I Fought the Law
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"I Fought the Law" is a rock and roll song, originally written by Sonny Curtis of the Crickets, that became widely known through The Clash’s influential punk rock cover.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Fought the Law canonical | 4 |
| I Fought the Law (album) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5215083 — 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: I Fought the Law Context triple: [The Clash, notableSong, I Fought the Law]
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A.
Above the Law
Above the Law is a 1988 American action film, directed by Andrew Davis and starring Steven Seagal in his film debut, known for its blend of martial arts, crime, and political intrigue.
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B.
Down by Law
Down by Law is a 1986 independent black-and-white film by Jim Jarmusch, known for its offbeat humor and atmospheric portrayal of three mismatched men who meet in a New Orleans jail.
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C.
Rough Justice
Rough Justice is a fast-paced political and military thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring international intrigue and covert operations.
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D.
Out for Justice
Out for Justice is a 1991 action thriller film starring Steven Seagal as a tough Brooklyn cop seeking vengeance against a violent mob-connected criminal.
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E.
Rogue Lawyer
Rogue Lawyer is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows an unconventional street lawyer who takes on dangerous and morally complex cases.
- 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: I Fought the Law Target entity description: "I Fought the Law" is a rock and roll song, originally written by Sonny Curtis of the Crickets, that became widely known through The Clash’s influential punk rock cover.
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A.
Above the Law
Above the Law is a 1988 American action film, directed by Andrew Davis and starring Steven Seagal in his film debut, known for its blend of martial arts, crime, and political intrigue.
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B.
Down by Law
Down by Law is a 1986 independent black-and-white film by Jim Jarmusch, known for its offbeat humor and atmospheric portrayal of three mismatched men who meet in a New Orleans jail.
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C.
Rough Justice
Rough Justice is a fast-paced political and military thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring international intrigue and covert operations.
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D.
Out for Justice
Out for Justice is a 1991 action thriller film starring Steven Seagal as a tough Brooklyn cop seeking vengeance against a violent mob-connected criminal.
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E.
Rogue Lawyer
Rogue Lawyer is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows an unconventional street lawyer who takes on dangerous and morally complex cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| composer | Sonny Curtis ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
punk rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ |
| hasLyricLine | I fought the law and the law won ⓘ |
| hasTitle | I Fought the Law ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | punk rock ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| madeFamousBy |
The Bobby Fuller Four
ⓘ
linked to:
Bobby Fuller Four
The Clash ⓘ |
| notableCoverVersionBy |
The Bobby Fuller Four
ⓘ
linked to:
Bobby Fuller Four
The Clash ⓘ |
| notableFor |
The Clash’s influential punk rock cover
ⓘ
being widely covered by rock bands ⓘ |
| originalPerformer | The Crickets ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
The Bobby Fuller Four
ⓘ
linked to:
Bobby Fuller Four
The Clash ⓘ The Crickets ⓘ |
| theme |
consequences of crime
ⓘ
crime ⓘ rebellion ⓘ |
| writer | Sonny Curtis ⓘ |
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: I Fought the Law Description of subject: "I Fought the Law" is a rock and roll song, originally written by Sonny Curtis of the Crickets, that became widely known through The Clash’s influential punk rock cover.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: I Fought the Law