Be Without You
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"Be Without You" is a 2005 R&B ballad by Mary J. Blige, widely regarded as one of her signature songs and a major hit of the 2000s.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Be Without You canonical | 9 |
| Be Without You (music video) | 1 |
| Be Without You (remix featuring Jay-Z and Stat Quo) | 1 |
| Be Without You (remix) featuring other artists | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6675014 — 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: Be Without You Context triple: [Johntá Austin, notableWork, Be Without You]
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A.
Here Without You
"Here Without You" is a 2003 rock ballad by American band 3 Doors Down, known for its emotive lyrics about longing and separation and for becoming one of the group's biggest commercial hits.
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B.
Here Without You
"Here Without You" is a melancholic folk-rock song written by Gene Clark, best known from its recording by The Byrds on their 1965 debut album "Mr. Tambourine Man."
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C.
Nothing Without You
"Nothing Without You" is a song by Canadian singer The Weeknd from his 2016 album *Starboy*.
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D.
Live Without You
"Live Without You" is a song by Ray Ray, known for its emotive lyrics and contemporary R&B/pop sound.
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E.
Alone Without You
"Alone Without You" is a pop ballad by English singer-songwriter Mark Owen, known as one of his solo singles following his work with Take That.
- 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: Be Without You Target entity description: "Be Without You" is a 2005 R&B ballad by Mary J. Blige, widely regarded as one of her signature songs and a major hit of the 2000s.
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A.
Here Without You
"Here Without You" is a 2003 rock ballad by American band 3 Doors Down, known for its emotive lyrics about longing and separation and for becoming one of the group's biggest commercial hits.
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B.
Here Without You
"Here Without You" is a melancholic folk-rock song written by Gene Clark, best known from its recording by The Byrds on their 1965 debut album "Mr. Tambourine Man."
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C.
Nothing Without You
"Nothing Without You" is a song by Canadian singer The Weeknd from his 2016 album *Starboy*.
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D.
Live Without You
"Live Without You" is a song by Ray Ray, known for its emotive lyrics and contemporary R&B/pop sound.
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E.
Alone Without You
"Alone Without You" is a pop ballad by English singer-songwriter Mark Owen, known as one of his solo singles following his work with Take That.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | The Breakthrough ⓘ |
| artist | Mary J. Blige ⓘ |
| award |
Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
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Grammy Award for Best R&B Album (as part of The Breakthrough) ⓘ
linked to:
Grammy Award for Best R&B Album
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song ⓘ |
| chartSuccess |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit
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U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one hit ⓘ |
| chronology | follows the single "We Ride (I See the Future)" in Mary J. Blige’s catalog ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed by music critics ⓘ |
| decadeRecognition | listed among notable R&B songs of the 2000s ⓘ |
| describedAs |
major hit of the 2000s
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signature song of Mary J. Blige ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
12-inch single
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CD single ⓘ digital download ⓘ |
| format | R&B ballad ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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contemporary R&B ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Be Without You music video ⓘ |
| hasRemix |
Be Without You (remix) featuring other artists
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linked to:
Be Without You
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | about 4 minutes ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Matthew Rolston ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long run on R&B charts
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strong vocal performance by Mary J. Blige ⓘ |
| partOf | The Breakthrough ⓘ |
| performer | Mary J. Blige ⓘ |
| producer |
Bryan-Michael Cox
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Mary J. Blige ⓘ Ron Fair ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 2004–2005 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Geffen Records
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Matriarch Records ⓘ |
| releaseType | lead single from The Breakthrough ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| singleReleaseYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| theme |
commitment
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loyalty ⓘ romantic relationship ⓘ |
| writer |
Bryan-Michael Cox
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Jason Perry ⓘ Johntá Austin ⓘ Mary J. Blige ⓘ |
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: Be Without You Description of subject: "Be Without You" is a 2005 R&B ballad by Mary J. Blige, widely regarded as one of her signature songs and a major hit of the 2000s.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mary
linked to: Be Without You
linked to: Be Without You
Be Without You (Mary J. Blige song)
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hasRemix
→
Be Without You (remix featuring Jay-Z and Stat Quo)
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linked to: Be Without You