It's Raining
E580693
"It's Raining" is a pop-rock song by Welsh singer Shakin' Stevens, released in the early 1980s and known for its catchy melody and upbeat style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| It's Raining canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6261675 — 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: It's Raining Context triple: [Shakin' Stevens, notableWork, It's Raining]
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A.
It Will Rain
"It Will Rain" is a pop-R&B ballad by Bruno Mars, best known for its emotional lyrics about heartbreak and its inclusion on the soundtrack of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1."
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B.
It’s Rainin’ Again
"It’s Rainin’ Again" is a 1982 pop rock song by Supertramp, known for its upbeat melody and melancholic lyrics about loss and starting over.
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C.
In the Rain
"In the Rain" is a song best known as a soulful 1971 hit by the American R&B group The Dramatics, featuring lush production and emotive vocals.
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D.
No Rain
"No Rain" is a 1992 alternative rock song by Blind Melon, best known for its catchy melody and iconic "bee girl" music video.
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E.
Who'll Stop the Rain
"Who'll Stop the Rain" is a classic rock song by Creedence Clearwater Revival, known for its reflective lyrics and enduring popularity since its release in 1970.
- 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: It's Raining Target entity description: "It's Raining" is a pop-rock song by Welsh singer Shakin' Stevens, released in the early 1980s and known for its catchy melody and upbeat style.
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A.
It Will Rain
"It Will Rain" is a pop-R&B ballad by Bruno Mars, best known for its emotional lyrics about heartbreak and its inclusion on the soundtrack of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1."
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B.
It’s Rainin’ Again
"It’s Rainin’ Again" is a 1982 pop rock song by Supertramp, known for its upbeat melody and melancholic lyrics about loss and starting over.
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C.
In the Rain
"In the Rain" is a song best known as a soulful 1971 hit by the American R&B group The Dramatics, featuring lush production and emotive vocals.
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D.
No Rain
"No Rain" is a 1992 alternative rock song by Blind Melon, best known for its catchy melody and iconic "bee girl" music video.
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E.
Who'll Stop the Rain
"Who'll Stop the Rain" is a classic rock song by Creedence Clearwater Revival, known for its reflective lyrics and enduring popularity since its release in 1970.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
pop
ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ guitars ⓘ keyboards ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| hasMelodyCharacteristic | catchy ⓘ |
| hasMusicalArtistNationality | Welsh ⓘ |
| hasPerformerBirthName | Michael Barratt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPerformerCitizenship | British ⓘ |
| hasPerformerCountry | Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPerformerGender | male ⓘ |
| hasPerformerGenre |
pop rock
ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ |
| hasPerformerOccupation |
musician
ⓘ
singer ⓘ |
| hasPerformerStageName | Shakin' Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStyle | upbeat ⓘ |
| hasTempoCharacteristic | upbeat ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicType | popular music ⓘ |
| performer | Shakin' Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Shakin' Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| releasePeriod | early 1980s ⓘ |
| vocalLanguage | English ⓘ |
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: It's Raining Description of subject: "It's Raining" is a pop-rock song by Welsh singer Shakin' Stevens, released in the early 1980s and known for its catchy melody and upbeat style.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.