The Cross
E797822
"The Cross" is a religiously themed song by Prince that appears on his acclaimed 1987 double album *Sign o’ the Times*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Cross canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9424724 — 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: The Cross Context triple: [Sign o' the Times, hasPart, The Cross]
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A.
Cross of Christ
The Cross of Christ is a historic Christian emblem prominently associated with Portuguese national and military identity, especially linked to the era of maritime discoveries.
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B.
Papal Cross
The Papal Cross is a large white cross-shaped monument in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, erected as the site of Pope John Paul II’s historic open-air Mass in 1979.
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C.
the True Cross
The True Cross is the Christian relic believed to be the actual wooden cross upon which Jesus Christ was crucified.
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D.
Sceptre with the Cross
The Sceptre with the Cross is a British royal ceremonial staff, part of the Crown Jewels, traditionally held by the monarch during coronations to symbolize temporal power under Christian authority.
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E.
War Cross with Sword
The War Cross with Sword is Norway’s highest military decoration for extraordinary bravery or leadership in combat.
- 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: The Cross Target entity description: "The Cross" is a religiously themed song by Prince that appears on his acclaimed 1987 double album *Sign o’ the Times*.
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A.
Cross of Christ
The Cross of Christ is a historic Christian emblem prominently associated with Portuguese national and military identity, especially linked to the era of maritime discoveries.
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B.
Papal Cross
The Papal Cross is a large white cross-shaped monument in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, erected as the site of Pope John Paul II’s historic open-air Mass in 1979.
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C.
the True Cross
The True Cross is the Christian relic believed to be the actual wooden cross upon which Jesus Christ was crucified.
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D.
Sceptre with the Cross
The Sceptre with the Cross is a British royal ceremonial staff, part of the Crown Jewels, traditionally held by the monarch during coronations to symbolize temporal power under Christian authority.
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E.
War Cross with Sword
The War Cross with Sword is Norway’s highest military decoration for extraordinary bravery or leadership in combat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album |
Sign o’ the Times
ⓘ
linked to:
Sign o' the Times
|
| artist | Prince ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Paisley Park Studios ⓘ |
| composer | Prince ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describedAs | religiously themed song ⓘ |
| followsInTrackList | Sign o’ the Times preceding track ⓘ |
| genre |
gospel rock
ⓘ
religious rock ⓘ |
| hasArtistNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | acclaimed by music critics ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
dynamic build-up
ⓘ
prominent vocals by Prince ⓘ rock instrumentation ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyricReference | the Christian cross ⓘ |
| hasProductionCredit | produced by Prince ⓘ |
| hasReligiousTheme | Christianity ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
faith
ⓘ
redemption ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ spiritual struggle ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Cross ⓘ |
| hasType | album track ⓘ |
| includedIn |
1987 double album Sign o’ the Times
ⓘ
Prince discography ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
1980s popular music
ⓘ
Prince’s religious-themed songs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Prince ⓘ |
| medium | studio recording ⓘ |
| originalReleaseFormat | double album ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sign o’ the Times
ⓘ
linked to:
Sign o' the Times
|
| performer |
Prince
ⓘ
Prince and The Revolution ⓘ |
| precedesInTrackList | Sign o’ the Times following track ⓘ |
| producer | Prince ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Prince ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Paisley Park Records
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| writer | Prince ⓘ |
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: The Cross Description of subject: "The Cross" is a religiously themed song by Prince that appears on his acclaimed 1987 double album *Sign o’ the Times*.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.