The Crying Game (cover)
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The Crying Game (cover) is Boy George’s acclaimed 1992 rendition of the 1960s pop song, widely recognized for its haunting vocal style and association with the film of the same name.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Crying Game | 2 |
| The Crying Game (1964 song) | 2 |
| "Crying Game" | 1 |
| The Crying Game (cover version) | 1 |
| The Crying Game (cover) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6280190 — 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: The Crying Game (cover) Context triple: [Boy George, notableWork, The Crying Game (cover)]
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A.
Fool to Cry
"Fool to Cry" is a soulful 1976 ballad by The Rolling Stones, noted for its emotional lyrics, falsetto vocals by Mick Jagger, and prominent use of electric piano and string arrangements.
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B.
Who's Crying Now
"Who's Crying Now" is a popular rock ballad by the American band Journey, featured on their 1981 album "Escape" and known for its emotive vocals and memorable guitar solo.
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C.
Cry Cry Cry
"Cry Cry Cry" is a soulful blues ballad by American singer Bobby "Blue" Bland, showcasing his smooth vocal style and emotional delivery.
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D.
The Cry
The Cry is a British television drama series adapted from Helen FitzGerald's novel, focusing on the psychological unravelling of a couple after their baby goes missing.
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E.
Undercover of the Night
"Undercover of the Night" is a politically charged 1983 rock song by The Rolling Stones known for its New Wave influences and commentary on violence and unrest in Latin America.
- 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: The Crying Game (cover) Target entity description: The Crying Game (cover) is Boy George’s acclaimed 1992 rendition of the 1960s pop song, widely recognized for its haunting vocal style and association with the film of the same name.
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A.
Fool to Cry
"Fool to Cry" is a soulful 1976 ballad by The Rolling Stones, noted for its emotional lyrics, falsetto vocals by Mick Jagger, and prominent use of electric piano and string arrangements.
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B.
Who's Crying Now
"Who's Crying Now" is a popular rock ballad by the American band Journey, featured on their 1981 album "Escape" and known for its emotive vocals and memorable guitar solo.
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C.
Cry Cry Cry
"Cry Cry Cry" is a soulful blues ballad by American singer Bobby "Blue" Bland, showcasing his smooth vocal style and emotional delivery.
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D.
The Cry
The Cry is a British television drama series adapted from Helen FitzGerald's novel, focusing on the psychological unravelling of a couple after their baby goes missing.
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E.
Undercover of the Night
"Undercover of the Night" is a politically charged 1983 rock song by The Rolling Stones known for its New Wave influences and commentary on violence and unrest in Latin America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song recording ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
The Crying Game (1992 film)
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linked to:
The Crying Game
|
| basedOn |
The Crying Game (1964 song)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Crying Game (cover)
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs | acclaimed rendition of a 1960s pop song ⓘ |
| era | early 1990s ⓘ |
| genre |
blue-eyed soul
ⓘ
pop ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
emotional vulnerability
ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ |
| hasType | film theme song ⓘ |
| isCoverOf |
The Crying Game (1964 song)
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linked to:
The Crying Game (cover)
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| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the film The Crying Game
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revival of the 1960s pop song ⓘ |
| originalPerformer | Dave Berry ⓘ |
| originalSongwriter | Geoff Stephens ⓘ |
| performer | Boy George ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Boy George ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| title |
The Crying Game
ⓘ
linked to:
The Crying Game (cover)
|
| usedInFilm |
The Crying Game (1992 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Crying Game
|
| vocalStyle | haunting vocal style ⓘ |
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: The Crying Game (cover) Description of subject: The Crying Game (cover) is Boy George’s acclaimed 1992 rendition of the 1960s pop song, widely recognized for its haunting vocal style and association with the film of the same name.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Crying Game (cover)
linked to: The Crying Game (cover)
linked to: The Crying Game (cover)
linked to: The Crying Game (cover)
linked to: The Crying Game (cover)
linked to: The Crying Game (cover)