Lonesome Town
"Lonesome Town" is a melancholic 1958 pop ballad performed by Ricky Nelson that became one of his signature hits.
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B.
Walking Alone
"Walking Alone" is a track by the Israeli psytrance artist Nimrod, known for its driving rhythms and atmospheric electronic soundscapes.
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C.
If You Think You’re Lonely Now
"If You Think You’re Lonely Now" is a 1981 R&B/soul ballad by Bobby Womack, renowned for its emotive vocals and enduring influence on later artists and samples.
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D.
Famous Blue Raincoat
"Famous Blue Raincoat" is a melancholic, narrative song by Leonard Cohen, written as a letter that explores themes of betrayal, regret, and complex love.
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E.
Shotgun Willie
Shotgun Willie is a 1973 country album by Willie Nelson that marked a creative turning point in his career and helped launch the outlaw country movement.
- 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: Only the Lonely Target entity description: "Only the Lonely" is a 1960 Roy Orbison hit single, renowned as a pioneering and emotionally powerful classic of early rock and roll and pop balladry.
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A.
Lonesome Town
"Lonesome Town" is a melancholic 1958 pop ballad performed by Ricky Nelson that became one of his signature hits.
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B.
Walking Alone
"Walking Alone" is a track by the Israeli psytrance artist Nimrod, known for its driving rhythms and atmospheric electronic soundscapes.
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C.
If You Think You’re Lonely Now
"If You Think You’re Lonely Now" is a 1981 R&B/soul ballad by Bobby Womack, renowned for its emotive vocals and enduring influence on later artists and samples.
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D.
Famous Blue Raincoat
"Famous Blue Raincoat" is a melancholic, narrative song by Leonard Cohen, written as a letter that explores themes of betrayal, regret, and complex love.
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E.
Shotgun Willie
Shotgun Willie is a 1973 country album by Willie Nelson that marked a creative turning point in his career and helped launch the outlaw country movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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: Only the Lonely Description of subject: "Only the Lonely" is a 1960 Roy Orbison hit single, renowned as a pioneering and emotionally powerful classic of early rock and roll and pop balladry.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "Quiet Nights"
linked to: Only the Lonely
subject linked to:
Orbison family
subject linked to:
Orbison