"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"
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"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" is a popular 1985 pop song best known for being performed by Billy Ocean and featured in the film *The Jewel of the Nile*.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" canonical | 1 |
| When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18047547 — 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: "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" Context triple: [Ben Findon, notableWork, "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"]
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A.
“Got to Be Tough”
“Got to Be Tough” is a 2020 reggae album by Toots and the Maytals, known as one of the band’s final and politically charged releases.
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B.
Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do!
"Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do!" is a popular self-help book by pastor and motivational speaker Robert H. Schuller that offers faith-based strategies for overcoming adversity and building resilience.
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C.
Go For It
"Go For It" is a song featured on the album "Body and Soul."
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D.
Never Givin’ Up
"Never Givin’ Up" is a song featured on Aaliyah’s debut album "One in a Million."
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E.
Never Give Up
"Never Give Up" is a song by the Japanese pop duo Harmonize, recognized as one of their standout works.
- 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: "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" Target entity description: "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" is a popular 1985 pop song best known for being performed by Billy Ocean and featured in the film *The Jewel of the Nile*.
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A.
“Got to Be Tough”
“Got to Be Tough” is a 2020 reggae album by Toots and the Maytals, known as one of the band’s final and politically charged releases.
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B.
Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do!
"Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do!" is a popular self-help book by pastor and motivational speaker Robert H. Schuller that offers faith-based strategies for overcoming adversity and building resilience.
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C.
Go For It
"Go For It" is a song featured on the album "Body and Soul."
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D.
Never Givin’ Up
"Never Givin’ Up" is a song featured on Aaliyah’s debut album "One in a Million."
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E.
Never Give Up
"Never Give Up" is a song by the Japanese pop duo Harmonize, recognized as one of their standout works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"