Leave the Atom Alone
E301171
"Leave the Atom Alone" is a satirical anti-nuclear song written by lyricist E. Y. Harburg that humorously critiques the dangers and hubris of atomic power in the post–World War II era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leave the Atom Alone canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2824450 — 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: Leave the Atom Alone Context triple: [E. Y. Harburg, notableWork, Leave the Atom Alone]
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A.
The Universe in a Single Atom
The Universe in a Single Atom is a book by the 14th Dalai Lama that explores the relationship and potential harmony between modern science and Buddhist philosophy.
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B.
Les Atomes
Les Atomes is a seminal scientific work by Jean Perrin that helped establish the reality of atoms through experimental evidence and clear popular exposition of atomic theory.
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C.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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D.
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is a 2004 rock album by Irish band U2, known for its anthemic sound and hit singles like "Vertigo" and "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own."
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E.
Atomico
Atomico is a London-based venture capital firm known for investing in innovative technology startups, founded by Skype co-creator Niklas Zennström.
- 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: Leave the Atom Alone Target entity description: "Leave the Atom Alone" is a satirical anti-nuclear song written by lyricist E. Y. Harburg that humorously critiques the dangers and hubris of atomic power in the post–World War II era.
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A.
The Universe in a Single Atom
The Universe in a Single Atom is a book by the 14th Dalai Lama that explores the relationship and potential harmony between modern science and Buddhist philosophy.
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B.
Les Atomes
Les Atomes is a seminal scientific work by Jean Perrin that helped establish the reality of atoms through experimental evidence and clear popular exposition of atomic theory.
-
C.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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D.
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is a 2004 rock album by Irish band U2, known for its anthemic sound and hit singles like "Vertigo" and "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own."
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E.
Atomico
Atomico is a London-based venture capital firm known for investing in innovative technology startups, founded by Skype co-creator Niklas Zennström.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-nuclear song
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satirical song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
dangers of atomic energy
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human hubris about nuclear power ⓘ |
| genre |
novelty song
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satire ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | skeptical view of atomic progress ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | E. Y. Harburg ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
critique of nuclear hubris
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dangers of atomic power ⓘ post–World War II nuclear anxiety ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
humorous
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satirical ⓘ |
| period | Cold War era popular culture ⓘ |
| positionOnNuclearPower | anti-nuclear ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
atomic power
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nuclear technology ⓘ nuclear weapons ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
humor
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irony ⓘ satire ⓘ |
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: Leave the Atom Alone Description of subject: "Leave the Atom Alone" is a satirical anti-nuclear song written by lyricist E. Y. Harburg that humorously critiques the dangers and hubris of atomic power in the post–World War II era.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.