Needle in the Hay
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"Needle in the Hay" is a stark, acoustic indie-folk song by Elliott Smith, renowned for its raw depiction of addiction and emotional turmoil and for its prominent use in the film "The Royal Tenenbaums."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Needle in the Hay canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6218996 — 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: Needle in the Hay Context triple: [Elliott Smith, notableSong, Needle in the Hay]
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A.
A Needle in a Haystack
"A Needle in a Haystack" is a popular 1930s song best known for its performance by Fred Astaire in the classic Hollywood musical film "The Gay Divorcee."
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B.
Needle
"Needle" is an instrumental track from the Game of Thrones Season 6 soundtrack, composed by Ramin Djawadi and thematically associated with Arya Stark and her sword.
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C.
Needles
Needles is a small desert city in eastern San Bernardino County, California, located along the Colorado River near the Arizona border and historically known as a stop on Route 66.
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D.
Head for the Hills
Head for the Hills is a family-friendly music and arts festival held annually in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester, featuring a diverse lineup of live performances and community activities.
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E.
In the Still of the Night
"In the Still of the Night" is a popular 1937 American standard written by Cole Porter for the film "Rosalie," later widely recorded by leading vocalists and big bands.
- 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: Needle in the Hay Target entity description: "Needle in the Hay" is a stark, acoustic indie-folk song by Elliott Smith, renowned for its raw depiction of addiction and emotional turmoil and for its prominent use in the film "The Royal Tenenbaums."
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A.
A Needle in a Haystack
"A Needle in a Haystack" is a popular 1930s song best known for its performance by Fred Astaire in the classic Hollywood musical film "The Gay Divorcee."
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B.
Needle
"Needle" is an instrumental track from the Game of Thrones Season 6 soundtrack, composed by Ramin Djawadi and thematically associated with Arya Stark and her sword.
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C.
Needles
Needles is a small desert city in eastern San Bernardino County, California, located along the Colorado River near the Arizona border and historically known as a stop on Route 66.
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D.
Head for the Hills
Head for the Hills is a family-friendly music and arts festival held annually in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester, featuring a diverse lineup of live performances and community activities.
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E.
In the Still of the Night
"In the Still of the Night" is a popular 1937 American standard written by Cole Porter for the film "Rosalie," later widely recorded by leading vocalists and big bands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| artist | Elliott Smith ⓘ |
| associatedWithLabelScene | Kill Rock Stars roster ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | 1990s indie rock ⓘ |
| bSide |
Alphabet Town
ⓘ
Some Song ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | acclaimed for raw emotional intensity ⓘ |
| featuredInFilm | The Royal Tenenbaums ⓘ |
| filmDirectorAssociated | Wes Anderson ⓘ |
| genre |
acoustic rock
ⓘ
indie folk ⓘ lo-fi ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | Needle in the Hay single cover ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
7-inch single
ⓘ
CD single ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
drug use
ⓘ
psychological distress ⓘ relationship conflict ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Elliott Smith ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:20 ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
addiction
ⓘ
emotional turmoil ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ |
| musicalStyle |
minimalist production
ⓘ
multi-tracked vocals ⓘ stark acoustic arrangement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
raw depiction of addiction and emotional turmoil
ⓘ
use in The Royal Tenenbaums soundtrack ⓘ |
| notableSceneUsage | suicide attempt scene in The Royal Tenenbaums ⓘ |
| partOf |
Elliott Smith discography
ⓘ
linked to:
Elliott Smith
|
| performer | Elliott Smith ⓘ |
| producer |
Elliott Smith
ⓘ
Tony Lash ⓘ |
| recordedAt |
Laundry Rules Recording
ⓘ
Musicraft ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1994 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Kill Rock Stars ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1995-01-01 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| tempo | slow to mid-tempo ⓘ |
| vocalStyle |
hushed
ⓘ
multi-layered harmonies ⓘ |
| writer | Elliott Smith ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Needle in the Hay Description of subject: "Needle in the Hay" is a stark, acoustic indie-folk song by Elliott Smith, renowned for its raw depiction of addiction and emotional turmoil and for its prominent use in the film "The Royal Tenenbaums."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.