Tell Me Why
E472204
"Tell Me Why" is a song by Neil Young, best known as the opening track on his 1970 album After the Gold Rush.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tell Me Why canonical | 8 |
| Tell Me Why (song) | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4807295 — 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: Tell Me Why Context triple: [After the Gold Rush, hasPart, Tell Me Why]
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A.
Tell Me
"Tell Me" is a song by the American R&B group Press Play.
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B.
Tell Me No
"Tell Me No" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston from her 2002 studio album "Just Whitney."
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C.
Tell Me That It Isn't True
"Tell Me That It Isn't True" is a country-influenced song by Bob Dylan featured on his late-1960s album Nashville Skyline.
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D.
Don't Wonder Why
"Don't Wonder Why" is a soul/R&B song featured on Stevie Wonder’s classic 1970 album "Signed, Sealed & Delivered."
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E.
If I Told You
"If I Told You" is a song featured in the soundtrack of the romantic comedy film *The Wedding Singer*.
- 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: Tell Me Why Target entity description: "Tell Me Why" is a song by Neil Young, best known as the opening track on his 1970 album After the Gold Rush.
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A.
Tell Me
"Tell Me" is a song by the American R&B group Press Play.
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B.
Tell Me No
"Tell Me No" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston from her 2002 studio album "Just Whitney."
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C.
Tell Me That It Isn't True
"Tell Me That It Isn't True" is a country-influenced song by Bob Dylan featured on his late-1960s album Nashville Skyline.
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D.
Don't Wonder Why
"Don't Wonder Why" is a soul/R&B song featured on Stevie Wonder’s classic 1970 album "Signed, Sealed & Delivered."
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E.
If I Told You
"If I Told You" is a song featured in the soundtrack of the romantic comedy film *The Wedding Singer*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | After the Gold Rush ⓘ |
| artist | Neil Young ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist | Neil Young ⓘ |
| composer | Neil Young ⓘ |
| copyrightHolder | Neil Young ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| followedByTrackOnAlbum |
After the Gold Rush (song)
ⓘ
linked to:
After the Gold Rush
|
| followsInTrackList | intro groove of After the Gold Rush (album sequence) ⓘ |
| genre |
folk rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation | acoustic guitar and vocals ⓘ |
| hasKey | G major (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
introspection
ⓘ
search for meaning ⓘ uncertainty ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
vocal harmonies ⓘ |
| hasType | album track ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Neil Young compilation setlists (live recordings)
ⓘ
Neil Young live setlists ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Neil Young ⓘ |
| medium |
compact disc
ⓘ
digital audio file ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| notableFor |
acoustic folk-rock arrangement
ⓘ
being the opening track on Neil Young's album After the Gold Rush ⓘ reflective lyrics ⓘ |
| openingTrackOf | After the Gold Rush ⓘ |
| partOf | After the Gold Rush ⓘ |
| performer | Neil Young ⓘ |
| precededByTrackOnAlbum | None (first track on After the Gold Rush) ⓘ |
| producer |
David Briggs
ⓘ
Kendall Pacios ⓘ Neil Young ⓘ |
| publisher | Neil Young's music publishing company (e.g., Broken Arrow Music, approximate) ⓘ |
| recordingArtistNationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Reprise Records ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| tempo | moderate ⓘ |
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: Tell Me Why Description of subject: "Tell Me Why" is a song by Neil Young, best known as the opening track on his 1970 album After the Gold Rush.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album The Use of Ashes
subject linked to:
Tell Me Why (album)
linked to: Tell Me Why
subject linked to:
Tell Me Why (album)
linked to: Tell Me Why
subject linked to:
Tell Me Why (album)
linked to: Tell Me Why