The Way Things Are
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"The Way Things Are" is a track from Fiona Apple's album *When the Pawn...*, showcasing her introspective lyrics and distinctive piano-driven alternative style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Way Things Are canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10006803 — 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: The Way Things Are Context triple: [When the Pawn..., hasPart, The Way Things Are]
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A.
The Way It Is
"The Way It Is" is the 2005 debut studio album by American R&B singer Keyshia Cole, featuring emotionally driven songs about love, heartbreak, and personal struggle.
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B.
These Things Too
"These Things Too" is a comic collection from the satirical newspaper strip Pearls Before Swine by cartoonist Stephan Pastis.
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C.
State of Things
State of Things is a film featuring Romanian actress Maia Morgenstern in a prominent role.
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D.
A Way of Being
A Way of Being is a reflective book by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers that explores his person-centered approach to therapy, relationships, and personal growth.
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E.
The Blessed Unrest
The Blessed Unrest is a 2013 pop and singer-songwriter album by Sara Bareilles that features introspective lyrics and piano-driven melodies, including the hit single "Brave."
- 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: The Way Things Are Target entity description: "The Way Things Are" is a track from Fiona Apple's album *When the Pawn...*, showcasing her introspective lyrics and distinctive piano-driven alternative style.
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A.
The Way It Is
"The Way It Is" is the 2005 debut studio album by American R&B singer Keyshia Cole, featuring emotionally driven songs about love, heartbreak, and personal struggle.
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B.
These Things Too
"These Things Too" is a comic collection from the satirical newspaper strip Pearls Before Swine by cartoonist Stephan Pastis.
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C.
State of Things
State of Things is a film featuring Romanian actress Maia Morgenstern in a prominent role.
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D.
A Way of Being
A Way of Being is a reflective book by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers that explores his person-centered approach to therapy, relationships, and personal growth.
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E.
The Blessed Unrest
The Blessed Unrest is a 2013 pop and singer-songwriter album by Sara Bareilles that features introspective lyrics and piano-driven melodies, including the hit single "Brave."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album | When the Pawn... ⓘ |
| artist | Fiona Apple ⓘ |
| composer | Fiona Apple ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
alternative rock
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piano rock ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
alternative style
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introspective lyrics ⓘ piano-driven arrangement ⓘ |
| hasType | album track ⓘ |
| includedIn | Fiona Apple discography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Fiona Apple ⓘ |
| medium | audio recording ⓘ |
| partOf | When the Pawn... ⓘ |
| performer | Fiona Apple ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Fiona Apple ⓘ |
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: The Way Things Are Description of subject: "The Way Things Are" is a track from Fiona Apple's album *When the Pawn...*, showcasing her introspective lyrics and distinctive piano-driven alternative style.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing Before He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right
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containsTrack
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The Way Things Are
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