Things to Make and Do
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"Things to Make and Do" is an early U2 song known as the B-side to their 1980 single "A Day Without Me," showcasing the band's post-punk roots.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Things to Make and Do canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5900241 — 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: Things to Make and Do Context triple: [A Day Without Me, hasBside, Things to Make and Do]
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A.
The Art of More
The Art of More is an American drama television series that explores the high-stakes, cutthroat world of New York auction houses and the dark underbelly of art and antiquities dealing.
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B.
The Shape of Ideas
The Shape of Ideas is a book by British politician and author Douglas Hurd that reflects on political thought, public life, and the evolution of ideas in modern governance.
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C.
The Children’s Machine
The Children’s Machine is a seminal book by Seymour Papert that explores how computers can transform education by empowering children to learn through exploration, creativity, and constructionist principles.
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D.
Indiscrete Thoughts
Indiscrete Thoughts is a collection of essays by mathematician Gian-Carlo Rota, blending personal reflections, philosophical insights, and commentary on the practice and culture of mathematics.
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E.
An Appetite for Wonder
An Appetite for Wonder is the first volume of Richard Dawkins’ memoirs, recounting his early life, education, and the development of his scientific and atheistic worldview.
- 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: Things to Make and Do Target entity description: "Things to Make and Do" is an early U2 song known as the B-side to their 1980 single "A Day Without Me," showcasing the band's post-punk roots.
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A.
The Art of More
The Art of More is an American drama television series that explores the high-stakes, cutthroat world of New York auction houses and the dark underbelly of art and antiquities dealing.
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B.
The Shape of Ideas
The Shape of Ideas is a book by British politician and author Douglas Hurd that reflects on political thought, public life, and the evolution of ideas in modern governance.
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C.
The Children’s Machine
The Children’s Machine is a seminal book by Seymour Papert that explores how computers can transform education by empowering children to learn through exploration, creativity, and constructionist principles.
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D.
Indiscrete Thoughts
Indiscrete Thoughts is a collection of essays by mathematician Gian-Carlo Rota, blending personal reflections, philosophical insights, and commentary on the practice and culture of mathematics.
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E.
An Appetite for Wonder
An Appetite for Wonder is the first volume of Richard Dawkins’ memoirs, recounting his early life, education, and the development of his scientific and atheistic worldview.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| artist | U2 ⓘ |
| associatedAct | U2 ⓘ |
| associatedBandMember |
Adam Clayton
ⓘ
Bono ⓘ Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ The Edge ⓘ |
| bSideOf | A Day Without Me ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | early U2 song ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| era | early U2 post-punk era ⓘ |
| genre | post-punk ⓘ |
| hasBPMStatus | up-tempo ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
post-punk
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Things to Make and Do ⓘ |
| isBside | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| notableFor | being an early U2 B-side ⓘ |
| originalReleaseFormat | vinyl record ⓘ |
| partOf |
U2 early discography
ⓘ
linked to:
U2 discography
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| performer | U2 ⓘ |
| recordingArtistNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| showcases | U2 post-punk roots ⓘ |
| singleContext | A Day Without Me single ⓘ |
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: Things to Make and Do Description of subject: "Things to Make and Do" is an early U2 song known as the B-side to their 1980 single "A Day Without Me," showcasing the band's post-punk roots.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.