Shouldn’t Matter but It Does
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"Shouldn’t Matter but It Does" is a reflective, melancholic pop-rock song by John Mayer from his album *Sob Rock*, exploring lingering emotional attachment after a relationship ends.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shouldn’t Matter but It Does canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6379950 — 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: Shouldn’t Matter but It Does Context triple: [Sob Rock, hasTrack, Shouldn’t Matter but It Does]
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A.
What Really Matters
"What Really Matters" is a non-fiction book by journalist and author Tony Schwartz that explores the rise of the human potential movement and the search for meaning and fulfillment in modern life.
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B.
Doesn't Really Matter
"Doesn't Really Matter" is a 2000 R&B/dance-pop single by Janet Jackson, best known for its upbeat sound and its inclusion on the soundtrack of the film "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps."
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C.
Don’t Matter
"Don’t Matter" is a 2007 reggae-influenced R&B single by Akon that became one of his biggest international hits.
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D.
It Matters to Me
"It Matters to Me" is a 1995 country song and hit single by American singer Faith Hill, known for its emotional lyrics and strong vocal performance.
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E.
No Matter What They Say
"No Matter What They Say" is a hip hop single by Lil' Kim known for its defiant lyrics and confident celebration of her image and success.
- 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: Shouldn’t Matter but It Does Target entity description: "Shouldn’t Matter but It Does" is a reflective, melancholic pop-rock song by John Mayer from his album *Sob Rock*, exploring lingering emotional attachment after a relationship ends.
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A.
What Really Matters
"What Really Matters" is a non-fiction book by journalist and author Tony Schwartz that explores the rise of the human potential movement and the search for meaning and fulfillment in modern life.
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B.
Doesn't Really Matter
"Doesn't Really Matter" is a 2000 R&B/dance-pop single by Janet Jackson, best known for its upbeat sound and its inclusion on the soundtrack of the film "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps."
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C.
Don’t Matter
"Don’t Matter" is a 2007 reggae-influenced R&B single by Akon that became one of his biggest international hits.
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D.
It Matters to Me
"It Matters to Me" is a 1995 country song and hit single by American singer Faith Hill, known for its emotional lyrics and strong vocal performance.
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E.
No Matter What They Say
"No Matter What They Say" is a hip hop single by Lil' Kim known for its defiant lyrics and confident celebration of her image and success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album | Sob Rock ⓘ |
| artist | John Mayer ⓘ |
| composer | John Mayer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creatorOf | Shouldn’t Matter but It Does ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| genre |
adult contemporary
ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ soft rock ⓘ |
| hasArtist | John Mayer ⓘ |
| hasMood |
melancholic
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Shouldn’t Matter but It Does ⓘ |
| hasType | album track ⓘ |
| includedIn | John Mayer discography ⓘ |
| includesTrack | Shouldn’t Matter but It Does ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
lingering emotional attachment
ⓘ
lost love ⓘ post-breakup reflection ⓘ regret ⓘ |
| lyricist | John Mayer ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | mid-tempo ballad ⓘ |
| partOf | Sob Rock ⓘ |
| performer | John Mayer ⓘ |
| performerOf | Shouldn’t Matter but It Does ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | John Mayer ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | intimate vocals ⓘ |
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: Shouldn’t Matter but It Does Description of subject: "Shouldn’t Matter but It Does" is a reflective, melancholic pop-rock song by John Mayer from his album *Sob Rock*, exploring lingering emotional attachment after a relationship ends.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Shouldn’t Matter but It Does
subject linked to:
Shouldn’t Matter but It Does
subject linked to:
Shouldn’t Matter but It Does