If Not for You
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"If Not for You" is a 1970 folk-rock song written and first recorded by Bob Dylan, later popularized by George Harrison and Olivia Newton-John.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5368020 — 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: If Not for You Context triple: [Bob Dylan concert setlists, featureWork, If Not for You]
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A.
She’s Not for You
"She’s Not for You" is a country song by Willie Nelson featured on his 1973 album *Shotgun Willie*.
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B.
But Not for Me
"But Not for Me" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely recorded by numerous artists since its 1930 debut.
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C.
You’re Not the One
"You’re Not the One" is a synth-driven indie pop song by American singer Sky Ferreira, known for its moody atmosphere and emotionally charged lyrics.
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D.
I'm Not You
"I'm Not You" is a track from Clipse's debut album "Lord Willin'," showcasing the duo's gritty lyricism over Neptunes-produced beats.
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E.
Die For You
"Die For You" is a popular R&B song by Canadian singer The Weeknd, known for its emotive vocals, atmospheric production, and enduring chart success.
- 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: If Not for You Target entity description: "If Not for You" is a 1970 folk-rock song written and first recorded by Bob Dylan, later popularized by George Harrison and Olivia Newton-John.
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A.
She’s Not for You
"She’s Not for You" is a country song by Willie Nelson featured on his 1973 album *Shotgun Willie*.
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B.
But Not for Me
"But Not for Me" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely recorded by numerous artists since its 1930 debut.
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C.
You’re Not the One
"You’re Not the One" is a synth-driven indie pop song by American singer Sky Ferreira, known for its moody atmosphere and emotionally charged lyrics.
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D.
I'm Not You
"I'm Not You" is a track from Clipse's debut album "Lord Willin'," showcasing the duo's gritty lyricism over Neptunes-produced beats.
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E.
Die For You
"Die For You" is a popular R&B song by Canadian singer The Weeknd, known for its emotive vocals, atmospheric production, and enduring chart success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| composer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstReleaseDate | 1970-10-21 ⓘ |
| genre |
country rock
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion |
If Not for You (George Harrison version)
ⓘ
linked to:
All Things Must Pass
If Not for You (Olivia Newton-John version) ⓘ
linked to:
If Not for You
|
| hasLyricsTheme |
gratitude
ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ |
| hasMusicalKey | G major ⓘ |
| hasType | love song ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum |
All Things Must Pass
ⓘ
If Not for You (Olivia Newton-John album) ⓘ
linked to:
If Not for You
New Morning ⓘ |
| influenced | Olivia Newton-John's early country-pop style ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the key tracks on Bob Dylan's album New Morning
ⓘ
being popularized by George Harrison ⓘ being popularized by Olivia Newton-John ⓘ |
| originallyRecordedBy | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bob Dylan discography
ⓘ
George Harrison discography ⓘ Olivia Newton-John discography ⓘ |
| performer |
Bob Dylan
ⓘ
George Harrison ⓘ Olivia Newton-John ⓘ |
| producer | Bob Johnston ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| recordingYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Apple Records
ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ Festival Records ⓘ |
| tempo | moderate ⓘ |
| writer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
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: If Not for You Description of subject: "If Not for You" is a 1970 folk-rock song written and first recorded by Bob Dylan, later popularized by George Harrison and Olivia Newton-John.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "Dylanesque"
linked to: If Not for You
linked to: If Not for You
linked to: If Not for You
linked to: If Not for You