Try Me
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"Try Me" is an early soul and R&B ballad by James Brown and the Famous Flames that became his first number-one R&B hit and a signature song in his live performances.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Try Me canonical | 4 |
| Try Me (album) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9134227 — 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: Try Me Context triple: [Live at the Apollo, hasTrack, Try Me]
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A.
I Try
"I Try" is a soulful R&B ballad by American singer Macy Gray that became her signature hit and earned widespread acclaim around the turn of the millennium.
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B.
Try This
Try This is the third studio album by American singer Pink, known for its edgy pop-rock sound and rebellious themes.
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C.
Try and Stop Me
Try and Stop Me is a bestselling 1944 humor and anecdote collection by American publisher and writer Bennett Cerf.
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D.
One More Try
"One More Try" is a soulful 1988 ballad by British singer-songwriter George Michael that explores themes of vulnerability and emotional hesitation in love.
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E.
Don’t Test Me
"Don’t Test Me" is a song featured on the album *The King & I*.
- 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: Try Me Target entity description: "Try Me" is an early soul and R&B ballad by James Brown and the Famous Flames that became his first number-one R&B hit and a signature song in his live performances.
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A.
I Try
"I Try" is a soulful R&B ballad by American singer Macy Gray that became her signature hit and earned widespread acclaim around the turn of the millennium.
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B.
Try This
Try This is the third studio album by American singer Pink, known for its edgy pop-rock sound and rebellious themes.
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C.
Try and Stop Me
Try and Stop Me is a bestselling 1944 humor and anecdote collection by American publisher and writer Bennett Cerf.
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D.
One More Try
"One More Try" is a soulful 1988 ballad by British singer-songwriter George Michael that explores themes of vulnerability and emotional hesitation in love.
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E.
Don’t Test Me
"Don’t Test Me" is a song featured on the album *The King & I*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist |
James Brown
ⓘ
The Famous Flames ⓘ |
| backingBand | The Famous Flames ⓘ |
| chartAchievement | reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describedAs | early soul and R&B ballad ⓘ |
| genre |
ballad
ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
James Brown's later ballads
ⓘ
soul music ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
emotional vocal delivery
ⓘ
slow tempo ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
love and devotion
ⓘ
romantic pleading ⓘ |
| hasType | R&B ballad ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being James Brown's first number-one R&B hit
ⓘ
being a signature song in James Brown's live performances ⓘ |
| partOf | James Brown's early discography ⓘ |
| performer |
James Brown
ⓘ
The Famous Flames ⓘ |
| recordedBy | James Brown and the Famous Flames ⓘ |
| signatureSongOf | James Brown ⓘ |
| significance | helped establish James Brown as a major R&B star ⓘ |
| usedIn | James Brown live concert setlists ⓘ |
| vocalist | James Brown ⓘ |
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: Try Me Description of subject: "Try Me" is an early soul and R&B ballad by James Brown and the Famous Flames that became his first number-one R&B hit and a signature song in his live performances.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Try Me