Tom's Diner
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"Tom's Diner" is a minimalist a cappella song by Suzanne Vega that became iconic both as a pop hit and as a test track in the development of the MP3 audio format.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tom's Diner canonical | 6 |
| Tom’s Diner | 2 |
| Tom's Diner (Reprise) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8808525 — 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: Tom's Diner Context triple: [Suzanne Vega, notableWork, Tom's Diner]
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A.
Waiting for Tonight
"Waiting for Tonight" is a dance-pop song by Jennifer Lopez that became one of her signature hits, known for its Y2K-themed music video and club-friendly sound.
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B.
New York State of Mind
"New York State of Mind" is a soulful, jazz-influenced ballad by Billy Joel that pays tribute to life in New York City and has become one of his signature songs.
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C.
It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere
"It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere" is a popular country song, famously performed by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett, that became a summertime anthem celebrating carefree, beachside drinking.
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D.
Goats Head Soup
Goats Head Soup is a 1973 studio album by the Rolling Stones known for its darker tone and hit single "Angie."
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E.
23rd Street Lullaby
23rd Street Lullaby is a rock-oriented solo album by American singer-songwriter Patti Scialfa that showcases her introspective songwriting and soulful vocals.
- 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: Tom's Diner Target entity description: "Tom's Diner" is a minimalist a cappella song by Suzanne Vega that became iconic both as a pop hit and as a test track in the development of the MP3 audio format.
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A.
Waiting for Tonight
"Waiting for Tonight" is a dance-pop song by Jennifer Lopez that became one of her signature hits, known for its Y2K-themed music video and club-friendly sound.
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B.
New York State of Mind
"New York State of Mind" is a soulful, jazz-influenced ballad by Billy Joel that pays tribute to life in New York City and has become one of his signature songs.
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C.
It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere
"It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere" is a popular country song, famously performed by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett, that became a summertime anthem celebrating carefree, beachside drinking.
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D.
Goats Head Soup
Goats Head Soup is a 1973 studio album by the Rolling Stones known for its darker tone and hit single "Angie."
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E.
23rd Street Lullaby
23rd Street Lullaby is a rock-oriented solo album by American singer-songwriter Patti Scialfa that showcases her introspective songwriting and soulful vocals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
a cappella recording
ⓘ
single ⓘ song ⓘ |
| album | Solitude Standing ⓘ |
| albumReleaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| artist | Suzanne Vega ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Tom's Restaurant, New York City ⓘ |
| chartSuccess | DNA remix reached high chart positions in multiple countries ⓘ |
| containsInstrumentation | none in original a cappella version ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresArtist | DNA ⓘ |
| firstAlbumAppearance | Solitude Standing ⓘ |
| genre |
a cappella
ⓘ
alternative pop ⓘ |
| hasChorus | yes ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion | cover by various artists ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | considered an iconic pop song of the late 1980s and early 1990s ⓘ |
| hasMeter | 4/4 time ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric | I am sitting in the morning at the diner on the corner ⓘ |
| hasPopularity | international hit in remixed form ⓘ |
| hasRecordingType | studio recording ⓘ |
| hasRemix | Tom's Diner (DNA remix) ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | named after Tom's Restaurant in New York City ⓘ |
| hasVerse | yes ⓘ |
| hasVocalRange | mezzo-soprano (approximate) ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Tom's Restaurant ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
minimalist a cappella vocal arrangement
ⓘ
use in development and testing of the MP3 audio format ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| partOf | Suzanne Vega discography ⓘ |
| performer | Suzanne Vega ⓘ |
| producer |
Lenny Kaye
ⓘ
Steve Addabbo ⓘ |
| recordLabel | A&M Records ⓘ |
| releaseFormat |
CD single
ⓘ
vinyl single ⓘ |
| remixedBy | DNA ⓘ |
| setting | Tom's Restaurant ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | observations in a diner in New York City ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| usedAs | test track for perceptual audio coding ⓘ |
| usedIn | early MP3 codec evaluations ⓘ |
| vocalArrangement | solo female voice ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | unaccompanied lead vocal ⓘ |
| writer | Suzanne Vega ⓘ |
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: Tom's Diner Description of subject: "Tom's Diner" is a minimalist a cappella song by Suzanne Vega that became iconic both as a pop hit and as a test track in the development of the MP3 audio format.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tom's Diner
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linked to: Tom's Diner