We are family
E1001171
"We Are Family" is a 1979 disco anthem by Sister Sledge that became a defining celebration of unity and togetherness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| We are family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12735628 — 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: We are family Context triple: [We Are Family, hasChorusLyric, We are family]
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A.
Welcome to the Family
"Welcome to the Family" is an American television sitcom that follows the comedic culture clash between two very different families brought together by an unexpected teenage pregnancy and engagement.
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B.
Who We Are
"Who We Are" is a song featured as a component of the musical work "All of Me."
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C.
Who We Are
"Who We Are" is a studio album by American rock band Lifehouse that showcases their melodic post-grunge and alternative rock sound.
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D.
We're a Happy Family
"We're a Happy Family" is a fast, punk rock song by the Ramones that satirically portrays a dysfunctional suburban family.
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E.
There We Are
"There We Are" is a song by American singer-songwriter JT, likely featured on one of his music releases.
- 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: We are family Target entity description: "We Are Family" is a 1979 disco anthem by Sister Sledge that became a defining celebration of unity and togetherness.
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A.
Welcome to the Family
"Welcome to the Family" is an American television sitcom that follows the comedic culture clash between two very different families brought together by an unexpected teenage pregnancy and engagement.
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B.
Who We Are
"Who We Are" is a song featured as a component of the musical work "All of Me."
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C.
Who We Are
"Who We Are" is a studio album by American rock band Lifehouse that showcases their melodic post-grunge and alternative rock sound.
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D.
We're a Happy Family
"We're a Happy Family" is a fast, punk rock song by the Ramones that satirically portrays a dysfunctional suburban family.
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E.
There We Are
"There We Are" is a song by American singer-songwriter JT, likely featured on one of his music releases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Chic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 8 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSHotSoulSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalImpact | symbol of solidarity and inclusion ⓘ |
| decade | 1970s ⓘ |
| describedAs |
anthem of unity
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disco classic ⓘ |
| genre | disco ⓘ |
| hasChorusLine | We are family, I got all my sisters with me ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
backing vocals
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disco drums ⓘ funk-influenced bassline ⓘ rhythm guitar ⓘ string arrangements ⓘ |
| hasLivePerformanceHighlight | frequently performed at Sister Sledge concerts ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme |
celebration
ⓘ
family unity ⓘ togetherness ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasNotableUse |
LGBTQ+ pride events
ⓘ
Pittsburgh Pirates 1979 theme song ⓘ family celebrations ⓘ sports anthem ⓘ |
| influenced | later family-themed pop songs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:36 ⓘ |
| notableLyricTheme |
female solidarity
ⓘ
joyful resilience ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | We Are Family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Sister Sledge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Bernard Edwards
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nile Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Warner Chappell Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1978 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Cotillion Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1979-04-16 ⓘ |
| RIAAcertification | Gold ⓘ |
| singleBSide | Easier to Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempo | upbeat ⓘ |
| vocalist | Kathy Sledge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Bernard Edwards
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nile Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: We are family Description of subject: "We Are Family" is a 1979 disco anthem by Sister Sledge that became a defining celebration of unity and togetherness.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.