The Cover of the Rolling Stone
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"The Cover of the Rolling Stone" is a satirical rock song, popularized by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, that humorously chronicles a band's quest for fame by dreaming of appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Cover of the Rolling Stone canonical | 2 |
| The Cover of 'Rolling Stone' | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5051573 — 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: The Cover of the Rolling Stone Context triple: [Shel Silverstein, wroteSong, The Cover of the Rolling Stone]
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A.
Like a Rolling Stone
"Like a Rolling Stone" is a landmark 1965 rock song by Bob Dylan, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential songs in popular music history.
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B.
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a renowned American magazine that focuses on music, popular culture, and politics, known for its influential journalism and iconic cover features.
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C.
Cover Me
"Cover Me" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his landmark 1984 rock album "Born in the U.S.A."
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D.
Type Cover
Type Cover is a thin, detachable keyboard cover designed for Microsoft Surface tablets that provides a laptop-like typing experience while also protecting the screen.
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E.
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is a landmark 1972 soul and psychedelic funk song, renowned for its extended instrumental intro and socially conscious lyrics, that became one of The Temptations' most acclaimed and influential hits.
- 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: The Cover of the Rolling Stone Target entity description: "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" is a satirical rock song, popularized by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, that humorously chronicles a band's quest for fame by dreaming of appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
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A.
Like a Rolling Stone
"Like a Rolling Stone" is a landmark 1965 rock song by Bob Dylan, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential songs in popular music history.
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B.
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a renowned American magazine that focuses on music, popular culture, and politics, known for its influential journalism and iconic cover features.
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C.
Cover Me
"Cover Me" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his landmark 1984 rock album "Born in the U.S.A."
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D.
Type Cover
Type Cover is a thin, detachable keyboard cover designed for Microsoft Surface tablets that provides a laptop-like typing experience while also protecting the screen.
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E.
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is a landmark 1972 soul and psychedelic funk song, renowned for its extended instrumental intro and socially conscious lyrics, that became one of The Temptations' most acclaimed and influential hits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Sloppy Seconds ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depicts | a fictional rock band ⓘ |
| describes | a band’s quest for fame ⓘ |
| genre |
rock
ⓘ
satirical song ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | association of Rolling Stone cover with success ⓘ |
| hasForm | popular song ⓘ |
| hasHumorousAspect | self-deprecating portrayal of a band ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeForm | first-person story ⓘ |
| hasSatiricalTarget |
music press
ⓘ
rock journalism ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
desire for recognition
ⓘ
media attention ⓘ satire of commercial success ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Cover of the Rolling Stone ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | rock music listeners ⓘ |
| isPopularizedBy | Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
celebrity culture
ⓘ
fame ⓘ music industry ⓘ |
| medium | recorded music ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | dreaming of appearing on a magazine cover ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cultural references to Rolling Stone magazine
ⓘ
humorous lyrics ⓘ |
| originallyPerformedBy | Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show ⓘ |
| parodies |
celebrity worship
ⓘ
rock stardom ⓘ |
| partOf | Sloppy Seconds ⓘ |
| performer |
Dr. Hook
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show ⓘ Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
|
| producer | Ron Haffkine ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| references |
Rolling Stone magazine
ⓘ
linked to:
Rolling Stone
|
| releaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| usesHumorStyle |
exaggeration
ⓘ
irony ⓘ |
| workType | musical work ⓘ |
| writer | Shel Silverstein ⓘ |
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: The Cover of the Rolling Stone Description of subject: "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" is a satirical rock song, popularized by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, that humorously chronicles a band's quest for fame by dreaming of appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Cover of the Rolling Stone