Tell Me It’s Not True
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"Tell Me It’s Not True" is the emotional closing song from Willy Russell’s musical *Blood Brothers*, known for its powerful, tragic climax and recurring motif throughout the show.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tell Me It’s Not True canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4897498 — 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 It’s Not True Context triple: [Blood Brothers, hasSong, Tell Me It’s Not True]
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A.
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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B.
I Could Not Believe It Was True
"I Could Not Believe It Was True" is a country song featured as one of the tracks on Willie Nelson’s concept album *Red Headed Stranger*.
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C.
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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D.
It’s Not Me, It’s You
"It’s Not Me, It’s You" is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Lily Allen, noted for its witty, candid lyrics and pop-electropop sound.
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E.
Don't Believe the Truth
"Don't Believe the Truth" is the sixth studio album by English rock band Oasis, noted for its back-to-basics rock sound and a creative resurgence that produced hits like "Lyla" and "The Importance of Being Idle."
- 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 It’s Not True Target entity description: "Tell Me It’s Not True" is the emotional closing song from Willy Russell’s musical *Blood Brothers*, known for its powerful, tragic climax and recurring motif throughout the show.
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A.
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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B.
I Could Not Believe It Was True
"I Could Not Believe It Was True" is a country song featured as one of the tracks on Willie Nelson’s concept album *Red Headed Stranger*.
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C.
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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D.
It’s Not Me, It’s You
"It’s Not Me, It’s You" is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Lily Allen, noted for its witty, candid lyrics and pop-electropop sound.
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E.
Don't Believe the Truth
"Don't Believe the Truth" is the sixth studio album by English rock band Oasis, noted for its back-to-basics rock sound and a creative resurgence that produced hits like "Lyla" and "The Importance of Being Idle."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
show tune
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Eddie
ⓘ
Mickey ⓘ Mrs Johnstone ⓘ |
| audienceResponse | often elicits strong emotional reaction ⓘ |
| composer | Willy Russell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Willy Russell ⓘ |
| dramaticMoment |
final scene of Blood Brothers
ⓘ
revelation of twins’ deaths ⓘ |
| emotionalTone |
lamenting
ⓘ
pleading ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | stage production of Blood Brothers ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalRefrain | "Tell me it’s not true" ⓘ |
| lyricist | Willy Russell ⓘ |
| motifRole | recurring musical motif ⓘ |
| musicalWorkFrom | Blood Brothers ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
emotional climax
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tragic climax ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional impact
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powerful climax ⓘ reprise structure ⓘ |
| partOf | Blood Brothers ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
West End productions of Blood Brothers
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amateur productions of Blood Brothers ⓘ touring productions of Blood Brothers ⓘ |
| positionInMusical | closing number ⓘ |
| structureFeature |
ensemble participation in finale
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reprise of earlier motifs ⓘ |
| theme |
class divide
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denial of tragedy ⓘ family tragedy ⓘ fate ⓘ grief ⓘ loss ⓘ |
| usedAs | finale song ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Tell Me It’s Not True Description of subject: "Tell Me It’s Not True" is the emotional closing song from Willy Russell’s musical *Blood Brothers*, known for its powerful, tragic climax and recurring motif throughout the show.
Referenced by (3)
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