Hangin' on a Limb
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"Hangin' on a Limb" is a song by Neil Young, featured on his 1989 album *Freedom*, known for its reflective lyrics and melodic, folk-rock style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hangin' on a Limb canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4807811 — 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: Hangin' on a Limb Context triple: [Freedom (Neil Young album), hasPart, Hangin' on a Limb]
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A.
Hold On Tight
"Hold On Tight" is a 1981 rock and roll-inspired single by Electric Light Orchestra known for its upbeat tempo, retro style, and bilingual English-French lyrics.
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B.
Hanging Heart
Hanging Heart is a monumental, highly polished stainless-steel sculpture by Jeff Koons that resembles a shiny, oversized Valentine’s heart suspended by a ribbon, exemplifying his signature blend of kitsch, pop culture, and luxury aesthetics.
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C.
I’m Goin’ Down
"I'm Goin' Down" is a song by Bruce Springsteen, featured on his 1984 album *Born in the U.S.A.*.
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D.
Something’s Got a Hold on Me
"Something’s Got a Hold on Me" is a 1962 soul and R&B song by Etta James, renowned for its powerful vocals and enduring influence on popular music.
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E.
Honey Don’t
"Honey Don’t" is a rockabilly song written and first recorded by Carl Perkins that became a rock and roll standard, later famously covered by The Beatles.
- 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: Hangin' on a Limb Target entity description: "Hangin' on a Limb" is a song by Neil Young, featured on his 1989 album *Freedom*, known for its reflective lyrics and melodic, folk-rock style.
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A.
Hold On Tight
"Hold On Tight" is a 1981 rock and roll-inspired single by Electric Light Orchestra known for its upbeat tempo, retro style, and bilingual English-French lyrics.
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B.
Hanging Heart
Hanging Heart is a monumental, highly polished stainless-steel sculpture by Jeff Koons that resembles a shiny, oversized Valentine’s heart suspended by a ribbon, exemplifying his signature blend of kitsch, pop culture, and luxury aesthetics.
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C.
I’m Goin’ Down
"I'm Goin' Down" is a song by Bruce Springsteen, featured on his 1984 album *Born in the U.S.A.*.
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D.
Something’s Got a Hold on Me
"Something’s Got a Hold on Me" is a 1962 soul and R&B song by Etta James, renowned for its powerful vocals and enduring influence on popular music.
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E.
Honey Don’t
"Honey Don’t" is a rockabilly song written and first recorded by Carl Perkins that became a rock and roll standard, later famously covered by The Beatles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
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song ⓘ |
| album | Freedom ⓘ |
| artist | Neil Young ⓘ |
| composer | Neil Young ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| genre |
acoustic rock
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
introspection
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reflection ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
melodic
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reflective ⓘ |
| hasType | album track ⓘ |
| includedIn | Neil Young discography ⓘ |
| isInCatalogueOf | Neil Young ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Neil Young ⓘ |
| medium | studio recording ⓘ |
| partOf | Freedom ⓘ |
| performer |
Neil Young
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Neil Young and the Stray Gators ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Neil Young ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Reprise Records ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
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: Hangin' on a Limb Description of subject: "Hangin' on a Limb" is a song by Neil Young, featured on his 1989 album *Freedom*, known for its reflective lyrics and melodic, folk-rock style.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.