The Road You Didn’t Take
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"The Road You Didn’t Take" is a reflective song from Stephen Sondheim’s musical *Follies* in which the character Ben contemplates the choices and paths he did not pursue in life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Road You Didn’t Take canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6134282 — 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 Road You Didn’t Take Context triple: [Follies, notableSong, The Road You Didn’t Take]
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A.
Only One Road
"Only One Road" is a pop ballad by Celine Dion featured on her 1993 album *The Colour of My Love*.
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B.
A Journey That Wasn’t
A Journey That Wasn’t is a 2005 multimedia art project and film by Pierre Huyghe that interweaves a staged Antarctic expedition with a choreographed outdoor performance in New York’s Central Park to explore memory, fiction, and constructed realities.
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C.
Road to Nowhere
"Road to Nowhere" is a 1985 song by the American new wave band Talking Heads, known for its upbeat sound paired with lyrics about uncertainty and the future.
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D.
Long Road
Long Road is a notable street in Cambridge, England, known for its educational institutions and as a key route in the city's southern area.
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E.
The Road Goes on Forever
"The Road Goes on Forever" is a country song popularized by the supergroup The Highwaymen, known for its storytelling about an outlaw couple and its enduring place in Americana music.
- 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 Road You Didn’t Take Target entity description: "The Road You Didn’t Take" is a reflective song from Stephen Sondheim’s musical *Follies* in which the character Ben contemplates the choices and paths he did not pursue in life.
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A.
Only One Road
"Only One Road" is a pop ballad by Celine Dion featured on her 1993 album *The Colour of My Love*.
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B.
A Journey That Wasn’t
A Journey That Wasn’t is a 2005 multimedia art project and film by Pierre Huyghe that interweaves a staged Antarctic expedition with a choreographed outdoor performance in New York’s Central Park to explore memory, fiction, and constructed realities.
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C.
Road to Nowhere
"Road to Nowhere" is a 1985 song by the American new wave band Talking Heads, known for its upbeat sound paired with lyrics about uncertainty and the future.
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D.
Long Road
Long Road is a notable street in Cambridge, England, known for its educational institutions and as a key route in the city's southern area.
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E.
The Road Goes on Forever
"The Road Goes on Forever" is a country song popularized by the supergroup The Highwaymen, known for its storytelling about an outlaw couple and its enduring place in Americana music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | show tune ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Follies original Broadway cast recording ⓘ |
| characterAgeContext | middle-aged Ben reflecting on his past ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Sondheim ⓘ |
| creator | Stephen Sondheim ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
character reflection
ⓘ
exploration of Ben’s inner life ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | New York City ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | original Broadway production of Follies ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| firstPerformanceVenue | Winter Garden Theatre ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre song ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
memory versus reality
ⓘ
middle-aged self-examination ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalDevice | metaphor of roads and paths ⓘ |
| lyricalPerspective | first person ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Sondheim ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | Broadway musical theatre ⓘ |
| musicalTheatreCharacterPerformer | Benjamin Stone ⓘ |
| notableLine |
“You take one road, you try one door.”
ⓘ
“You think you know what life is doing.” ⓘ |
| partOfMusical | Follies ⓘ |
| stageContext | reunion of former performers at a crumbling theatre ⓘ |
| sungByCharacter | Ben ⓘ |
| theme |
life choices
ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ paths not taken ⓘ regret ⓘ |
| workFrom |
Follies (musical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Follies
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Road You Didn’t Take Description of subject: "The Road You Didn’t Take" is a reflective song from Stephen Sondheim’s musical *Follies* in which the character Ben contemplates the choices and paths he did not pursue in life.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.