I Can’t Hold Out
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"I Can’t Hold Out" is a blues song popularized by Eric Clapton on his 1974 album 461 Ocean Boulevard, originally written and recorded by blues musician Elmore James.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Can’t Hold Out canonical | 3 |
| I Can't Hold Out | 2 |
| Can’t Hold Out (Talk to Me Baby) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7298809 — 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: I Can’t Hold Out Context triple: [461 Ocean Boulevard, includesSong, I Can’t Hold Out]
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A.
I Can’t Hold Back
"I Can’t Hold Back" is a 1984 rock song by the American band Survivor, best known for its powerful vocals and melodic, arena-rock style.
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B.
Can’t Hold Us Down
"Can’t Hold Us Down" is a feminist R&B/pop song by Christina Aguilera featuring Lil' Kim that challenges double standards and sexism in the music industry and society.
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C.
Hold On Tight
"Hold On Tight" is a 1981 rock and roll-inspired single by Electric Light Orchestra known for its upbeat tempo, retro style, and bilingual English-French lyrics.
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D.
I Can’t Stand Still
I Can’t Stand Still is the 1982 debut solo studio album by American musician Don Henley, blending rock and new wave influences and featuring the hit single “Dirty Laundry.”
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E.
I Ain't Down Yet
"I Ain't Down Yet" is a spirited, defiant show tune from the musical *The Unsinkable Molly Brown*, reflecting the title character’s resilience and optimism.
- 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: I Can’t Hold Out Target entity description: "I Can’t Hold Out" is a blues song popularized by Eric Clapton on his 1974 album 461 Ocean Boulevard, originally written and recorded by blues musician Elmore James.
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A.
I Can’t Hold Back
"I Can’t Hold Back" is a 1984 rock song by the American band Survivor, best known for its powerful vocals and melodic, arena-rock style.
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B.
Can’t Hold Us Down
"Can’t Hold Us Down" is a feminist R&B/pop song by Christina Aguilera featuring Lil' Kim that challenges double standards and sexism in the music industry and society.
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C.
Hold On Tight
"Hold On Tight" is a 1981 rock and roll-inspired single by Electric Light Orchestra known for its upbeat tempo, retro style, and bilingual English-French lyrics.
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D.
I Can’t Stand Still
I Can’t Stand Still is the 1982 debut solo studio album by American musician Don Henley, blending rock and new wave influences and featuring the hit single “Dirty Laundry.”
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E.
I Ain't Down Yet
"I Ain't Down Yet" is a spirited, defiant show tune from the musical *The Unsinkable Molly Brown*, reflecting the title character’s resilience and optimism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues musician
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musician ⓘ song ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
I Can't Hold Out
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linked to:
I Can’t Hold Out
Talk to Me Baby ⓘ |
| artist | Eric Clapton ⓘ |
| composer | Elmore James ⓘ |
| firstRecordingArtist | Elmore James ⓘ |
| genre | blues ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersionBy | Eric Clapton ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | 461 Ocean Boulevard ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Elmore James ⓘ |
| notableWork |
I Can’t Hold Out
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I Can’t Hold Out ⓘ |
| originalArtist | Elmore James ⓘ |
| originalArtistGenre | blues ⓘ |
| originalArtistNationality | American ⓘ |
| originalPerformer | Elmore James ⓘ |
| performer | Eric Clapton ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Eric Clapton ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Eric Clapton ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| writer | Elmore James ⓘ |
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: I Can’t Hold Out Description of subject: "I Can’t Hold Out" is a blues song popularized by Eric Clapton on his 1974 album 461 Ocean Boulevard, originally written and recorded by blues musician Elmore James.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
I Can’t Hold Out
subject linked to:
I Can’t Hold Out
linked to: I Can’t Hold Out
subject linked to:
album "Step Back"
linked to: I Can’t Hold Out
subject linked to:
Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard
linked to: I Can’t Hold Out