For What It’s Worth
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"For What It’s Worth" is a 1960s protest song by Buffalo Springfield that became an iconic anthem of the era’s social and political unrest.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| For What It’s Worth canonical | 10 |
| For What It's Worth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5178422 — 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: For What It’s Worth Context triple: [Buffalo Springfield, notableSong, For What It’s Worth]
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A.
What It Takes
"What It Takes" is a song by the American rock band Aerosmith, released in 1989 as a power ballad from their album "Pump."
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B.
It Is What It Is
It Is What It Is is a conceptual art project by British artist Jeremy Deller that examines the Iraq War through public dialogue and the display of a car destroyed in a Baghdad bombing.
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C.
Our Very Own
"Our Very Own" is a 1950 American drama film starring Ann Blyth and Jane Wyatt that explores the emotional upheaval of a teenager who discovers she is adopted.
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D.
We Ourselves
We Ourselves is the English translation of the Irish phrase "Sinn Féin," historically associated with Irish republicanism and self-determination.
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E.
Heard 'Em Say
"Heard 'Em Say" is a reflective, soulful hip-hop song by Kanye West featuring Adam Levine, known for its introspective lyrics and mellow production.
- 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: For What It’s Worth Target entity description: "For What It’s Worth" is a 1960s protest song by Buffalo Springfield that became an iconic anthem of the era’s social and political unrest.
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A.
What It Takes
"What It Takes" is a song by the American rock band Aerosmith, released in 1989 as a power ballad from their album "Pump."
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B.
It Is What It Is
It Is What It Is is a conceptual art project by British artist Jeremy Deller that examines the Iraq War through public dialogue and the display of a car destroyed in a Baghdad bombing.
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C.
Our Very Own
"Our Very Own" is a 1950 American drama film starring Ann Blyth and Jane Wyatt that explores the emotional upheaval of a teenager who discovers she is adopted.
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D.
We Ourselves
We Ourselves is the English translation of the Irish phrase "Sinn Féin," historically associated with Irish republicanism and self-determination.
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E.
Heard 'Em Say
"Heard 'Em Say" is a reflective, soulful hip-hop song by Kanye West featuring Adam Levine, known for its introspective lyrics and mellow production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| artist | Buffalo Springfield ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | 1960s social and political unrest ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
American counterculture
ⓘ
anti-war movement ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Stills ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| decade | 1960s ⓘ |
| describedAs |
anthem of the 1960s
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iconic protest song ⓘ |
| firstReleasedAs | single by Buffalo Springfield ⓘ |
| genre |
folk rock
ⓘ
protest music ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasChorusLine | Stop, children, what’s that sound ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
became an enduring symbol of 1960s protest culture
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widely used in media to evoke the 1960s ⓘ |
| hasEra | Vietnam War era ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
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drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong
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There’s something happening here ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
civil liberties
ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ street demonstrations ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
police–civilian confrontation
ⓘ
political protest ⓘ social unrest ⓘ youth counterculture ⓘ |
| includedIn | Buffalo Springfield’s repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
reflecting tensions between youth and authority in the 1960s
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use in films and documentaries about the Vietnam era ⓘ |
| originallyPerformedBy | Buffalo Springfield ⓘ |
| performer | Buffalo Springfield ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1966 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Atco Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| writer | Stephen Stills ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: For What It’s Worth Description of subject: "For What It’s Worth" is a 1960s protest song by Buffalo Springfield that became an iconic anthem of the era’s social and political unrest.
Referenced by (11)
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