"In the Street" (Big Star song, covered as "That '70s Song")
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"In the Street" is a 1972 power pop song by Big Star that became widely known through its reworked cover version, "That '70s Song," used as the theme music for the TV sitcom That '70s Show.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "In the Street" (Big Star song, covered as "That '70s Song") canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5693045 — 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: "In the Street" (Big Star song, covered as "That '70s Song") Context triple: [That '70s Show, openingTheme, "In the Street" (Big Star song, covered as "That '70s Song")]
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A.
“Mainstreet” by Bob Seger
“Mainstreet” by Bob Seger is a reflective rock ballad from his 1976 album *Night Moves*, known for its nostalgic storytelling and atmospheric saxophone.
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B.
song "MacArthur Park"
"MacArthur Park" is a 1968 pop song written by Jimmy Webb, best known for its elaborate orchestration, surreal lyrics, and hit recordings by Richard Harris and later Donna Summer.
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C.
song "Stone Crazy"
"Stone Crazy" is a renowned electric blues song by guitarist and singer Buddy Guy, celebrated for its intense guitar work and emotional vocal delivery.
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D.
Pleasant Valley Sunday (The Monkees hit)
"Pleasant Valley Sunday" is a 1967 pop-rock song by The Monkees, written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, that satirizes suburban life and became one of the band's signature hits.
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E.
song "Big Wheel"
"Big Wheel" is a 2007 piano-driven, rhythm-heavy single by Tori Amos known for its playful, provocative lyrics and prominent use of New Orleans-style brass.
- 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: "In the Street" (Big Star song, covered as "That '70s Song") Target entity description: "In the Street" is a 1972 power pop song by Big Star that became widely known through its reworked cover version, "That '70s Song," used as the theme music for the TV sitcom That '70s Show.
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A.
“Mainstreet” by Bob Seger
“Mainstreet” by Bob Seger is a reflective rock ballad from his 1976 album *Night Moves*, known for its nostalgic storytelling and atmospheric saxophone.
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B.
song "MacArthur Park"
"MacArthur Park" is a 1968 pop song written by Jimmy Webb, best known for its elaborate orchestration, surreal lyrics, and hit recordings by Richard Harris and later Donna Summer.
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C.
song "Stone Crazy"
"Stone Crazy" is a renowned electric blues song by guitarist and singer Buddy Guy, celebrated for its intense guitar work and emotional vocal delivery.
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D.
Pleasant Valley Sunday (The Monkees hit)
"Pleasant Valley Sunday" is a 1967 pop-rock song by The Monkees, written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, that satirizes suburban life and became one of the band's signature hits.
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E.
song "Big Wheel"
"Big Wheel" is a 2007 piano-driven, rhythm-heavy single by Tori Amos known for its playful, provocative lyrics and prominent use of New Orleans-style brass.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ television series ⓘ television theme song ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | In the Street ⓘ |
| album | #1 Record ⓘ |
| artist | Big Star ⓘ |
| associatedWith | That '70s Show ⓘ |
| basedOn | In the Street ⓘ |
| composer |
Alex Chilton
ⓘ
Chris Bell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
power pop
ⓘ
rock ⓘ sitcom ⓘ |
| hasAdditionalLyrics | true ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion | That '70s Song ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
In the Street
ⓘ
That '70s Song ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Alex Chilton
ⓘ
Chris Bell ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the basis for the theme song of That '70s Show ⓘ |
| originalArtist | Big Star ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Fox ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| originalSong | In the Street ⓘ |
| partOf | #1 Record ⓘ |
| performer | Big Star ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Ardent Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| usedAsThemeFor | That '70s Show ⓘ |
| usesMelodyOf | In the Street ⓘ |
| usesThemeMusic | That '70s Song ⓘ |
| yearOfSong | 1972 ⓘ |
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: "In the Street" (Big Star song, covered as "That '70s Song") Description of subject: "In the Street" is a 1972 power pop song by Big Star that became widely known through its reworked cover version, "That '70s Song," used as the theme music for the TV sitcom That '70s Show.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.