Waiting for an Alibi
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"Waiting for an Alibi" is a 1979 hard rock song by Irish band Thin Lizzy, known as one of their signature tracks from the album Black Rose: A Rock Legend.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waiting for an Alibi canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6378991 — 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: Waiting for an Alibi Context triple: [Thin Lizzy, notableWork, Waiting for an Alibi]
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A.
The Alibi
The Alibi is a film project on which acclaimed American film editor Jay Cassidy contributed his editing expertise.
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B.
No Alibi
"No Alibi" is a track by hip hop band The Roots from their acclaimed 1996 album *Illadelph Halflife*.
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C.
Guilty by Suspicion
Guilty by Suspicion is a 1991 drama film about a Hollywood director facing the anti-communist blacklist era in 1950s America.
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D.
Alibi Ike
Alibi Ike is a 1935 baseball-themed comedy film starring Joe E. Brown as a boastful rookie player whose constant excuses earn him the nickname "Alibi Ike."
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E.
Murder Was the Case
Murder Was the Case is a 1994 hip hop soundtrack album and short film project centered on Snoop Doggy Dogg, featuring various West Coast rap artists and produced by Dr. Dre.
- 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: Waiting for an Alibi Target entity description: "Waiting for an Alibi" is a 1979 hard rock song by Irish band Thin Lizzy, known as one of their signature tracks from the album Black Rose: A Rock Legend.
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A.
The Alibi
The Alibi is a film project on which acclaimed American film editor Jay Cassidy contributed his editing expertise.
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B.
No Alibi
"No Alibi" is a track by hip hop band The Roots from their acclaimed 1996 album *Illadelph Halflife*.
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C.
Guilty by Suspicion
Guilty by Suspicion is a 1991 drama film about a Hollywood director facing the anti-communist blacklist era in 1950s America.
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D.
Alibi Ike
Alibi Ike is a 1935 baseball-themed comedy film starring Joe E. Brown as a boastful rookie player whose constant excuses earn him the nickname "Alibi Ike."
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E.
Murder Was the Case
Murder Was the Case is a 1994 hip hop soundtrack album and short film project centered on Snoop Doggy Dogg, featuring various West Coast rap artists and produced by Dr. Dre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Thin Lizzy ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinArtistSingles |
follows "Rosalie" (live) in Thin Lizzy single chronology
ⓘ
precedes "Do Anything You Want To" in Thin Lizzy single chronology ⓘ |
| composer | Phil Lynott ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| genre | hard rock ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMusicalKey | A minor ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
dual lead guitar harmonies
ⓘ
narrative lyrics about a womanizer ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecognition | considered one of Thin Lizzy's signature tracks ⓘ |
| hasTempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| includedIn | Thin Lizzy live setlists ⓘ |
| isOnSide | Side one of Black Rose: A Rock Legend ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Thin Lizzy ⓘ |
| lyricist | Phil Lynott ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Black Rose: A Rock Legend ⓘ |
| performer |
Brian Downey
ⓘ
Gary Moore ⓘ
linked to:
Phil Lynott
Phil Lynott ⓘ Scott Gorham ⓘ Thin Lizzy ⓘ |
| producer | Tony Visconti ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1979 ⓘ |
| recordingArtistNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Vertigo Records
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
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: Waiting for an Alibi Description of subject: "Waiting for an Alibi" is a 1979 hard rock song by Irish band Thin Lizzy, known as one of their signature tracks from the album Black Rose: A Rock Legend.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.