Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)
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"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" is a reflective country song by Alan Jackson written in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, known for its emotional, introspective lyrics and widespread impact.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4725442 — 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: Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) Context triple: [Alan Jackson, notableWork, Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)]
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A.
The World Has Turned and Left Me Here
"The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" is a melancholic alternative rock song by Weezer that reflects on loneliness and emotional fallout after a breakup.
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B.
Goodbye Don’t Mean I’m Gone
"Goodbye Don’t Mean I’m Gone" is a song featured on John Denver’s early folk album *Rhymes & Reasons*.
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C.
I Still Can’t Believe You’re Gone
"I Still Can’t Believe You’re Gone" is a country song by Willie Nelson featured on his concept album "Phases and Stages."
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D.
Somewhere Now
"Somewhere Now" is the opening track from Green Day's 2016 album *Revolution Radio*, blending reflective lyrics with anthemic punk rock elements.
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E.
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" is a 1993 Grammy-winning pop rock song by Sting, known for its introspective lyrics about doubt and belief and its prominent place in his solo career.
- 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: Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) Target entity description: "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" is a reflective country song by Alan Jackson written in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, known for its emotional, introspective lyrics and widespread impact.
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A.
The World Has Turned and Left Me Here
"The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" is a melancholic alternative rock song by Weezer that reflects on loneliness and emotional fallout after a breakup.
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B.
Goodbye Don’t Mean I’m Gone
"Goodbye Don’t Mean I’m Gone" is a song featured on John Denver’s early folk album *Rhymes & Reasons*.
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C.
I Still Can’t Believe You’re Gone
"I Still Can’t Believe You’re Gone" is a country song by Willie Nelson featured on his concept album "Phases and Stages."
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D.
Somewhere Now
"Somewhere Now" is the opening track from Green Day's 2016 album *Revolution Radio*, blending reflective lyrics with anthemic punk rock elements.
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E.
If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" is a 1993 Grammy-winning pop rock song by Sting, known for its introspective lyrics about doubt and belief and its prominent place in his solo career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Drive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Alan Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award |
ACM Song of the Year
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CMA Single of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ CMA Song of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ Grammy Award for Best Country Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | Where I Come From NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
number 1 on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
ⓘ
top 30 on Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPerformance | 35th Annual CMA Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 2001-11-07 ⓘ |
| format |
CD single
ⓘ
digital download ⓘ |
| genre |
country
ⓘ
country pop ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | September 11 attacks ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
fiddle ⓘ steel guitar ⓘ |
| key | C major ⓘ |
| labelCatalogNumber | Arista Nashville 69129 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 5:05 ⓘ |
| lyricCharacteristic |
non-political tone
ⓘ
question-based lyrics ⓘ religious references ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Deaton-Flanigen Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional impact after 9/11
ⓘ
introspective, non-judgmental lyrics ⓘ |
| partOf | Alan Jackson discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Alan Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Keith Stegall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Arista Nashville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2001-11-26 ⓘ |
| tempo | slow ⓘ |
| theme |
faith
ⓘ
grief ⓘ introspection ⓘ patriotism ⓘ |
| writer | Alan Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) Description of subject: "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" is a reflective country song by Alan Jackson written in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, known for its emotional, introspective lyrics and widespread impact.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.