Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
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"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" is a jazz-rock-influenced song by the band Chicago, known for its prominent horn arrangements and philosophical lyrics about time and modern life.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? canonical | 5 |
| "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" | 1 |
| "Does anybody really know what time it is?" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8484329 — 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: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? Context triple: [Chicago, notableWork, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?]
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A.
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
"I Didn't Know What Time It Was" is a popular 1939 show tune by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart that has become a widely recorded jazz and pop standard.
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B.
It’s Time
"It's Time" is a breakout alternative rock single by Imagine Dragons that gained widespread popularity for its anthemic sound and introspective lyrics.
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C.
Any Time at All
"Any Time at All" is an upbeat rock song by the Beatles, written primarily by John Lennon and released in 1964.
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D.
Any Time
"Any Time" is a popular traditional pop song closely associated with American singer Eddie Fisher, who helped make it a hit in the early 1950s.
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E.
In Your Own Time
In Your Own Time is the second solo studio album by English singer-songwriter and Take That member Mark Owen, released in 2003.
- 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: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? Target entity description: "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" is a jazz-rock-influenced song by the band Chicago, known for its prominent horn arrangements and philosophical lyrics about time and modern life.
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A.
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
"I Didn't Know What Time It Was" is a popular 1939 show tune by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart that has become a widely recorded jazz and pop standard.
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B.
It’s Time
"It's Time" is a breakout alternative rock single by Imagine Dragons that gained widespread popularity for its anthemic sound and introspective lyrics.
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C.
Any Time at All
"Any Time at All" is an upbeat rock song by the Beatles, written primarily by John Lennon and released in 1964.
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D.
Any Time
"Any Time" is a popular traditional pop song closely associated with American singer Eddie Fisher, who helped make it a hit in the early 1950s.
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E.
In Your Own Time
In Your Own Time is the second solo studio album by English singer-songwriter and Take That member Mark Owen, released in 2003.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| albumArtist | Chicago ⓘ |
| artist | Chicago ⓘ |
| composer | Robert Lamm ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
jazz rock
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rock ⓘ soft rock ⓘ |
| hasBacking | vocal harmonies ⓘ |
| hasChorusLine |
"Does anybody really care?"
ⓘ
"Does anybody really know what time it is?" ⓘ
linked to:
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
|
| hasCulturalAssociation |
1970s popular music
ⓘ
classic rock radio ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
brass section ⓘ drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ piano ⓘ saxophone ⓘ trombone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
modern life
ⓘ
philosophical reflection ⓘ time ⓘ |
| hasMood | reflective ⓘ |
| hasMusicalEra | late 1960s rock ⓘ |
| hasNotableAspect |
philosophical lyrics about time
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social commentary on modern life ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature | spoken-word style intro in some versions ⓘ |
| hasProminentFeature | horn arrangements ⓘ |
| hasStyleCharacteristic |
brass-driven arrangement
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jazz-influenced harmony ⓘ pop song structure ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | brass rock ⓘ |
| hasTempo | moderate ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
everyday urban life
ⓘ
indifference to time ⓘ questioning social priorities ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | lead male vocal ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Chicago Transit Authority ⓘ |
| isTitleStylization |
"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
ⓘ
linked to:
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
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| language | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chicago discography
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits
|
| performer | Chicago ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Chicago Transit Authority ⓘ |
| writer | Robert Lamm ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? Description of subject: "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" is a jazz-rock-influenced song by the band Chicago, known for its prominent horn arrangements and philosophical lyrics about time and modern life.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Chicago (band)
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
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hasChorusLine
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"Does anybody really know what time it is?"
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linked to: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
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isTitleStylization
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"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
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linked to: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?