What You Own
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"What You Own" is a powerful duet from the musical Rent in which the characters Mark and Roger confront themes of identity, purpose, and the struggle to create meaningful art in a consumer-driven world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| What You Own canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7424247 — 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: What You Own Context triple: [Broadway production of Rent, notableSong, What You Own]
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A.
It’s Yourz
"It’s Yourz" is a track by the Wu-Tang Clan, featured on their acclaimed double album "Wu-Tang Forever," known for its gritty production and intricate lyricism.
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B.
What You're Doing
"What You're Doing" is a rock song by the Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney and released on their 1964 album Beatles for Sale.
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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.
What You Are
"What You Are" is a song by American rock band Audioslave, known for its heavy guitar riffs and Chris Cornell's powerful vocals, from their 2002 self-titled debut album.
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E.
It’s Your Thing
"It’s Your Thing" is a classic 1969 funk and soul song by The Isley Brothers, celebrated for its assertive lyrics about personal freedom and its influential groove.
- 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: What You Own Target entity description: "What You Own" is a powerful duet from the musical Rent in which the characters Mark and Roger confront themes of identity, purpose, and the struggle to create meaningful art in a consumer-driven world.
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A.
It’s Yourz
"It’s Yourz" is a track by the Wu-Tang Clan, featured on their acclaimed double album "Wu-Tang Forever," known for its gritty production and intricate lyricism.
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B.
What You're Doing
"What You're Doing" is a rock song by the Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney and released on their 1964 album Beatles for Sale.
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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.
What You Are
"What You Are" is a song by American rock band Audioslave, known for its heavy guitar riffs and Chris Cornell's powerful vocals, from their 2002 self-titled debut album.
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E.
It’s Your Thing
"It’s Your Thing" is a classic 1969 funk and soul song by The Isley Brothers, celebrated for its assertive lyrics about personal freedom and its influential groove.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Rent (1996 original Broadway cast recording)
ⓘ
linked to:
Rent (stage production)
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| basedOn |
La Bohème (indirectly, via the musical Rent)
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linked to:
La Bohème
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| composer | Jonathan Larson ⓘ |
| firstBroadwayProduction | original Broadway production of Rent ⓘ |
| firstProduction | original Off-Broadway production of Rent ⓘ |
| genre |
rock musical song
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ |
| hasCharacterPerspective |
Mark’s struggle with selling out as a filmmaker
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Roger’s struggle to write meaningful music while living with HIV ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
AIDS-era New York City arts community
ⓘ
late 20th-century American urban life ⓘ |
| hasLyricLine |
“Connection in an isolating age”
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“I don’t own emotion, I rent” ⓘ “You’re living in America at the end of the millennium” ⓘ |
| hasMotif | questioning “what you own” versus “what you are” ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyPerformedIn |
Rent cast recordings
ⓘ
Rent stage revivals ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Jonathan Larson ⓘ |
| mediumOfPerformance | voice ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
duet of self-realization for Mark and Roger
ⓘ
marks turning point in characters’ commitment to their art ⓘ |
| partOf | Rent ⓘ |
| partOfAct | Act II of Rent ⓘ |
| performerInStory |
Mark Cohen
ⓘ
Roger Davis ⓘ |
| productionElement |
ensemble backing vocals in stage productions
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rock-influenced instrumentation ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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artistic struggle ⓘ consumerism ⓘ creative integrity ⓘ identity ⓘ purpose ⓘ resistance to a consumer-driven society ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ |
| vocalType | male duet ⓘ |
| workLocationInPlot |
Alphabet City
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| workType | duet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: What You Own Description of subject: "What You Own" is a powerful duet from the musical Rent in which the characters Mark and Roger confront themes of identity, purpose, and the struggle to create meaningful art in a consumer-driven world.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.