A Sign of the Times
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"A Sign of the Times" is a 1966 pop song by Petula Clark that became one of her signature international hits during the British Invasion era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Sign of the Times canonical | 7 |
| Sign of the Times | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9329217 — 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: A Sign of the Times Context triple: [Petula Clark, notableWork, A Sign of the Times]
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A.
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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B.
This Timeless Moment
"This Timeless Moment" is a memoir by Laura Archera Huxley reflecting on her life with her husband, writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley, and their shared spiritual and intellectual journey.
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C.
Comes a Time
Comes a Time is a 1978 Neil Young album known for its mellow, country-folk sound and reflective songwriting.
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D.
Right on Time
"Right on Time" is a 2021 piano-driven ballad by American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, noted for its powerful vocals and introspective lyrics about regret and reconciliation.
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E.
Every Time
"Every Time" is a song by Janet Jackson featured on her acclaimed 1997 album *The Velvet Rope*.
- 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: A Sign of the Times Target entity description: "A Sign of the Times" is a 1966 pop song by Petula Clark that became one of her signature international hits during the British Invasion era.
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A.
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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B.
This Timeless Moment
"This Timeless Moment" is a memoir by Laura Archera Huxley reflecting on her life with her husband, writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley, and their shared spiritual and intellectual journey.
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C.
Comes a Time
Comes a Time is a 1978 Neil Young album known for its mellow, country-folk sound and reflective songwriting.
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D.
Right on Time
"Right on Time" is a 2021 piano-driven ballad by American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, noted for its powerful vocals and introspective lyrics about regret and reconciliation.
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E.
Every Time
"Every Time" is a song by Janet Jackson featured on her acclaimed 1997 album *The Velvet Rope*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Petula Clark ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decade | 1960s ⓘ |
| era | British Invasion ⓘ |
| genre |
British Invasion
ⓘ
pop ⓘ |
| hasAudience | international ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | 1960s pop music ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceArea | pop music ⓘ |
| hasNotablePeriod | 1966 ⓘ |
| hasOriginalPerformer | Petula Clark ⓘ |
| hasPerformerNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasPopularity |
chart success
ⓘ
hit record ⓘ |
| hasTempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| hasType | pop single ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | female lead vocal ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Petula Clark ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableAs |
international hit
ⓘ
signature song of Petula Clark ⓘ |
| originalMedium | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Invasion era
ⓘ
linked to:
British Invasion
|
| performer | Petula Clark ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1960s ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| title | A Sign of the Times ⓘ |
| vocalist | Petula Clark ⓘ |
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: A Sign of the Times Description of subject: "A Sign of the Times" is a 1966 pop song by Petula Clark that became one of her signature international hits during the British Invasion era.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: A Sign of the Times
subject linked to:
Album "My Love" (1966)
subject linked to:
Album "My Love" (1966)
subject linked to:
Album "My Love" (1966)