My Life
E308713
"My Life" is a popular 1978 pop-rock song by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, known for its catchy melody and themes of personal independence.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| My Life canonical | 9 |
| My Life (live performances) | 1 |
| My Life (song) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2885066 — 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: My Life Context triple: [Billy Joel, notableWork, My Life]
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A.
My Life
"My Life" is the 2004 autobiography of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, chronicling his personal history and political career.
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B.
My Life
"My Life" is the political autobiography of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, recounting his role in the Bolshevik movement, the Russian Revolution, and his subsequent exile.
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C.
In My Life
"In My Life" is a reflective and nostalgic Beatles song, primarily written by John Lennon, that is widely regarded as one of his most personal and enduring compositions.
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D.
This Life
"This Life" is a rock-influenced theme song best known for opening the television series *Sons of Anarchy*, capturing its outlaw biker tone and atmosphere.
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E.
This Life
"This Life" is a British television drama series that follows the intertwined personal and professional lives of young lawyers sharing a house in London.
- 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: My Life Target entity description: "My Life" is a popular 1978 pop-rock song by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, known for its catchy melody and themes of personal independence.
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A.
My Life
"My Life" is the 2004 autobiography of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, chronicling his personal history and political career.
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B.
My Life
"My Life" is the political autobiography of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, recounting his role in the Bolshevik movement, the Russian Revolution, and his subsequent exile.
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C.
In My Life
"In My Life" is a reflective and nostalgic Beatles song, primarily written by John Lennon, that is widely regarded as one of his most personal and enduring compositions.
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D.
This Life
"This Life" is a British television drama series that follows the intertwined personal and professional lives of young lawyers sharing a house in London.
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E.
This Life
"This Life" is a rock-influenced theme song best known for opening the television series *Sons of Anarchy*, capturing its outlaw biker tone and atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | 52nd Street ⓘ |
| artist | Billy Joel ⓘ |
| belongsToMusicEra | classic rock era ⓘ |
| chartSuccess | hit single ⓘ |
| composer | Billy Joel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| decadeOfRelease | 1970s ⓘ |
| followsInArtistDiscography | The Stranger era singles ⓘ |
| genre |
pop rock
ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ |
| hasCatchyMelody | true ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| hasPiano | true ⓘ |
| includedIn | Billy Joel live setlists ⓘ |
| isWellKnownFor |
catchy chorus
ⓘ
radio airplay ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| originalMedium | vinyl record ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | 52nd Street ⓘ |
| performer | Billy Joel ⓘ |
| performerNationality | American ⓘ |
| producer | Phil Ramone ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1978 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1978 ⓘ |
| singleReleaseYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| theme |
individualism
ⓘ
personal independence ⓘ self-determination ⓘ |
| writer | Billy Joel ⓘ |
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: My Life Description of subject: "My Life" is a popular 1978 pop-rock song by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, known for its catchy melody and themes of personal independence.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: My Life