Isn’t It a Shame
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"Isn’t It a Shame" is a soulful R&B track by the vocal group Labelle, showcasing their powerful harmonies and emotive style in the early 1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Isn’t It a Shame canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10716522 — 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: Isn’t It a Shame Context triple: [Labelle, notableSong, Isn’t It a Shame]
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A.
Ain't That a Shame
"Ain't That a Shame" is a 1955 rhythm and blues song by Fats Domino that became one of his signature hits and a rock and roll standard.
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B.
Mama Tried
"Mama Tried" is a classic 1968 country song by Merle Haggard that reflects on regret and personal responsibility from the perspective of an imprisoned man.
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C.
Isn’t It a Pity
"Isn’t It a Pity" is a reflective, spiritually themed ballad by George Harrison, best known as one of the key tracks from his 1970 solo album *All Things Must Pass*.
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D.
You Know I'm No Good
"You Know I'm No Good" is a soulful, jazz-inflected R&B song by Amy Winehouse that showcases her raw vocals and confessional lyrics about infidelity and self-sabotage.
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E.
The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)
"The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)" is a dramatic pop ballad best known from the 1966 hit recording by The Walker Brothers, noted for its lush orchestration and melancholic 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: Isn’t It a Shame Target entity description: "Isn’t It a Shame" is a soulful R&B track by the vocal group Labelle, showcasing their powerful harmonies and emotive style in the early 1970s.
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A.
Ain't That a Shame
"Ain't That a Shame" is a 1955 rhythm and blues song by Fats Domino that became one of his signature hits and a rock and roll standard.
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B.
Mama Tried
"Mama Tried" is a classic 1968 country song by Merle Haggard that reflects on regret and personal responsibility from the perspective of an imprisoned man.
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C.
Isn’t It a Pity
"Isn’t It a Pity" is a reflective, spiritually themed ballad by George Harrison, best known as one of the key tracks from his 1970 solo album *All Things Must Pass*.
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D.
You Know I'm No Good
"You Know I'm No Good" is a soulful, jazz-inflected R&B song by Amy Winehouse that showcases her raw vocals and confessional lyrics about infidelity and self-sabotage.
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E.
The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)
"The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)" is a dramatic pop ballad best known from the 1966 hit recording by The Walker Brothers, noted for its lush orchestration and melancholic vocals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
backing vocals
ⓘ
lead vocals ⓘ rhythm section ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyleCharacteristic |
emotional delivery
ⓘ
rich vocal harmonies ⓘ soulful sound ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicalArtistType | vocal group ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early 1970s Labelle sound
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showcasing Labelle’s harmonies ⓘ |
| partOf | Labelle discography ⓘ |
| performedBy |
Nona Hendryx
ⓘ
Patti LaBelle ⓘ Sarah Dash ⓘ |
| performer | Labelle ⓘ |
| performerGender | female vocal group ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| vocalArrangement | group harmonies ⓘ |
| vocalStyle |
emotive
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powerful ⓘ |
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: Isn’t It a Shame Description of subject: "Isn’t It a Shame" is a soulful R&B track by the vocal group Labelle, showcasing their powerful harmonies and emotive style in the early 1970s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.