Not Gon' Cry
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"Not Gon' Cry" is an R&B ballad by Mary J. Blige, best known for its appearance on the "Waiting to Exhale" soundtrack and its themes of heartbreak and resilience.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Not Gon' Cry canonical | 1 |
| Not Gon’ Cry | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13027558 — 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: Not Gon' Cry Context triple: [Share My World, hasPart, Not Gon' Cry]
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A.
Cryin'
"Cryin'" is a 1993 power ballad by American rock band Aerosmith, known for its blend of hard rock and emotional lyrics and its iconic music video featuring Alicia Silverstone.
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B.
Don't Cry
"Don't Cry" is a song by Neil Young featured on his 1989 album *Freedom*, known for its raw emotional intensity and distorted guitar sound.
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C.
Don’t Cry
"Don’t Cry" is a pop ballad by Britney Spears from her 2013 album "Britney Jean."
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D.
Don’t Cry
"Don’t Cry" is a popular rock ballad by the American band Guns N’ Roses, known for its emotional lyrics and powerful guitar work.
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E.
Don’t Cry
"Don’t Cry" is a melancholic hip-hop track by Lil Wayne featuring XXXTentacion, reflecting on loss, pain, and perseverance.
- 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: Not Gon' Cry Target entity description: "Not Gon' Cry" is an R&B ballad by Mary J. Blige, best known for its appearance on the "Waiting to Exhale" soundtrack and its themes of heartbreak and resilience.
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A.
Cryin'
"Cryin'" is a 1993 power ballad by American rock band Aerosmith, known for its blend of hard rock and emotional lyrics and its iconic music video featuring Alicia Silverstone.
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B.
Don't Cry
"Don't Cry" is a song by Neil Young featured on his 1989 album *Freedom*, known for its raw emotional intensity and distorted guitar sound.
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C.
Don’t Cry
"Don’t Cry" is a pop ballad by Britney Spears from her 2013 album "Britney Jean."
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D.
Don’t Cry
"Don’t Cry" is a popular rock ballad by the American band Guns N’ Roses, known for its emotional lyrics and powerful guitar work.
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E.
Don’t Cry
"Don’t Cry" is a melancholic hip-hop track by Lil Wayne featuring XXXTentacion, reflecting on loss, pain, and perseverance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album |
Share My World
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Mary J. Blige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Babyface NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedFilm | Waiting to Exhale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit
ⓘ
Billboard R&B chart hit ⓘ |
| composer | Babyface NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | 1990s R&B ⓘ |
| featuredIn | Waiting to Exhale (1995 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
CD single
ⓘ
cassette single ⓘ digital download ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| includedOn | Mary J. Blige compilation releases ⓘ |
| isPartOfSoundtrack | Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalsBy | Mary J. Blige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricalSubject |
ending a long-term relationship
ⓘ
refusal to cry over a cheating partner ⓘ |
| lyricist | Babyface NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoPerformer | Mary J. Blige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Waiting to Exhale soundtrack
ⓘ
lyrics about a woman leaving an unfaithful partner ⓘ |
| originallyReleasedAs | soundtrack single ⓘ |
| performer | Mary J. Blige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Babyface NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Arista Records
ⓘ
LaFace Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| singleReleaseYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| tempo | slow ⓘ |
| theme |
empowerment after betrayal
ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ resilience ⓘ |
| vocalRange | alto-focused performance by Mary J. Blige ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | ballad ⓘ |
| writer | Babyface NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Not Gon' Cry Description of subject: "Not Gon' Cry" is an R&B ballad by Mary J. Blige, best known for its appearance on the "Waiting to Exhale" soundtrack and its themes of heartbreak and resilience.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Share My World
subject surface form:
Mary J. Blige
this entity surface form:
Not Gon’ Cry