“Cry Me a River”
E457313
“Cry Me a River” is a classic torch song, first popularized in the 1950s by singer Julie London and later covered by numerous artists, becoming a jazz and pop standard.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cry Me a River | 3 |
| "Cry Me a River" | 1 |
| “Cry Me a River” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4654392 — 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: “Cry Me a River” Context triple: [Liberty Records, notableRelease, “Cry Me a River”]
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A.
Cry Me a River
"Cry Me a River" is a 2002 R&B-pop breakup ballad by Justin Timberlake, widely recognized for its emotionally charged lyrics and influential role in establishing his solo career.
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B.
I Don't Wanna Cry
"I Don't Wanna Cry" is a 1991 R&B ballad by Mariah Carey that became one of her early number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100.
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C.
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" is a 1997 debut single by Puff Daddy featuring Mase that became a major hip-hop hit and helped launch Sean Combs' career as a recording artist.
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D.
I'll Cry Instead
"I'll Cry Instead" is a 1964 Beatles song written primarily by John Lennon, notable for its country-tinged rock style and introspective, bitter lyrics about heartbreak.
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E.
Don’t Cry
"Don’t Cry" is a popular rock ballad by the American band Guns N’ Roses, known for its emotional lyrics and powerful guitar work.
- 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: “Cry Me a River” Target entity description: “Cry Me a River” is a classic torch song, first popularized in the 1950s by singer Julie London and later covered by numerous artists, becoming a jazz and pop standard.
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A.
Cry Me a River
"Cry Me a River" is a 2002 R&B-pop breakup ballad by Justin Timberlake, widely recognized for its emotionally charged lyrics and influential role in establishing his solo career.
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B.
I Don't Wanna Cry
"I Don't Wanna Cry" is a 1991 R&B ballad by Mariah Carey that became one of her early number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100.
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C.
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" is a 1997 debut single by Puff Daddy featuring Mase that became a major hip-hop hit and helped launch Sean Combs' career as a recording artist.
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D.
I'll Cry Instead
"I'll Cry Instead" is a 1964 Beatles song written primarily by John Lennon, notable for its country-tinged rock style and introspective, bitter lyrics about heartbreak.
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E.
Don’t Cry
"Don’t Cry" is a popular rock ballad by the American band Guns N’ Roses, known for its emotional lyrics and powerful guitar work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jazz standard
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pop standard ⓘ song ⓘ torch song ⓘ |
| composer | Arthur Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| coveredBy | numerous artists ⓘ |
| era | 1950s ⓘ |
| firstPopularizedBy | Julie London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
torch song
ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ vocal jazz ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
jazz standard repertoire piece
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torch song exemplar ⓘ |
| hasForm | popular song ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
jazz-influenced pop
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slow ballad ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalPerspective | first person ⓘ |
| lyricist | Arthur Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy |
Barbra Streisand
NERFINISHED
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Diana Krall NERFINISHED ⓘ Dinah Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Cocker NERFINISHED ⓘ Julie London NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Bublé NERFINISHED ⓘ Natalie Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ Shirley Bassey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originallyWrittenFor | Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | standard ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional betrayal
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heartbreak ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| vocalStyle |
intimate
ⓘ
sultry ⓘ |
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: “Cry Me a River” Description of subject: “Cry Me a River” is a classic torch song, first popularized in the 1950s by singer Julie London and later covered by numerous artists, becoming a jazz and pop standard.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
"Cry Me a River"
this entity surface form:
Cry Me a River
this entity surface form:
Cry Me a River
this entity surface form:
Cry Me a River