song "Wanted Dead or Alive" (as co-writer and singer)
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"Wanted Dead or Alive" is a 1986 rock anthem by Bon Jovi, co-written and sung by Jon Bon Jovi, that became one of the band’s signature songs and a defining track of the glam metal era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| song "Wanted Dead or Alive" (as co-writer and singer) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9198696 — 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: song "Wanted Dead or Alive" (as co-writer and singer) Context triple: [Jon Bon Jovi, notableWork, song "Wanted Dead or Alive" (as co-writer and singer)]
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A.
song "Sultans of Swing" (with Dire Straits)
"Sultans of Swing" is a 1978 rock song by Dire Straits, written and sung by Mark Knopfler, renowned for its clean guitar tone, intricate solos, and storytelling lyrics that helped launch the band to international fame.
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B.
song "Money for Nothing" (with Dire Straits)
"Money for Nothing" is a 1985 rock song by Dire Straits, featuring Mark Knopfler’s distinctive guitar riff and satirical lyrics about MTV-era rock stardom.
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C.
Another Woman
Another Woman is a 1988 introspective drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, starring Gena Rowlands as a philosophy professor confronting her life choices and emotional repression.
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D.
"I Walk the Line"
"I Walk the Line" is a classic country song by Johnny Cash, renowned for its distinctive rhythm and enduring influence on American music.
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E.
I Write the Songs
"I Write the Songs" is a popular 1975 pop ballad, best known as one of Barry Manilow’s signature hits despite not being written by him.
- 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: song "Wanted Dead or Alive" (as co-writer and singer) Target entity description: "Wanted Dead or Alive" is a 1986 rock anthem by Bon Jovi, co-written and sung by Jon Bon Jovi, that became one of the band’s signature songs and a defining track of the glam metal era.
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A.
song "Sultans of Swing" (with Dire Straits)
"Sultans of Swing" is a 1978 rock song by Dire Straits, written and sung by Mark Knopfler, renowned for its clean guitar tone, intricate solos, and storytelling lyrics that helped launch the band to international fame.
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B.
song "Money for Nothing" (with Dire Straits)
"Money for Nothing" is a 1985 rock song by Dire Straits, featuring Mark Knopfler’s distinctive guitar riff and satirical lyrics about MTV-era rock stardom.
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C.
Another Woman
Another Woman is a 1988 introspective drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, starring Gena Rowlands as a philosophy professor confronting her life choices and emotional repression.
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D.
"I Walk the Line"
"I Walk the Line" is a classic country song by Johnny Cash, renowned for its distinctive rhythm and enduring influence on American music.
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E.
I Write the Songs
"I Write the Songs" is a popular 1975 pop ballad, best known as one of Barry Manilow’s signature hits despite not being written by him.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bon Jovi
ⓘ
Jon Bon Jovi ⓘ Richie Sambora ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coWriter |
Jon Bon Jovi
ⓘ
Richie Sambora ⓘ |
| describedAs |
defining track of the glam metal era
ⓘ
rock anthem ⓘ |
| era | 1980s rock ⓘ |
| genre |
glam metal
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | "Wanted Dead or Alive" music video ⓘ |
| hasSignatureStatusFor | Bon Jovi ⓘ |
| hasTheme | life on the road as a touring musician ⓘ |
| labelImprint | PolyGram ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadGuitaristOnRecording | Richie Sambora ⓘ |
| livePerformanceStapleFor | Bon Jovi ⓘ |
| notableFor |
acoustic and electric guitar blend
ⓘ
anthemic chorus ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum |
"Slippery When Wet"
ⓘ
linked to:
Slippery When Wet
|
| performer | Bon Jovi ⓘ |
| producer | Bruce Fairbairn ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Bon Jovi ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Mercury Records ⓘ |
| releaseType | single from the album "Slippery When Wet" ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Jon Bon Jovi ⓘ |
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: song "Wanted Dead or Alive" (as co-writer and singer) Description of subject: "Wanted Dead or Alive" is a 1986 rock anthem by Bon Jovi, co-written and sung by Jon Bon Jovi, that became one of the band’s signature songs and a defining track of the glam metal era.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.