“City on Fire”
E1463181
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“City on Fire” is a frantic, darkly comic song from the musical *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*, sung by the Beggar Woman as London descends into chaos.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| “City on Fire” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21041409 — 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: “City on Fire” Context triple: [Beggar Woman, singsSong, “City on Fire”]
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A.
City on Fire
City on Fire is a 1987 Hong Kong crime thriller film, directed by Ringo Lam and starring Chow Yun-fat, renowned for its gritty undercover-cop story and major influence on later action cinema.
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B.
The Fall of the City
The Fall of the City is a 1937 verse radio drama by Archibald MacLeish that allegorically explores the rise of fascism and the surrender of freedom in a modern city.
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C.
The Rising City
The Rising City is a rapidly developing urban area in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Philippines, known for its growing population, expanding infrastructure, and increasing economic activity.
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D.
Books Are Burning
"Books Are Burning" is a song by the English rock band XTC, featured on their 1992 album *Nonsuch* and known for its critique of censorship and attacks on free expression.
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E.
"When Canyons Ruled the City"
"When Canyons Ruled the City" is a song by American musician Butch Walker from his album *The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites*.
- 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: “City on Fire” Target entity description: “City on Fire” is a frantic, darkly comic song from the musical *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*, sung by the Beggar Woman as London descends into chaos.
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A.
City on Fire
City on Fire is a 1987 Hong Kong crime thriller film, directed by Ringo Lam and starring Chow Yun-fat, renowned for its gritty undercover-cop story and major influence on later action cinema.
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B.
The Fall of the City
The Fall of the City is a 1937 verse radio drama by Archibald MacLeish that allegorically explores the rise of fascism and the surrender of freedom in a modern city.
-
C.
The Rising City
The Rising City is a rapidly developing urban area in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Philippines, known for its growing population, expanding infrastructure, and increasing economic activity.
-
D.
Books Are Burning
"Books Are Burning" is a song by the English rock band XTC, featured on their 1992 album *Nonsuch* and known for its critique of censorship and attacks on free expression.
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E.
"When Canyons Ruled the City"
"When Canyons Ruled the City" is a song by American musician Butch Walker from his album *The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.