We Shall Dance
E214866
We Shall Dance is a popular 1971 pop song by Greek singer Demis Roussos that helped establish his international solo career.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| We Shall Dance canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1923379 — 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: We Shall Dance Context triple: [Demis Roussos, notableWork, We Shall Dance]
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A.
Shall We Dance
"Shall We Dance" is a 1937 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, celebrated for its sophisticated dance sequences and classic George and Ira Gershwin songs.
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B.
The Dance
The Dance is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a circle of nude figures dancing against a vivid, simplified landscape, exemplifying his bold use of color and form in Fauvism.
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C.
Big Dance
Big Dance is a popular nickname for the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, the annual championship event of college basketball in the United States.
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D.
Let's Dance
"Let's Dance" is a 1950 musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire that showcases his signature song-and-dance performances.
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E.
The Dancing Couple
The Dancing Couple is a lively 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Jan Steen that humorously depicts a boisterous village celebration with dancing peasants and chaotic revelry.
- 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: We Shall Dance Target entity description: We Shall Dance is a popular 1971 pop song by Greek singer Demis Roussos that helped establish his international solo career.
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A.
Shall We Dance
"Shall We Dance" is a 1937 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, celebrated for its sophisticated dance sequences and classic George and Ira Gershwin songs.
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B.
The Dance
The Dance is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a circle of nude figures dancing against a vivid, simplified landscape, exemplifying his bold use of color and form in Fauvism.
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C.
Big Dance
Big Dance is a popular nickname for the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, the annual championship event of college basketball in the United States.
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D.
Let's Dance
"Let's Dance" is a 1950 musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire that showcases his signature song-and-dance performances.
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E.
The Dancing Couple
The Dancing Couple is a lively 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Jan Steen that humorously depicts a boisterous village celebration with dancing peasants and chaotic revelry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Demis Roussos ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
European pop music
ⓘ
Greek popular music ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Greece ⓘ |
| genre |
folk pop
ⓘ
pop ⓘ |
| hasAudience | international pop audience ⓘ |
| hasCatalogue | Demis Roussos singles catalogue ⓘ |
| hasEra | post-Aphrodite's Child period of Demis Roussos ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
contributed to Demis Roussos transition from band member to solo star
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linked to:
Demis Roussos
one of Demis Roussos first major solo hits ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
orchestral arrangement ⓘ string section ⓘ |
| hasMainFormat | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
melodic pop
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romantic ballad ⓘ |
| hasNotablePeriod | early 1970s ⓘ |
| hasOriginalMedium | vinyl record ⓘ |
| hasPopularityRegion |
Europe
ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ Mediterranean countries ⓘ |
| hasProductionPeriod | early 1970s European pop production ⓘ |
| hasRecordingArtistNationality | Greek ⓘ |
| hasReleaseFormat | single A-side ⓘ |
| hasTempo | slow to mid-tempo ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
dance
ⓘ
love ⓘ |
| hasType | popular song ⓘ |
| hasVocalCharacteristic | vibrato-heavy vocals ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | tenor ⓘ |
| helpedEstablish | Demis Roussos international solo career ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early hit in Demis Roussos solo career
ⓘ
international chart success for Demis Roussos ⓘ |
| partOf | Demis Roussos early solo discography ⓘ |
| performer | Demis Roussos ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Demis Roussos ⓘ |
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: We Shall Dance Description of subject: We Shall Dance is a popular 1971 pop song by Greek singer Demis Roussos that helped establish his international solo career.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.