On the Way
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"On the Way" is a blues-influenced track by Paul McCartney from his experimental 1980 solo album *McCartney II*."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| On the Way canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9373143 — 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: On the Way Context triple: [McCartney II, hasPart, On the Way]
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A.
By the Way
"By the Way" is a 2002 studio album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers that blends melodic alternative rock with funk and introspective lyrics, featuring hits like its title track and "Can't Stop."
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B.
Only Way
"Only Way" is a track from Lil Wayne's acclaimed hip-hop album *Tha Carter*.
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C.
Something in the Way
"Something in the Way" is a somber, minimalist song by American rock band Nirvana, known for its haunting mood and Kurt Cobain’s subdued vocal delivery.
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D.
The Way Up
The Way Up is an ambitious, critically acclaimed 2005 album by the Pat Metheny Group, known for its single continuous, hour-long composition that blends jazz, progressive, and world music elements.
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E.
Taking the Long Way
Taking the Long Way is a Grammy-winning country/pop album by the Dixie Chicks known for its introspective themes and response to the controversy surrounding the band.
- 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: On the Way Target entity description: "On the Way" is a blues-influenced track by Paul McCartney from his experimental 1980 solo album *McCartney II*."
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A.
By the Way
"By the Way" is a 2002 studio album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers that blends melodic alternative rock with funk and introspective lyrics, featuring hits like its title track and "Can't Stop."
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B.
Only Way
"Only Way" is a track from Lil Wayne's acclaimed hip-hop album *Tha Carter*.
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C.
Something in the Way
"Something in the Way" is a somber, minimalist song by American rock band Nirvana, known for its haunting mood and Kurt Cobain’s subdued vocal delivery.
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D.
The Way Up
The Way Up is an ambitious, critically acclaimed 2005 album by the Pat Metheny Group, known for its single continuous, hour-long composition that blends jazz, progressive, and world music elements.
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E.
Taking the Long Way
Taking the Long Way is a Grammy-winning country/pop album by the Dixie Chicks known for its introspective themes and response to the controversy surrounding the band.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album | McCartney II ⓘ |
| artist | Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
McCartney II experimental sound
ⓘ
linked to:
McCartney II
|
| bassGuitarBy | Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| composer | Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| drumsBy | Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| electricGuitarBy | Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| genre |
blues rock
ⓘ
blues-influenced rock ⓘ |
| hasAlbumType | solo studio album ⓘ |
| hasArtistRole | solo artist ⓘ |
| hasMusicalInfluence | blues ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | experimental ⓘ |
| includedIn | Paul McCartney discography ⓘ |
| keyboardsBy | Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| medium | studio recording ⓘ |
| partOf | McCartney II ⓘ |
| partOfArtistCareerPhase | post-Beatles solo career ⓘ |
| performer | Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| producer | Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| recordingStudio | Home studio ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| vocalPerformanceBy | Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| writer | Paul McCartney ⓘ |
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: On the Way Description of subject: "On the Way" is a blues-influenced track by Paul McCartney from his experimental 1980 solo album *McCartney II*."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.