Smiling Faces Sometimes
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"Smiling Faces Sometimes" is a 1971 soul song, best known in its hit version by The Undisputed Truth, that warns about deception and two-faced people behind friendly appearances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Smiling Faces Sometimes canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10526449 — 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: Smiling Faces Sometimes Context triple: [Norman Whitfield, notableWork, Smiling Faces Sometimes]
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A.
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
"The Smile Has Left Your Eyes" is a 1983 power ballad by the British progressive rock band Asia, known for its melancholic melody and emotional lyrics.
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B.
Broken Face
"Broken Face" is a raw, punk-influenced track by the Pixies, featured on their influential 1988 album *Surfer Rosa*.
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C.
Put On a Smile
"Put On a Smile" is a soulful, retro-inspired R&B ballad by Silk Sonic, the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, featured on their collaborative album *An Evening with Silk Sonic*.
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D.
The Smile
The Smile is an English rock band formed by Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood with drummer Tom Skinner, known for its experimental, guitar-driven sound.
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E.
Two Faces
Two Faces is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1987 album "Tunnel of Love," reflecting themes of inner conflict and emotional duality.
- 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: Smiling Faces Sometimes Target entity description: "Smiling Faces Sometimes" is a 1971 soul song, best known in its hit version by The Undisputed Truth, that warns about deception and two-faced people behind friendly appearances.
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A.
The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
"The Smile Has Left Your Eyes" is a 1983 power ballad by the British progressive rock band Asia, known for its melancholic melody and emotional lyrics.
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B.
Broken Face
"Broken Face" is a raw, punk-influenced track by the Pixies, featured on their influential 1988 album *Surfer Rosa*.
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C.
Put On a Smile
"Put On a Smile" is a soulful, retro-inspired R&B ballad by Silk Sonic, the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, featured on their collaborative album *An Evening with Silk Sonic*.
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D.
The Smile
The Smile is an English rock band formed by Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood with drummer Tom Skinner, known for its experimental, guitar-driven sound.
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E.
Two Faces
Two Faces is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1987 album "Tunnel of Love," reflecting themes of inner conflict and emotional duality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
The Temptations
ⓘ
The Undisputed Truth ⓘ |
| chartSuccess | US Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit (The Undisputed Truth version) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
psychedelic soul
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasMusicalEra | early 1970s ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | funk-influenced soul ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
"Beware"
ⓘ
"Smiling faces sometimes pretend to be your friend" ⓘ |
| hasSongStructure | verse-chorus form ⓘ |
| isBestKnownVersion | The Undisputed Truth recording ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
deception
ⓘ
distrust ⓘ two-faced people ⓘ |
| notableVersionBy | The Undisputed Truth ⓘ |
| originalArtist | The Temptations ⓘ |
| partOfCatalog | Motown catalog ⓘ |
| performer |
The Temptations
ⓘ
The Undisputed Truth ⓘ |
| producer | Norman Whitfield ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Gordy Records
ⓘ
Motown ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| warningAbout | people who hide ill intent behind friendly appearances ⓘ |
| writer |
Barrett Strong
ⓘ
Norman Whitfield ⓘ |
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: Smiling Faces Sometimes Description of subject: "Smiling Faces Sometimes" is a 1971 soul song, best known in its hit version by The Undisputed Truth, that warns about deception and two-faced people behind friendly appearances.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.