It’s a Hard Life
E403537
"It’s a Hard Life" is a 1984 rock ballad by the British band Queen, notable for Freddie Mercury’s operatic vocal style and its theatrical, opera-inspired music video.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| It’s a Hard Life canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3973918 — 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: It’s a Hard Life Context triple: [Freddie Mercury, wroteSong, It’s a Hard Life]
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A.
Life to Me
"Life to Me" is a song featured on the debut studio album *The 18th Day* by British singer-songwriter Estelle.
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B.
Hell of a Life
"Hell of a Life" is a dark, synth-driven hip-hop track by Kanye West that blends distorted production with provocative lyrics exploring fantasy, excess, and disillusionment.
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C.
It’s a Good Life
"It’s a Good Life" is a classic 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone about a small town terrorized by a young boy with godlike psychic powers.
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D.
It Don't Come Easy
"It Don't Come Easy" is a 1971 hit single by Ringo Starr, known for its catchy rock sound and themes of perseverance and peace.
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E.
You Only Get One Life
"You Only Get One Life" is the memoir of Danish-Italian actress and model Brigitte Nielsen, recounting her turbulent career, relationships, and personal struggles.
- 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: It’s a Hard Life Target entity description: "It’s a Hard Life" is a 1984 rock ballad by the British band Queen, notable for Freddie Mercury’s operatic vocal style and its theatrical, opera-inspired music video.
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A.
Life to Me
"Life to Me" is a song featured on the debut studio album *The 18th Day* by British singer-songwriter Estelle.
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B.
Hell of a Life
"Hell of a Life" is a dark, synth-driven hip-hop track by Kanye West that blends distorted production with provocative lyrics exploring fantasy, excess, and disillusionment.
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C.
It’s a Good Life
"It’s a Good Life" is a classic 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone about a small town terrorized by a young boy with godlike psychic powers.
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D.
It Don't Come Easy
"It Don't Come Easy" is a 1971 hit single by Ringo Starr, known for its catchy rock sound and themes of perseverance and peace.
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E.
You Only Get One Life
"You Only Get One Life" is the memoir of Danish-Italian actress and model Brigitte Nielsen, recounting her turbulent career, relationships, and personal struggles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | The Works ⓘ |
| artist | Queen ⓘ |
| bSide | Is This the World We Created...? ⓘ |
| chart | UK Singles Chart ⓘ |
| chartPositionUK | 6 ⓘ |
| composer | Freddie Mercury ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decade | 1980s ⓘ |
| genre |
rock
ⓘ
rock ballad ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme |
emotional struggle
ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Yes ⓘ |
| includedInTourSetlist | The Works Tour ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:08 ⓘ |
| musicVideoStyle |
opera-inspired
ⓘ
theatrical ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Freddie Mercury’s operatic vocal style
ⓘ
opera-inspired music video ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | The Works ⓘ |
| performer | Queen ⓘ |
| producer |
Mack
ⓘ
Queen ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Queen ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Capitol Records
ⓘ
EMI ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1984-07-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 3 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Freddie Mercury ⓘ |
| writer | Freddie Mercury ⓘ |
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: It’s a Hard Life Description of subject: "It’s a Hard Life" is a 1984 rock ballad by the British band Queen, notable for Freddie Mercury’s operatic vocal style and its theatrical, opera-inspired music video.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Works (Queen album)
subject linked to:
The Works (Queen album)
subject linked to:
The Works (Queen album)