Living on the Edge
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"Living on the Edge" is a rock song co-written and produced by hitmaker Desmond Child, best known for its socially conscious lyrics and association with Aerosmith.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Livin' on the Edge | 5 |
| Living on the Edge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9059043 — 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: Living on the Edge Context triple: [Desmond Child, notableWork, Living on the Edge]
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A.
Life on the Edge
Life on the Edge is a Seattle Aquarium exhibit that showcases the diverse marine life and dynamic ecosystems found along the Pacific Northwest’s rocky shorelines and tidal zones.
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B.
On the Edge
"On the Edge" is a work by British science popularizer and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis, likely exploring scientific or historical topics in his accessible, engaging style.
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C.
World on the Edge
World on the Edge is an environmental book by Lester R. Brown that warns of escalating ecological crises and outlines strategies for achieving a sustainable future.
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D.
Life’s Edge
Life’s Edge is a popular science book by Carl Zimmer that explores the scientific and philosophical boundaries of what constitutes life.
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E.
Dancing on the Edge
Dancing on the Edge is a British period drama television series that follows a Black jazz band navigating fame and racial tensions in 1930s London.
- 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: Living on the Edge Target entity description: "Living on the Edge" is a rock song co-written and produced by hitmaker Desmond Child, best known for its socially conscious lyrics and association with Aerosmith.
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A.
Life on the Edge
Life on the Edge is a Seattle Aquarium exhibit that showcases the diverse marine life and dynamic ecosystems found along the Pacific Northwest’s rocky shorelines and tidal zones.
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B.
On the Edge
"On the Edge" is a work by British science popularizer and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis, likely exploring scientific or historical topics in his accessible, engaging style.
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C.
World on the Edge
World on the Edge is an environmental book by Lester R. Brown that warns of escalating ecological crises and outlines strategies for achieving a sustainable future.
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D.
Life’s Edge
Life’s Edge is a popular science book by Carl Zimmer that explores the scientific and philosophical boundaries of what constitutes life.
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E.
Dancing on the Edge
Dancing on the Edge is a British period drama television series that follows a Black jazz band navigating fame and racial tensions in 1930s London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Aerosmith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice (nomination) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
UK Singles Chart top 40
ⓘ
US Billboard Mainstream Rock number 1 ⓘ |
| composer |
Joe Perry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mark Hudson NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Tyler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs | socially conscious rock song ⓘ |
| genre |
hard rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasBassist | Tom Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBside | Flesh ⓘ |
| hasDrummer | Joey Kramer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGuitarSoloBy | Joe Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLeadVocalist | Steven Tyler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion | Living on the Edge (live performance) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Living on the Edge music video ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Aerosmith compilation album Big Ones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aerosmith compilation album O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 6:07 ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Joe Perry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mark Hudson NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Tyler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Marty Callner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
environmental concerns
ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ social issues ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Get a Grip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Aerosmith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brad Whitford NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ Joey Kramer NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Tyler NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Bruce Fairbairn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1993-02-08 ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
Little Mountain Sound Studios
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Geffen Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| trackNumber | 2 ⓘ |
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: Living on the Edge Description of subject: "Living on the Edge" is a rock song co-written and produced by hitmaker Desmond Child, best known for its socially conscious lyrics and association with Aerosmith.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Livin' on the Edge
this entity surface form:
Livin' on the Edge
this entity surface form:
Livin' on the Edge
this entity surface form:
Livin' on the Edge
this entity surface form:
Livin' on the Edge