“It Goes Like It Goes” (song from Norma Rae, composer)
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“It Goes Like It Goes” is an Academy Award–winning ballad from the 1979 film Norma Rae, composed by David Shire with lyrics by Norman Gimbel.
All labels observed (1)
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| “It Goes Like It Goes” (song from Norma Rae, composer) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7135632 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “It Goes Like It Goes” (song from Norma Rae, composer) Context triple: [David Shire, notableWork, “It Goes Like It Goes” (song from Norma Rae, composer)]
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A.
song "Rosie the Riveter"
The song "Rosie the Riveter" is a World War II-era American popular tune that celebrates and helped popularize the cultural icon of women working in wartime factories and shipyards.
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B.
song "Goodnight and Go"
"Goodnight and Go" is a dreamy, electronic-infused pop song by Imogen Heap, known for its intricate production, intimate lyrics, and later interpolation by Ariana Grande.
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C.
"He'll Have to Go" by Jim Reeves
"He'll Have to Go" by Jim Reeves is a classic 1959 country-pop ballad whose smooth production and intimate vocal style helped define the Nashville sound and brought it widespread mainstream success.
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D.
“Fight for You” (Oscar-winning song)
“Fight for You” is a soulful, politically charged R&B song by H.E.R. written for the film *Judas and the Black Messiah*, which earned widespread acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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E.
song "Shady Grove"
"Shady Grove" is a traditional Appalachian folk song popularized in American roots music, notably through Doc Watson’s influential recordings and performances.
- 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 Goes Like It Goes” (song from Norma Rae, composer) Target entity description: “It Goes Like It Goes” is an Academy Award–winning ballad from the 1979 film Norma Rae, composed by David Shire with lyrics by Norman Gimbel.
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A.
song "Rosie the Riveter"
The song "Rosie the Riveter" is a World War II-era American popular tune that celebrates and helped popularize the cultural icon of women working in wartime factories and shipyards.
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B.
song "Goodnight and Go"
"Goodnight and Go" is a dreamy, electronic-infused pop song by Imogen Heap, known for its intricate production, intimate lyrics, and later interpolation by Ariana Grande.
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C.
"He'll Have to Go" by Jim Reeves
"He'll Have to Go" by Jim Reeves is a classic 1959 country-pop ballad whose smooth production and intimate vocal style helped define the Nashville sound and brought it widespread mainstream success.
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D.
“Fight for You” (Oscar-winning song)
“Fight for You” is a soulful, politically charged R&B song by H.E.R. written for the film *Judas and the Black Messiah*, which earned widespread acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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E.
song "Shady Grove"
"Shady Grove" is a traditional Appalachian folk song popularized in American roots music, notably through Doc Watson’s influential recordings and performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Norma Rae (1979 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Norma Rae
|
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | original composition for the film Norma Rae ⓘ |
| composer | David Shire ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuredInFilm | Norma Rae ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| genre |
ballad
ⓘ
film music ⓘ |
| hasType | original film song ⓘ |
| lyricist | Norman Gimbel ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Norman Gimbel ⓘ |
| medium | motion picture ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Shire ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
resilience
ⓘ
social justice ⓘ working-class struggle ⓘ |
| notableFor | winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSoundtrack | Norma Rae ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| usedAs | theme song of Norma Rae ⓘ |
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 Goes Like It Goes” (song from Norma Rae, composer) Description of subject: “It Goes Like It Goes” is an Academy Award–winning ballad from the 1979 film Norma Rae, composed by David Shire with lyrics by Norman Gimbel.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.