Track: Something in the Way of Things (In Town)
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"Something in the Way of Things (In Town)" is a spoken-word track featuring poet Amiri Baraka, known for its politically charged, atmospheric closing to The Roots' album *Phrenology*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Track: Something in the Way of Things (In Town) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3120523 — 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: Track: Something in the Way of Things (In Town) Context triple: [Phrenology, hasPart, Track: Something in the Way of Things (In Town)]
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A.
Back in Town
Back in Town is a 1996 stand-up comedy special and album by George Carlin known for its sharp social commentary and dark, irreverent humor.
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B.
"Going to a Town"
"Going to a Town" is a melancholic, politically charged ballad by singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright that reflects disillusionment with contemporary America.
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C.
All Around the Town
All Around the Town is a psychological suspense novel by Mary Higgins Clark that follows a young woman accused of murdering her professor while grappling with traumatic memories and multiple personalities.
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D.
The Way You Do the Things You Do
"The Way You Do the Things You Do" is a 1964 Motown hit single by The Temptations, celebrated as one of their breakthrough songs and a classic of the soul genre.
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E.
On Your Way
"On Your Way" is a track featured on the album "Boys & Girls," likely contributing to its overall pop and soul-influenced sound.
- 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: Track: Something in the Way of Things (In Town) Target entity description: "Something in the Way of Things (In Town)" is a spoken-word track featuring poet Amiri Baraka, known for its politically charged, atmospheric closing to The Roots' album *Phrenology*.
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A.
Back in Town
Back in Town is a 1996 stand-up comedy special and album by George Carlin known for its sharp social commentary and dark, irreverent humor.
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B.
"Going to a Town"
"Going to a Town" is a melancholic, politically charged ballad by singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright that reflects disillusionment with contemporary America.
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C.
All Around the Town
All Around the Town is a psychological suspense novel by Mary Higgins Clark that follows a young woman accused of murdering her professor while grappling with traumatic memories and multiple personalities.
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D.
The Way You Do the Things You Do
"The Way You Do the Things You Do" is a 1964 Motown hit single by The Temptations, celebrated as one of their breakthrough songs and a classic of the soul genre.
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E.
On Your Way
"On Your Way" is a track featured on the album "Boys & Girls," likely contributing to its overall pop and soul-influenced sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music track
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poetry performance recording ⓘ spoken word track ⓘ |
| album | Phrenology ⓘ |
| albumArtist | The Roots ⓘ |
| albumArtistType | hip hop band ⓘ |
| albumType | studio album ⓘ |
| artist | The Roots ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfAlbumArtist |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuredArtist | Amiri Baraka ⓘ |
| genre |
hip hop
ⓘ
spoken word ⓘ |
| hasAtmosphericProduction | yes ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalTheme | yes ⓘ |
| hasSpokenWordPoetry | yes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Amiri Baraka ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric album closer
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politically charged spoken-word performance ⓘ |
| performer | Amiri Baraka ⓘ |
| performerName | Amiri Baraka ⓘ |
| performerOccupation | poet ⓘ |
| producer | The Roots ⓘ |
| recordedBy | The Roots ⓘ |
| recordingArtistNationality | American ⓘ |
| releaseContext | released as part of the album Phrenology ⓘ |
| title |
Something in the Way of Things (In Town)
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linked to:
Something in the Way
|
| trackPositionOnAlbum | closing track ⓘ |
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: Track: Something in the Way of Things (In Town) Description of subject: "Something in the Way of Things (In Town)" is a spoken-word track featuring poet Amiri Baraka, known for its politically charged, atmospheric closing to The Roots' album *Phrenology*.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.