A Rockin' Good Way
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"A Rockin' Good Way" is a rock and roll song popularized by Welsh singer Shakin' Stevens, known for its upbeat, retro style and chart success in the 1980s.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Rockin' Good Way canonical | 4 |
| A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) | 2 |
| A Rockin’ Good Way | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6261673 — 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: A Rockin' Good Way Context triple: [Shakin' Stevens, notableWork, A Rockin' Good Way]
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A.
You're Gonna Get Rocked!
"You're Gonna Get Rocked!" is a 1988 dance-pop and R&B album by La Toya Jackson that marked a more edgy, club-oriented direction in her music career.
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B.
You’ll Rock
"You'll Rock" is a hip hop single by LL Cool J from his album "Radio," showcasing his early, hard-hitting rap style.
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C.
Rockin'
"Rockin'" is a synth-driven, dance-oriented track by The Weeknd from his album *Starboy*, known for its upbeat tempo and retro electronic influences.
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D.
Rock the Bells
"Rock the Bells" is a classic 1985 hip-hop track by LL Cool J known for its aggressive delivery, heavy use of DJ scratching, and influential role in defining the sound of early hardcore rap.
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E.
I’m a Rocker
"I’m a Rocker" is a high-energy rock song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1980 album *The River*, showcasing his classic bar-band sound and exuberant performance style.
- 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: A Rockin' Good Way Target entity description: "A Rockin' Good Way" is a rock and roll song popularized by Welsh singer Shakin' Stevens, known for its upbeat, retro style and chart success in the 1980s.
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A.
You're Gonna Get Rocked!
"You're Gonna Get Rocked!" is a 1988 dance-pop and R&B album by La Toya Jackson that marked a more edgy, club-oriented direction in her music career.
-
B.
You’ll Rock
"You'll Rock" is a hip hop single by LL Cool J from his album "Radio," showcasing his early, hard-hitting rap style.
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C.
Rockin'
"Rockin'" is a synth-driven, dance-oriented track by The Weeknd from his album *Starboy*, known for its upbeat tempo and retro electronic influences.
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D.
Rock the Bells
"Rock the Bells" is a classic 1985 hip-hop track by LL Cool J known for its aggressive delivery, heavy use of DJ scratching, and influential role in defining the sound of early hardcore rap.
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E.
I’m a Rocker
"I’m a Rocker" is a high-energy rock song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1980 album *The River*, showcasing his classic bar-band sound and exuberant performance style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Shakin' Stevens ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
pop
ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
catchy chorus
ⓘ
danceable ⓘ rock and roll instrumentation ⓘ |
| hasChartSuccess | yes ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | 1980s pop rock revival ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
retro
ⓘ
upbeat ⓘ |
| hasTempo | fast ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Shakin' Stevens discography
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakin' Stevens
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| notableFor |
chart success in the 1980s
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retro rock and roll sound ⓘ |
| notableInPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| performer | Shakin' Stevens ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Shakin' Stevens ⓘ |
| recordingType | studio recording ⓘ |
| vocalist | Shakin' Stevens ⓘ |
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: A Rockin' Good Way Description of subject: "A Rockin' Good Way" is a rock and roll song popularized by Welsh singer Shakin' Stevens, known for its upbeat, retro style and chart success in the 1980s.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: A Rockin' Good Way
linked to: A Rockin' Good Way
linked to: A Rockin' Good Way