Like a Rock
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"Like a Rock" is a 1986 heartland rock song by Bob Seger, best known for its reflective lyrics on aging and its long-running use in Chevrolet truck commercials.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Like a Rock canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6477111 — 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: Like a Rock Context triple: [Bob Seger, notableWork, Like a Rock]
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Rocks Off
"Rocks Off" is a high-energy rock song by The Rolling Stones, best known as the opening track of their acclaimed 1972 album Exile on Main St.
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D.
Let There Be Rock
Let There Be Rock is a classic hard rock song and album by Australian band AC/DC, known for its high-energy guitar riffs and celebration of rock music’s origins and power.
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E.
Rock in a Hard Place
Rock in a Hard Place is a 1982 hard rock album by Aerosmith, notable for being recorded during a turbulent period marked by key lineup changes and internal band tensions.
- 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: Like a Rock Target entity description: "Like a Rock" is a 1986 heartland rock song by Bob Seger, best known for its reflective lyrics on aging and its long-running use in Chevrolet truck commercials.
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Rocks Off
"Rocks Off" is a high-energy rock song by The Rolling Stones, best known as the opening track of their acclaimed 1972 album Exile on Main St.
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D.
Let There Be Rock
Let There Be Rock is a classic hard rock song and album by Australian band AC/DC, known for its high-energy guitar riffs and celebration of rock music’s origins and power.
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E.
Rock in a Hard Place
Rock in a Hard Place is a 1982 hard rock album by Aerosmith, notable for being recorded during a turbulent period marked by key lineup changes and internal band tensions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Bob Seger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Bob Seger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre | heartland rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| hasLyricsCharacteristic | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasMood |
melancholic
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
aging
ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ reflection on youth ⓘ resilience ⓘ |
| hasType | rock song ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bob Seger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaFormat | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long-running association with Chevrolet trucks
ⓘ
reflective lyrics on aging ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Like a Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Bob Seger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Bob Seger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Punch Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1986 ⓘ |
| recordedInDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Capitol Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Chevrolet advertising campaign
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chevrolet truck commercials ⓘ |
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: Like a Rock Description of subject: "Like a Rock" is a 1986 heartland rock song by Bob Seger, best known for its reflective lyrics on aging and its long-running use in Chevrolet truck commercials.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.