Strong Enough to Bend
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"Strong Enough to Bend" is a country song best known as a 1988 hit single for Tanya Tucker, noted for its metaphorical lyrics about resilience in relationships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Strong Enough to Bend canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4263022 — 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: Strong Enough to Bend Context triple: [Don Schlitz, wroteSong, Strong Enough to Bend]
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A.
Strong Enough
"Strong Enough" is a 1994 pop-rock song by Sheryl Crow, known for its introspective lyrics about vulnerability and emotional resilience in relationships.
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B.
Strong Enough
"Strong Enough" is a 1998 dance-pop song by Cher, known for its empowering lyrics about independence after a breakup and its success as a club and chart hit.
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C.
Never Weaken
Never Weaken is a 1921 silent short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd, known for its inventive stunts and physical humor.
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D.
Quiet Strength
"Quiet Strength" is a memoir by civil rights icon Rosa Parks that reflects on her life, faith, and role in the struggle for racial justice.
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E.
Strength Through Joy
Strength Through Joy was a Nazi-era state-operated leisure and tourism organization designed to promote regime ideology by providing subsidized vacations, cultural events, and recreational activities to German workers.
- 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: Strong Enough to Bend Target entity description: "Strong Enough to Bend" is a country song best known as a 1988 hit single for Tanya Tucker, noted for its metaphorical lyrics about resilience in relationships.
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A.
Strong Enough
"Strong Enough" is a 1994 pop-rock song by Sheryl Crow, known for its introspective lyrics about vulnerability and emotional resilience in relationships.
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B.
Strong Enough
"Strong Enough" is a 1998 dance-pop song by Cher, known for its empowering lyrics about independence after a breakup and its success as a club and chart hit.
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C.
Never Weaken
Never Weaken is a 1921 silent short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd, known for its inventive stunts and physical humor.
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D.
Quiet Strength
"Quiet Strength" is a memoir by civil rights icon Rosa Parks that reflects on her life, faith, and role in the struggle for racial justice.
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E.
Strength Through Joy
Strength Through Joy was a Nazi-era state-operated leisure and tourism organization designed to promote regime ideology by providing subsidized vacations, cultural events, and recreational activities to German workers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedWithDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| chartedOn | Billboard Hot Country Singles chart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPeakDate | 1988 ⓘ |
| chartPosition | number 1 on Billboard Hot Country Singles chart ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followsInArtistDiscography | I Won't Take Less Than Your Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | country music ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ keyboards ⓘ steel guitar ⓘ |
| hasMainArtist | Tanya Tucker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMetaphoricalLyricsAbout | resilience in relationships ⓘ |
| hasMusicStyle | contemporary country ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecognition | considered one of Tanya Tucker's signature songs ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
emotional strength
ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ relationship resilience ⓘ |
| includedIn | Tanya Tucker compilation albums ⓘ |
| isBestKnownAs | 1988 hit single for Tanya Tucker ⓘ |
| isHitSingleFor | Tanya Tucker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 2 minutes 43 seconds ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Strong Enough to Bend (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Tanya Tucker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedesInArtistDiscography | Highway Robbery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Jerry Crutchfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1987 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Capitol Records
ⓘ
Capitol Records Nashville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1988 ⓘ |
| titleTrackOf | Strong Enough to Bend (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMetaphorOf | a tree that is strong enough to bend ⓘ |
| vocalist | Tanya Tucker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Beth Nielsen Chapman
NERFINISHED
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Don Schlitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Strong Enough to Bend Description of subject: "Strong Enough to Bend" is a country song best known as a 1988 hit single for Tanya Tucker, noted for its metaphorical lyrics about resilience in relationships.
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