"When you come to a fork in the road, take it"
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"When you come to a fork in the road, take it" is a famous Yogi Berra quote exemplifying his humorous, paradoxical style of wisdom known as "Yogi-isms."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3046767 — 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 you come to a fork in the road, take it" Context triple: [Yogi Berra, notableWork, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it"]
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A.
The Road Not Taken
The Road Not Taken is a widely studied and frequently misinterpreted poem by Robert Frost that reflects on choice, individuality, and the ambiguity of life’s decisions.
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B.
Take it now or leave it
"Take it now or leave it" is a memorable chorus line from ABBA’s disco-era hit song "Voulez-Vous."
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C.
Facing Left
"Facing Left" is a jazz album by American pianist and composer Jason Moran that showcases his innovative, contemporary approach to the piano trio format.
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D.
Two Roads
Two Roads is a UK-based publishing imprint known for literary and narrative non-fiction, often with a strong human-interest or inspirational focus.
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E.
"Put One Foot in Front of the Other"
"Put One Foot in Front of the Other" is a cheerful, motivational song from the classic Rankin/Bass stop-motion Christmas special "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town," known for its catchy tune about gradual self-improvement and change.
- 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 you come to a fork in the road, take it" Target entity description: "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" is a famous Yogi Berra quote exemplifying his humorous, paradoxical style of wisdom known as "Yogi-isms."
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A.
The Road Not Taken
The Road Not Taken is a widely studied and frequently misinterpreted poem by Robert Frost that reflects on choice, individuality, and the ambiguity of life’s decisions.
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B.
Take it now or leave it
"Take it now or leave it" is a memorable chorus line from ABBA’s disco-era hit song "Voulez-Vous."
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C.
Facing Left
"Facing Left" is a jazz album by American pianist and composer Jason Moran that showcases his innovative, contemporary approach to the piano trio format.
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D.
Two Roads
Two Roads is a UK-based publishing imprint known for literary and narrative non-fiction, often with a strong human-interest or inspirational focus.
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E.
"Put One Foot in Front of the Other"
"Put One Foot in Front of the Other" is a cheerful, motivational song from the classic Rankin/Bass stop-motion Christmas special "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town," known for its catchy tune about gradual self-improvement and change.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yogi-ism
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aphorism ⓘ paradoxical statement ⓘ quotation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American culture
ⓘ
surface form:
American popular culture
New York Yankees ⓘ Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center ⓘ baseball ⓘ |
| attributedTo |
Yogi Berra
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surface form:
Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra
|
| author | Yogi Berra ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalImpact |
frequently cited in books and articles about leadership
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often referenced in discussions of paradoxical wisdom ⓘ |
| genre |
humorous quote
ⓘ
sports-related quote ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
general public
ⓘ
sports fans ⓘ |
| hasForm | one-sentence quote ⓘ |
| hasMoral |
do not overthink choices
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keep moving forward despite uncertainty ⓘ |
| hasPart |
"fork in the road"
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"take it" ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
decision-making
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life choices ⓘ paradox ⓘ |
| inCollection |
Yogi Berra
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surface form:
Yogi Berra quotes
famous sports quotations ⓘ |
| interpretation |
encouragement to make a decision rather than hesitate
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suggestion that either choice may lead to a good outcome ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
print
ⓘ
spoken word ⓘ |
| notableFor |
apparent logical contradiction
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double meaning ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
choice
ⓘ
indecision ⓘ life path ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
"It ain't over 'til it's over"
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surface form:
"It ain’t over till it’s over"
"Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded." ⓘ Yogi-isms ⓘ |
| style |
colloquial speech
ⓘ
deadpan humor ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
ⓘ
whimsical ⓘ |
| usedAs |
example of Yogi Berra’s wit
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humorous motto ⓘ motivational slogan ⓘ |
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: "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" Description of subject: "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" is a famous Yogi Berra quote exemplifying his humorous, paradoxical style of wisdom known as "Yogi-isms."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Yogi Berra