Got to Be There (Chaka Khan single)
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"Got to Be There" is a 1983 R&B single by Chaka Khan, a soulful cover of Michael Jackson’s song that showcased her powerful vocals early in her solo career.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Got to Be There (Chaka Khan single) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3092501 — 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: Got to Be There (Chaka Khan single) Context triple: [I Feel for You, precededBy, Got to Be There (Chaka Khan single)]
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A.
Let's Get It On
"Let's Get It On" is a landmark 1973 soul album by Marvin Gaye, renowned for its sensual themes and smooth, influential sound.
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B.
Let's Get It On
"Let's Get It On" is a landmark 1973 soul and R&B song by Marvin Gaye, celebrated for its sensual lyrics, smooth vocals, and enduring influence on popular music.
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C.
X Gon' Give It to Ya
"X Gon' Give It to Ya" is a high-energy 2003 hip hop single by DMX known for its aggressive delivery and frequent use in films, trailers, and pop culture.
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D.
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
"You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me" is a classic 1962 soul song written by Smokey Robinson, renowned as one of Motown’s most enduring and frequently covered hits.
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E.
Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do
"Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do" is a classic early 20th-century blues song, popularized by Bessie Smith, that asserts personal independence and defiance of social judgment.
- 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: Got to Be There (Chaka Khan single) Target entity description: "Got to Be There" is a 1983 R&B single by Chaka Khan, a soulful cover of Michael Jackson’s song that showcased her powerful vocals early in her solo career.
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A.
Let's Get It On
"Let's Get It On" is a landmark 1973 soul album by Marvin Gaye, renowned for its sensual themes and smooth, influential sound.
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B.
Let's Get It On
"Let's Get It On" is a landmark 1973 soul and R&B song by Marvin Gaye, celebrated for its sensual lyrics, smooth vocals, and enduring influence on popular music.
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C.
X Gon' Give It to Ya
"X Gon' Give It to Ya" is a high-energy 2003 hip hop single by DMX known for its aggressive delivery and frequent use in films, trailers, and pop culture.
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D.
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
"You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me" is a classic 1962 soul song written by Smokey Robinson, renowned as one of Motown’s most enduring and frequently covered hits.
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E.
Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do
"Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do" is a classic early 20th-century blues song, popularized by Bessie Smith, that asserts personal independence and defiance of social judgment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Got to Be There
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surface form:
Got to Be There (Michael Jackson song)
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasISRC | unknown ⓘ |
| hasLength | unknown ⓘ |
| hasMusicalKey | unknown ⓘ |
| hasOriginalReleaseFormat |
7-inch single
ⓘ
vinyl record ⓘ |
| hasPerformer | Chaka Khan ⓘ |
| hasTempo | unknown ⓘ |
| hasType | R&B single ⓘ |
| hasVocalist | Chaka Khan ⓘ |
| isCoverOf |
Got to Be There
ⓘ
surface form:
Got to Be There (Michael Jackson song)
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicalArtist | Chaka Khan ⓘ |
| notableFor | showcasing Chaka Khan's powerful vocals early in her solo career ⓘ |
| originalArtist | Michael Jackson ⓘ |
| partOf | Chaka Khan solo career ⓘ |
| performer | Chaka Khan ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | soulful vocals ⓘ |
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: Got to Be There (Chaka Khan single) Description of subject: "Got to Be There" is a 1983 R&B single by Chaka Khan, a soulful cover of Michael Jackson’s song that showcased her powerful vocals early in her solo career.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.