Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely
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“Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely” is a 1986 alternative rock song by American punk band Hüsker Dü, known for its melodic hooks, emotional lyrics, and influential role in the evolution of indie and alternative music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely canonical | 2 |
| "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7717661 — 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: Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely Context triple: [Hüsker Dü, notableSong, Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely]
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A.
Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely
"Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely" is a soulful 1974 R&B hit by The Main Ingredient that became one of the group's signature songs and a staple of smooth soul radio.
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B.
I Don't Want to Know Why
"I Don't Want to Know Why" is a song featured on the album *What About Me*.
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C.
You Don’t Know
"You Don’t Know" is an emotional song from the rock musical *Next to Normal* that explores family tension and the impact of mental illness.
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D.
You Don’t Know Love
"You Don’t Know Love" is a pop single by English singer Olly Murs, known for its catchy melody and themes of heartbreak and emotional misunderstanding.
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E.
U Don't Know Me
"U Don't Know Me" is a 2005 hip hop single by American rapper T.I., recognized as one of his breakout hits that helped solidify his mainstream 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: Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely Target entity description: “Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely” is a 1986 alternative rock song by American punk band Hüsker Dü, known for its melodic hooks, emotional lyrics, and influential role in the evolution of indie and alternative music.
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A.
Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely
"Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely" is a soulful 1974 R&B hit by The Main Ingredient that became one of the group's signature songs and a staple of smooth soul radio.
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B.
I Don't Want to Know Why
"I Don't Want to Know Why" is a song featured on the album *What About Me*.
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C.
You Don’t Know
"You Don’t Know" is an emotional song from the rock musical *Next to Normal* that explores family tension and the impact of mental illness.
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D.
You Don’t Know Love
"You Don’t Know Love" is a pop single by English singer Olly Murs, known for its catchy melody and themes of heartbreak and emotional misunderstanding.
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E.
U Don't Know Me
"U Don't Know Me" is a 2005 hip hop single by American rapper T.I., recognized as one of his breakout hits that helped solidify his mainstream success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Candy Apple Grey ⓘ |
| artist | Hüsker Dü ⓘ |
| B-side |
All This I’ve Done For You
ⓘ
linked to:
All This I’ve Done for You
|
| chronology | Hüsker Dü singles ⓘ |
| composer | Grant Hart ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ punk rock ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Hüsker Dü discography
ⓘ
linked to:
Hüsker Dü
|
| influencedGenre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Grant Hart ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional lyrics
ⓘ
melodic hooks ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Candy Apple Grey ⓘ |
| performer | Hüsker Dü ⓘ |
| performerMember |
Bob Mould
ⓘ
Grant Hart ⓘ Greg Norton ⓘ |
| producer |
Bob Mould
ⓘ
Grant Hart ⓘ Hüsker Dü ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
SST Records
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1986 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| writer | Grant Hart ⓘ |
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: Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely Description of subject: “Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely” is a 1986 alternative rock song by American punk band Hüsker Dü, known for its melodic hooks, emotional lyrics, and influential role in the evolution of indie and alternative music.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely