The Shadow Knows
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"The Shadow Knows" is a 1960 novelty R&B song by The Coasters that plays off the famous catchphrase from the old-time radio drama "The Shadow."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Shadow Knows canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6738707 — 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 Shadow Knows Context triple: [The Coasters, notableWork, The Shadow Knows]
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A.
Shadows of the Night
"Shadows of the Night" is a 1982 rock song by Pat Benatar that became one of her signature hits and earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
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B.
Shadows in the Night
Shadows in the Night is a work by Jack Frost, likely a creative piece such as a novel, film, or musical recording known within his body of work.
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C.
Voice of the Unseen
Voice of the Unseen is a phrase denoting a mysterious, often prophetic or hidden source of guidance or knowledge beyond ordinary human perception.
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D.
Shadows on the Rock
Shadows on the Rock is a historical novel by Willa Cather set in 17th-century Quebec, exploring themes of faith, community, and cultural identity in the French colonial world.
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E.
The Shadow Box
The Shadow Box is a Pulitzer Prize–winning drama by Michael Cristofer that explores the emotional lives of terminally ill patients and their families in a hospice setting.
- 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 Shadow Knows Target entity description: "The Shadow Knows" is a 1960 novelty R&B song by The Coasters that plays off the famous catchphrase from the old-time radio drama "The Shadow."
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A.
Shadows of the Night
"Shadows of the Night" is a 1982 rock song by Pat Benatar that became one of her signature hits and earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
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B.
Shadows in the Night
Shadows in the Night is a work by Jack Frost, likely a creative piece such as a novel, film, or musical recording known within his body of work.
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C.
Voice of the Unseen
Voice of the Unseen is a phrase denoting a mysterious, often prophetic or hidden source of guidance or knowledge beyond ordinary human perception.
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D.
Shadows on the Rock
Shadows on the Rock is a historical novel by Willa Cather set in 17th-century Quebec, exploring themes of faith, community, and cultural identity in the French colonial world.
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E.
The Shadow Box
The Shadow Box is a Pulitzer Prize–winning drama by Michael Cristofer that explores the emotional lives of terminally ill patients and their families in a hospice setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rhythm and blues song
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song ⓘ |
| artist | The Coasters ⓘ |
| associatedAct | The Coasters ⓘ |
| basedOn | catchphrase "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!" ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| culturalReference |
The Shadow (fictional character)
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linked to:
The Shadow
old-time radio drama ⓘ |
| era | post–rock and roll 1950s/early 1960s R&B ⓘ |
| genre |
novelty
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rhythm and blues ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
humorous lyrics
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references to old-time radio drama ⓘ spoken-word style sections ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
The Shadow (radio drama)
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linked to:
The Shadow
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| intendedAudienceReaction | comic effect ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
allusions to the character The Shadow
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parody of crime and mystery tropes ⓘ |
| medium | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| musicalArtistType | vocal group ⓘ |
| notableCatchphraseUsed | "The Shadow knows" ⓘ |
| partOf | The Coasters discography ⓘ |
| performer | The Coasters ⓘ |
| performerType | American R&B group ⓘ |
| recordingArtistNationality | American ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| title | The Shadow Knows ⓘ |
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 Shadow Knows Description of subject: "The Shadow Knows" is a 1960 novelty R&B song by The Coasters that plays off the famous catchphrase from the old-time radio drama "The Shadow."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.