I Know Where I’ve Been
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"I Know Where I’ve Been" is a powerful gospel-inspired ballad from the musical *Hairspray* that serves as an anthem of civil rights, resilience, and hope.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Know Where I’ve Been canonical | 2 |
| I Know Where I've Been | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3859801 — 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 Know Where I’ve Been Context triple: [Hairspray, hasSong, I Know Where I’ve Been]
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A.
The Only Way I Know
"The Only Way I Know" is Cal Ripken Jr.'s autobiographical book reflecting on his baseball career, work ethic, and the principles behind his famed Iron Man streak.
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B.
I Was There
"I Was There" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day, featured on their debut studio album 39/Smooth.
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C.
I Was There
"I Was There" is the memoir of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, offering an insider’s account of high-level Allied strategy and decision-making during World War II.
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D.
Where Have You Been
"Where Have You Been" is a dance-pop and EDM-influenced song by Rihanna from her 2011 album "Talk That Talk," known for its energetic production and club appeal.
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E.
I Don’t Know Where I Stand
"I Don’t Know Where I Stand" is a song featured on Joni Mitchell’s 1969 album "Clouds," showcasing her early folk style and introspective songwriting.
- 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 Know Where I’ve Been Target entity description: "I Know Where I’ve Been" is a powerful gospel-inspired ballad from the musical *Hairspray* that serves as an anthem of civil rights, resilience, and hope.
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A.
The Only Way I Know
"The Only Way I Know" is Cal Ripken Jr.'s autobiographical book reflecting on his baseball career, work ethic, and the principles behind his famed Iron Man streak.
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B.
I Was There
"I Was There" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day, featured on their debut studio album 39/Smooth.
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C.
I Was There
"I Was There" is the memoir of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, offering an insider’s account of high-level Allied strategy and decision-making during World War II.
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D.
Where Have You Been
"Where Have You Been" is a dance-pop and EDM-influenced song by Rihanna from her 2011 album "Talk That Talk," known for its energetic production and club appeal.
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E.
I Don’t Know Where I Stand
"I Don’t Know Where I Stand" is a song featured on Joni Mitchell’s 1969 album "Clouds," showcasing her early folk style and introspective songwriting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gospel-inspired ballad
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show tune ⓘ song ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
Hairspray
ⓘ
surface form:
Hairspray (2007 film adaptation)
|
| composer | Marc Shaiman ⓘ |
| describedAs |
anthem of civil rights
ⓘ
anthem of hope ⓘ anthem of resilience ⓘ |
| emotionalTone |
defiant
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ uplifting ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | Broadway production of Hairspray ⓘ |
| fromWork |
Hairspray
ⓘ
surface form:
Hairspray (2002 Broadway musical)
|
| genre |
ballad
ⓘ
gospel ⓘ show tune ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerformer | Queen Latifah ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricFocus |
acknowledging past suffering
ⓘ
affirming progress ⓘ expressing determination for change ⓘ |
| lyricist | Scott Wittman ⓘ |
| mediumOfPerformance |
choir
ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ piano ⓘ voice ⓘ |
| musicalFeature |
call-and-response sections
ⓘ
choir-backed climax ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
act two anthem
ⓘ
civil rights anthem within the musical ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hairspray
ⓘ
Hairspray ⓘ
surface form:
Hairspray (musical)
|
| performedByCharacter | Motormouth Maybelle ⓘ |
| settingWithinWork | civil rights protest march scene ⓘ |
| theme |
civil rights
ⓘ
collective struggle ⓘ empowerment ⓘ historical memory ⓘ hope ⓘ racial equality ⓘ resilience ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| usedIn | stage productions of Hairspray worldwide ⓘ |
| vocalStyle |
gospel
ⓘ
soulful ⓘ |
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 Know Where I’ve Been Description of subject: "I Know Where I’ve Been" is a powerful gospel-inspired ballad from the musical *Hairspray* that serves as an anthem of civil rights, resilience, and hope.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
I Know Where I've Been