This Nearly Was Mine
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"This Nearly Was Mine" is a poignant romantic ballad from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *South Pacific*, known for its expressive melody and themes of lost love.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| This Nearly Was Mine canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T529359 — 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: This Nearly Was Mine Context triple: [Richard Rodgers, notableWork, This Nearly Was Mine]
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A.
This Is My Story
This Is My Story is an autobiographical book by Eleanor Roosevelt recounting her early life, personal challenges, and path to public service and activism.
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B.
Where My Heart Used to Beat
"Where My Heart Used to Beat" is a reflective novel by Sebastian Faulks that intertwines themes of war, memory, and lost love through the life story of a troubled psychiatrist.
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C.
The Man That Got Away
"The Man That Got Away" is a torch song from the 1954 film *A Star Is Born*, widely regarded as one of Judy Garland’s most iconic and emotionally powerful performances.
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D.
Living to Tell the Tale
Living to Tell the Tale is Gabriel García Márquez’s memoir, recounting his early life and the experiences that shaped him as a writer.
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E.
No Other Love
"No Other Love" is a soulful R&B track by John Legend from his 2008 album *Evolver*, known for its smooth vocals and romantic theme.
- 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: This Nearly Was Mine Target entity description: "This Nearly Was Mine" is a poignant romantic ballad from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *South Pacific*, known for its expressive melody and themes of lost love.
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A.
This Is My Story
This Is My Story is an autobiographical book by Eleanor Roosevelt recounting her early life, personal challenges, and path to public service and activism.
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B.
Where My Heart Used to Beat
"Where My Heart Used to Beat" is a reflective novel by Sebastian Faulks that intertwines themes of war, memory, and lost love through the life story of a troubled psychiatrist.
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C.
The Man That Got Away
"The Man That Got Away" is a torch song from the 1954 film *A Star Is Born*, widely regarded as one of Judy Garland’s most iconic and emotionally powerful performances.
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D.
Living to Tell the Tale
Living to Tell the Tale is Gabriel García Márquez’s memoir, recounting his early life and the experiences that shaped him as a writer.
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E.
No Other Love
"No Other Love" is a soulful R&B track by John Legend from his 2008 album *Evolver*, known for its smooth vocals and romantic theme.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical theatre song
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ song ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
1958 film South Pacific
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linked to:
South Pacific (1958 film)
|
| associatedWith |
Broadway
ⓘ
Rodgers and Hammerstein ⓘ |
| composer | Richard Rodgers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstPerformanceYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| genre |
Broadway music
ⓘ
romantic ballad ⓘ show tune ⓘ |
| hasMelodicStyle |
expressive
ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ |
| musical | South Pacific ⓘ |
| musicBy | Richard Rodgers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressive melody
ⓘ
poignant lyrics ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage musical ⓘ |
| originalProductionOpeningYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| partOfWork | South Pacific ⓘ |
| performedByCharacter | Emile de Becque ⓘ |
| positionInShow | Act II ⓘ |
| theme |
lost love
ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ regret ⓘ romantic disappointment ⓘ |
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: This Nearly Was Mine Description of subject: "This Nearly Was Mine" is a poignant romantic ballad from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *South Pacific*, known for its expressive melody and themes of lost love.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.