Tonight (Quintet)
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"Tonight (Quintet)" is a famous ensemble number from the musical *West Side Story* in which multiple characters, including Riff, simultaneously express their conflicting hopes and tensions on the eve of a rumble.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tonight (Quintet) canonical | 3 |
| Tonight (Quintet) – ensemble part | 1 |
| Tonight (duet) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9068999 — 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: Tonight (Quintet) Context triple: [Riff, singsInNumber, Tonight (Quintet)]
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A.
Another Night
"Another Night" is a song featured on the album "What About Me."
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B.
After Tonight
"After Tonight" is a song by Mariah Carey from her 1999 album "Rainbow," showcasing her signature pop-R&B ballad style.
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C.
Tonight, Tonight
"Tonight, Tonight" is a 1996 orchestral alternative rock song by The Smashing Pumpkins, known for its lush string arrangement and iconic, Méliès-inspired music video.
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D.
On a Night Like This
"On a Night Like This" is a song by Bob Dylan, best known as the lively, rootsy opening track of his 1974 album Planet Waves.
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E.
Later Tonight
"Later Tonight" is a song featured on the album "Please" by the Pet Shop Boys.
- 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: Tonight (Quintet) Target entity description: "Tonight (Quintet)" is a famous ensemble number from the musical *West Side Story* in which multiple characters, including Riff, simultaneously express their conflicting hopes and tensions on the eve of a rumble.
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A.
Another Night
"Another Night" is a song featured on the album "What About Me."
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B.
After Tonight
"After Tonight" is a song by Mariah Carey from her 1999 album "Rainbow," showcasing her signature pop-R&B ballad style.
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C.
Tonight, Tonight
"Tonight, Tonight" is a 1996 orchestral alternative rock song by The Smashing Pumpkins, known for its lush string arrangement and iconic, Méliès-inspired music video.
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D.
On a Night Like This
"On a Night Like This" is a song by Bob Dylan, best known as the lively, rootsy opening track of his 1974 album Planet Waves.
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E.
Later Tonight
"Later Tonight" is a song featured on the album "Please" by the Pet Shop Boys.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ensemble number
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musical theatre song ⓘ song from a musical ⓘ |
| basedOn | Romeo and Juliet ⓘ |
| composer | Leonard Bernstein ⓘ |
| dramaticPurpose | builds to the confrontation at the rumble ⓘ |
| dramaticTheme |
anticipation
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gang rivalry ⓘ love ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| feature |
complex ensemble counterpoint
ⓘ
dramatic tension building ⓘ simultaneous vocal lines ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | Broadway ⓘ |
| genre |
Broadway musical song
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show tune ⓘ |
| hasCharacterPerspective |
Anita’s contrasting emotions
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Jets planning the rumble ⓘ Maria hoping for peace ⓘ Sharks preparing for the fight ⓘ Tony anticipating meeting Maria ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Sondheim ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | 20th-century American musical theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | expresses conflicting hopes and tensions ⓘ |
| narrativeSetting | eve of the rumble ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of music and drama
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polyphonic layering of character perspectives ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Broadway production of West Side Story ⓘ |
| partOf | West Side Story ⓘ |
| performerInFiction |
Anita
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Jets ⓘ Maria ⓘ Riff ⓘ Sharks ⓘ Tony ⓘ |
| placeInShow |
Act I of West Side Story
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linked to:
Act I of West Side Story (stage version)
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| sharesMelodicMaterialWith |
Tonight (duet)
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linked to:
Tonight (Quintet)
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| structure | multi-section ensemble ⓘ |
| usedIn |
film adaptations of West Side Story
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stage productions of West Side Story ⓘ |
| workFromWhichAdaptedToFilm |
West Side Story (1961 film)
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linked to:
West Side Story
West Side Story (2021 film) ⓘ
linked to:
West Side Story
|
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: Tonight (Quintet) Description of subject: "Tonight (Quintet)" is a famous ensemble number from the musical *West Side Story* in which multiple characters, including Riff, simultaneously express their conflicting hopes and tensions on the eve of a rumble.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tonight (Quintet)
linked to: Tonight (Quintet)