“Kodachrome” by Paul Simon
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“Kodachrome” by Paul Simon is a 1973 pop-rock song, known for its nostalgic lyrics about memory and perception and its bright, guitar-driven sound.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| song "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon | 1 |
| “Kodachrome” by Paul Simon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4355309 — 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: “Kodachrome” by Paul Simon Context triple: [Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, notableRecording, “Kodachrome” by Paul Simon]
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A.
“Donovan’s Colours”
“Donovan’s Colours” is a musical piece that forms one of the individual movements within the larger song cycle.
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B.
“Van Dyke Parks” track medley
The “Van Dyke Parks” track medley is a composite piece on Van Dyke Parks’ avant-garde 1967 album *Song Cycle*, blending multiple musical ideas into a single, continuous track.
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C.
Redford by Sufjan Stevens
"Redford" by Sufjan Stevens is a brief, contemplative piano piece from his album "Michigan," known for its sparse, melancholic melody and minimalist arrangement.
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D.
“Leavin’ in the Morning”
“Leavin’ in the Morning” is a song notable for its lyrics by American songwriter Marty Panzer, known for his emotive and narrative-driven pop compositions.
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E.
"Stardust"
"Stardust" is a catchy, piano-driven pop song by Mika known for its romantic lyrics and melodic, upbeat style.
- 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: “Kodachrome” by Paul Simon Target entity description: “Kodachrome” by Paul Simon is a 1973 pop-rock song, known for its nostalgic lyrics about memory and perception and its bright, guitar-driven sound.
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A.
“Donovan’s Colours”
“Donovan’s Colours” is a musical piece that forms one of the individual movements within the larger song cycle.
-
B.
“Van Dyke Parks” track medley
The “Van Dyke Parks” track medley is a composite piece on Van Dyke Parks’ avant-garde 1967 album *Song Cycle*, blending multiple musical ideas into a single, continuous track.
-
C.
Redford by Sufjan Stevens
"Redford" by Sufjan Stevens is a brief, contemplative piano piece from his album "Michigan," known for its sparse, melancholic melody and minimalist arrangement.
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D.
“Leavin’ in the Morning”
“Leavin’ in the Morning” is a song notable for its lyrics by American songwriter Marty Panzer, known for his emotive and narrative-driven pop compositions.
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E.
"Stardust"
"Stardust" is a catchy, piano-driven pop song by Mika known for its romantic lyrics and melodic, upbeat style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | There Goes Rhymin' Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Paul Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartedIn |
Canada RPM Top Singles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
US Billboard Hot 100 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 2 ⓘ |
| composer | Paul Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresBackingBand | The Jesse Dixon Singers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ |
| followedBySingle | Loves Me Like a Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
pop rock
ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ |
| hasBside | Tenderness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLyricsMentioning |
bright colors
ⓘ
photographs ⓘ school days ⓘ |
| hasMusicStyleCharacteristic | melodic guitar riffs ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | There Goes Rhymin' Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:32 ⓘ |
| musicalKey | A major ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kodachrome color film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bright guitar-driven sound
ⓘ
nostalgic reflection on memory and images ⓘ |
| openingLine | When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school ⓘ |
| originalMedium | vinyl record ⓘ |
| partOf | Paul Simon discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Paul Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBySingle | Duncan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Paul Simon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phil Ramone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1973 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| references | Kodachrome color film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1973-05 ⓘ |
| tempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| theme |
memory
ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ perception ⓘ |
| writer | Paul Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 1973 ⓘ |
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: “Kodachrome” by Paul Simon Description of subject: “Kodachrome” by Paul Simon is a 1973 pop-rock song, known for its nostalgic lyrics about memory and perception and its bright, guitar-driven sound.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kodachrome
this entity surface form:
song "Kodachrome" by Paul Simon