Shaking the Tree
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"Shaking the Tree" is a song by Peter Gabriel, known for its collaboration with Youssou N'Dour and its themes of empowerment and change.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shaking the Tree canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8786292 — 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: Shaking the Tree Context triple: [Digging in the Dirt, previousSingle, Shaking the Tree]
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A.
Shake the Sugar Tree
"Shake the Sugar Tree" is a country song popularized by American singer Pam Tillis, known for its catchy melody and themes of nurturing love in a relationship.
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B.
In My Tree
"In My Tree" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam, featured on their 1996 album *No Code* and noted for its distinctive percussion and introspective lyrics.
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C.
You Shook Me
"You Shook Me" is a classic blues song written by Willie Dixon that has become widely known through influential recordings by artists such as Muddy Waters and Led Zeppelin.
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D.
Man Shake
"Man Shake" is a song that appears as the B-side to the single "Wings of a Dove."
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E.
Shake It Out
"Shake It Out" is a critically acclaimed indie rock song by Florence and the Machine, known for its soaring vocals, cathartic lyrics, and grand, gospel-tinged production.
- 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: Shaking the Tree Target entity description: "Shaking the Tree" is a song by Peter Gabriel, known for its collaboration with Youssou N'Dour and its themes of empowerment and change.
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A.
Shake the Sugar Tree
"Shake the Sugar Tree" is a country song popularized by American singer Pam Tillis, known for its catchy melody and themes of nurturing love in a relationship.
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B.
In My Tree
"In My Tree" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam, featured on their 1996 album *No Code* and noted for its distinctive percussion and introspective lyrics.
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C.
You Shook Me
"You Shook Me" is a classic blues song written by Willie Dixon that has become widely known through influential recordings by artists such as Muddy Waters and Led Zeppelin.
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D.
Man Shake
"Man Shake" is a song that appears as the B-side to the single "Wings of a Dove."
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E.
Shake It Out
"Shake It Out" is a critically acclaimed indie rock song by Florence and the Machine, known for its soaring vocals, cathartic lyrics, and grand, gospel-tinged production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Peter Gabriel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist | Youssou N'Dour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaborationType | duet ⓘ |
| collaborationWith | Youssou N'Dour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
art rock
ⓘ
world music ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasNotableLivePerformancesWith | Youssou N'Dour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
female empowerment
ⓘ
social change ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Peter Gabriel compilation album
ⓘ
album "Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Peter Gabriel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Peter Gabriel discography ⓘ |
| performer |
Peter Gabriel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Youssou N'Dour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Peter Gabriel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Peter Gabriel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
change
ⓘ
empowerment ⓘ personal liberation ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| vocalist |
Peter Gabriel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Youssou N'Dour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Peter Gabriel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Shaking the Tree Description of subject: "Shaking the Tree" is a song by Peter Gabriel, known for its collaboration with Youssou N'Dour and its themes of empowerment and change.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.