I Think It’s Going to Rain Today
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"I Think It’s Going to Rain Today" is a melancholic pop ballad written by Randy Newman that has been widely covered and featured in various films and soundtracks.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Think It’s Going to Rain Today canonical | 4 |
| I Think It's Going to Rain Today | 2 |
| I Think It's Gonna Rain Today | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3056673 — 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: I Think It’s Going to Rain Today Context triple: [Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording, includesSong, I Think It’s Going to Rain Today]
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A.
Here’s That Rainy Day
"Here’s That Rainy Day" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, renowned for its melancholic melody and enduring presence in the Great American Songbook.
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B.
Can You Stand the Rain
"Can You Stand the Rain" is a 1988 R&B ballad by New Edition, known for its lush harmonies and themes of enduring love through difficult times.
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C.
No Rain
"No Rain" is a 1992 alternative rock song by Blind Melon, best known for its catchy melody and iconic "bee girl" music video.
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D.
Like the Rain
"Like the Rain" is a popular 1996 country song by Clint Black that became one of his signature hits.
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E.
Too Much Rain
"Too Much Rain" is a reflective, piano-led ballad by Paul McCartney that appears on his 2005 album "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard."
- 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: I Think It’s Going to Rain Today Target entity description: "I Think It’s Going to Rain Today" is a melancholic pop ballad written by Randy Newman that has been widely covered and featured in various films and soundtracks.
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A.
Here’s That Rainy Day
"Here’s That Rainy Day" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, renowned for its melancholic melody and enduring presence in the Great American Songbook.
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B.
Can You Stand the Rain
"Can You Stand the Rain" is a 1988 R&B ballad by New Edition, known for its lush harmonies and themes of enduring love through difficult times.
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C.
No Rain
"No Rain" is a 1992 alternative rock song by Blind Melon, best known for its catchy melody and iconic "bee girl" music video.
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D.
Like the Rain
"Like the Rain" is a popular 1996 country song by Clint Black that became one of his signature hits.
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E.
Too Much Rain
"Too Much Rain" is a reflective, piano-led ballad by Paul McCartney that appears on his 2005 album "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
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pop ballad ⓘ song ⓘ |
| composer | Randy Newman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
ballad
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melancholic song ⓘ pop ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersionBy |
A-ha
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Art Garfunkel ⓘ Barbra Streisand ⓘ Bette Midler ⓘ Bill Withers ⓘ Claudine Longet ⓘ David Bowie ⓘ Dionne Warwick ⓘ Dusty Springfield ⓘ Edyta Górniak ⓘ Ilse DeLange ⓘ Joe Cocker ⓘ Judy Collins ⓘ Katie Herzig ⓘ Katie Melua ⓘ Katie Noonan ⓘ Liza Minnelli ⓘ Michael Bublé ⓘ Michael Johnson ⓘ Neil Diamond ⓘ Nina Simone ⓘ Norah Jones ⓘ Paul Young ⓘ Peggy Lee ⓘ Peter Gabriel ⓘ Renee Olstead ⓘ Rumer ⓘ Scott Walker ⓘ The Alan Price Set ⓘ The Moody Blues ⓘ
linked to:
Moody Blues
The Neighbourhood ⓘ The Temptations ⓘ The Walker Brothers ⓘ Thelma Houston ⓘ Tom Odell ⓘ UB40 ⓘ Various Artists ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Randy Newman ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being featured in various films and soundtracks
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being widely covered by many artists ⓘ |
| originalPerformer | Randy Newman ⓘ |
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: I Think It’s Going to Rain Today Description of subject: "I Think It’s Going to Rain Today" is a melancholic pop ballad written by Randy Newman that has been widely covered and featured in various films and soundtracks.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "In My Life"
linked to: I Think It’s Going to Rain Today
linked to: I Think It’s Going to Rain Today
linked to: I Think It’s Going to Rain Today