Time’s a Wastin
E532115
"Time’s a Wastin" is a soulful R&B track by Erykah Badu from her acclaimed 2000 album "Mama’s Gun."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Time’s a Wastin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5580815 — 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: Time’s a Wastin Context triple: [Mama’s Gun, hasTrack, Time’s a Wastin]
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A.
What a Time
"What a Time" is a melancholic pop song by Julia Michaels, featuring Niall Horan, that reflects on the bittersweet memories of a past relationship.
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B.
Just Passin' Time
"Just Passin' Time" is a song by the American country band Yoakam featured on their album "Blame the Vain."
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C.
Now's the Time
"Now's the Time" is a seminal bebop jazz composition and recording by saxophonist Charlie Parker, renowned for its blues-based riff and lasting influence on modern jazz.
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D.
Killin' Time
"Killin' Time" is the 1989 debut studio album by American country singer-songwriter Clint Black, widely regarded as a landmark release in the neotraditional country movement.
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E.
It Ain’t Nothin’ to Me
"It Ain’t Nothin’ to Me" is a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from their 1985 album *Southern Accents*, blending rock with Southern-influenced storytelling.
- 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: Time’s a Wastin Target entity description: "Time’s a Wastin" is a soulful R&B track by Erykah Badu from her acclaimed 2000 album "Mama’s Gun."
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A.
What a Time
"What a Time" is a melancholic pop song by Julia Michaels, featuring Niall Horan, that reflects on the bittersweet memories of a past relationship.
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B.
Just Passin' Time
"Just Passin' Time" is a song by the American country band Yoakam featured on their album "Blame the Vain."
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C.
Now's the Time
"Now's the Time" is a seminal bebop jazz composition and recording by saxophonist Charlie Parker, renowned for its blues-based riff and lasting influence on modern jazz.
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D.
Killin' Time
"Killin' Time" is the 1989 debut studio album by American country singer-songwriter Clint Black, widely regarded as a landmark release in the neotraditional country movement.
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E.
It Ain’t Nothin’ to Me
"It Ain’t Nothin’ to Me" is a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from their 1985 album *Southern Accents*, blending rock with Southern-influenced storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album | Mama’s Gun ⓘ |
| albumArtist | Erykah Badu ⓘ |
| artist | Erykah Badu ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Soulquarians ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describedAs | soulful R&B track ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | album track ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasMainPerformer | Erykah Badu ⓘ |
| hasNotableReceptionFor | appearance on acclaimed album Mama’s Gun ⓘ |
| hasStyle | neo soul ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Mama’s Gun ⓘ |
| isTrackOn | Mama’s Gun ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | audio recording ⓘ |
| partOf | studio album Mama’s Gun ⓘ |
| performer | Erykah Badu ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Erykah Badu ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Motown
ⓘ
Universal Records ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 2000s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2000 ⓘ |
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: Time’s a Wastin Description of subject: "Time’s a Wastin" is a soulful R&B track by Erykah Badu from her acclaimed 2000 album "Mama’s Gun."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Erykah Badu album "Mama’s Gun"