Iris (Hold Me Close)
E130348
"Iris (Hold Me Close)" is a song by the Irish rock band U2 from their 2014 album *Songs of Innocence*, reflecting on Bono’s memories of his late mother.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iris (Hold Me Close) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1130901 — 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: Iris (Hold Me Close) Context triple: [Songs of Innocence, hasPart, Iris (Hold Me Close)]
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A.
Iris
Iris is a 2001 British biographical drama film about the life and relationships of novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch.
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B.
Hold Me
"Hold Me" is a song featured on Kenny Rogers' 1983 country-pop album "Eyes That See in the Dark," which was largely written and produced by the Bee Gees.
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C.
Irises
Irises is a famous 1889 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant cluster of blooming irises, celebrated for its expressive color and dynamic composition.
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D.
You're Beautiful
"You're Beautiful" is a 2005 pop ballad by British singer-songwriter James Blunt that became an international hit and one of his signature songs.
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E.
Why I Love You
"Why I Love You" is a song by Jay-Z and Kanye West from their collaborative album *Watch the Throne*, known for its dramatic production and themes of loyalty and betrayal.
- 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: Iris (Hold Me Close) Target entity description: "Iris (Hold Me Close)" is a song by the Irish rock band U2 from their 2014 album *Songs of Innocence*, reflecting on Bono’s memories of his late mother.
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A.
Iris
Iris is a 2001 British biographical drama film about the life and relationships of novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch.
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B.
Hold Me
"Hold Me" is a song featured on Kenny Rogers' 1983 country-pop album "Eyes That See in the Dark," which was largely written and produced by the Bee Gees.
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C.
Irises
Irises is a famous 1889 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a vibrant cluster of blooming irises, celebrated for its expressive color and dynamic composition.
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D.
You're Beautiful
"You're Beautiful" is a 2005 pop ballad by British singer-songwriter James Blunt that became an international hit and one of his signature songs.
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E.
Why I Love You
"Why I Love You" is a song by Jay-Z and Kanye West from their collaborative album *Watch the Throne*, known for its dramatic production and themes of loyalty and betrayal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
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song ⓘ |
| album | Songs of Innocence ⓘ |
| artist | U2 ⓘ |
| composer |
Adam Clayton
ⓘ
Bono ⓘ Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ The Edge ⓘ U2 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasType | album track ⓘ |
| includedIn | U2 discography ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Bono
ⓘ
surface form:
Bono's mother Iris Hewson
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Adam Clayton
ⓘ
Bono ⓘ Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ The Edge ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | U2 ⓘ |
| medium |
compact disc
ⓘ
digital audio ⓘ |
| musicBy | U2 ⓘ |
| partOf | Songs of Innocence ⓘ |
| performer | U2 ⓘ |
| performerMember |
Adam Clayton
ⓘ
Bono ⓘ Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ The Edge ⓘ |
| performerNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| producer |
Danger Mouse
ⓘ
Declan Gaffney ⓘ Flood ⓘ Paul Epworth ⓘ Ryan Tedder ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | U2 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Interscope Records
ⓘ
Island Records ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 2010s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Bono's memories of his late mother ⓘ |
| theme |
grief
ⓘ
loss ⓘ memory ⓘ mother–child relationship ⓘ |
| trackOn | Songs of Innocence ⓘ |
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: Iris (Hold Me Close) Description of subject: "Iris (Hold Me Close)" is a song by the Irish rock band U2 from their 2014 album *Songs of Innocence*, reflecting on Bono’s memories of his late mother.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Songs of Innocence