There Was a Time
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"There Was a Time" is a funk song by James Brown, known for its driving groove and influential role in the development of funk music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| There Was a Time canonical | 4 |
| There Was a Time (studio version) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9134270 — 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: There Was a Time Context triple: [Sex Machine, hasPart, There Was a Time]
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A.
What a Time
"What a Time" is a melancholic pop song by Julia Michaels, featuring Niall Horan, that reflects on the bittersweet memories of a past relationship.
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B.
It’s Time
"It's Time" is a breakout alternative rock single by Imagine Dragons that gained widespread popularity for its anthemic sound and introspective lyrics.
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C.
Now Is the Time
"Now Is the Time" is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, released in 1992 and showcasing her early dance-pop style prior to her international breakthrough with "Jagged Little Pill."
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D.
Now's the Time
"Now's the Time" is a seminal bebop jazz composition and recording by saxophonist Charlie Parker, renowned for its blues-based riff and lasting influence on modern jazz.
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E.
That Time
"That Time" is a short monologue play by Samuel Beckett, known for its fragmented narrative and demanding performance, notably interpreted by actress Billie Whitelaw.
- 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: There Was a Time Target entity description: "There Was a Time" is a funk song by James Brown, known for its driving groove and influential role in the development of funk music.
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A.
What a Time
"What a Time" is a melancholic pop song by Julia Michaels, featuring Niall Horan, that reflects on the bittersweet memories of a past relationship.
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B.
It’s Time
"It's Time" is a breakout alternative rock single by Imagine Dragons that gained widespread popularity for its anthemic sound and introspective lyrics.
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C.
Now Is the Time
"Now Is the Time" is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, released in 1992 and showcasing her early dance-pop style prior to her international breakthrough with "Jagged Little Pill."
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D.
Now's the Time
"Now's the Time" is a seminal bebop jazz composition and recording by saxophonist Charlie Parker, renowned for its blues-based riff and lasting influence on modern jazz.
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E.
That Time
"That Time" is a short monologue play by Samuel Beckett, known for its fragmented narrative and demanding performance, notably interpreted by actress Billie Whitelaw.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | James Brown ⓘ |
| composer | James Brown ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| danceAssociation | soul dance routines ⓘ |
| genre |
funk
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | key example of late-1960s James Brown funk sound ⓘ |
| hasInfluencedArtist | later funk musicians ⓘ |
| hasInfluencedGenre | funk ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ horn section ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | rhythm and blues ⓘ |
| hasPart |
There Was a Time (live version)
ⓘ
There Was a Time (studio version) ⓘ
linked to:
There Was a Time
|
| hasRhythmicFeature |
prominent backbeat
ⓘ
syncopated rhythm ⓘ |
| hasTheme | nostalgia for earlier days ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| livePerformanceFeature | extended grooves in concert ⓘ |
| lyricist | James Brown ⓘ |
| notableFor |
driving groove
ⓘ
influential role in the development of funk music ⓘ |
| partOf |
James Brown discography
ⓘ
linked to:
James Brown recordings
|
| performer |
James Brown
ⓘ
The Famous Flames ⓘ |
| producer | James Brown ⓘ |
| recordLabel | King Records ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | James Brown’s shouted vocals ⓘ |
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: There Was a Time Description of subject: "There Was a Time" is a funk song by James Brown, known for its driving groove and influential role in the development of funk music.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: There Was a Time