When You Were Mine
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"When You Were Mine" is a synth-pop song by Prince, known for its bittersweet lyrics about unrequited love and later popularized further by Cyndi Lauper’s cover version.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| When You Were Mine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9424762 — 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: When You Were Mine Context triple: [Dirty Mind, hasTrack, When You Were Mine]
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A.
She Used to Be Mine
"She Used to Be Mine" is an emotional ballad by Sara Bareilles, best known as the signature song from the Broadway musical *Waitress*, reflecting themes of regret, self-reflection, and resilience.
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B.
Are You Really Mine
"Are You Really Mine" is a country music song recorded by American singer Jimmie Rodgers that became one of his notable hits.
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C.
No Son of Mine
"No Son of Mine" is a 1991 rock ballad by the English band Genesis that deals with themes of family conflict and estrangement.
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D.
This Nearly Was Mine
"This Nearly Was Mine" is a poignant romantic ballad from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *South Pacific*, known for its expressive melody and themes of lost love.
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E.
Be Mine
"Be Mine" is a song featured on the album "What Comes Naturally."
- 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: When You Were Mine Target entity description: "When You Were Mine" is a synth-pop song by Prince, known for its bittersweet lyrics about unrequited love and later popularized further by Cyndi Lauper’s cover version.
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A.
She Used to Be Mine
"She Used to Be Mine" is an emotional ballad by Sara Bareilles, best known as the signature song from the Broadway musical *Waitress*, reflecting themes of regret, self-reflection, and resilience.
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B.
Are You Really Mine
"Are You Really Mine" is a country music song recorded by American singer Jimmie Rodgers that became one of his notable hits.
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C.
No Son of Mine
"No Son of Mine" is a 1991 rock ballad by the English band Genesis that deals with themes of family conflict and estrangement.
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D.
This Nearly Was Mine
"This Nearly Was Mine" is a poignant romantic ballad from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *South Pacific*, known for its expressive melody and themes of lost love.
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E.
Be Mine
"Be Mine" is a song featured on the album "What Comes Naturally."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| albumArtist | Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coveredBy |
Cyndi Lauper
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mitch Ryder NERFINISHED ⓘ Tegan and Sara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedAct | The Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
praised for its melodic synth-pop arrangement
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widely regarded as a fan favorite from Dirty Mind ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
| hasLyricTheme |
bittersweet nostalgia
ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ romantic jealousy ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| hasNotableAspect |
Cyndi Lauper’s cover helped popularize the song with mainstream pop audiences
ⓘ
features a male narrator singing about an ex-lover now with another man ⓘ often cited as an example of Prince’s early new wave influence ⓘ |
| hasRightsHolder | Warner Bros. Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | male lead vocal ⓘ |
| includedInTourSetlistOf |
Cyndi Lauper
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedOn | Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 3:44 ⓘ |
| notableCoverVersionBy | Cyndi Lauper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalMedium | vinyl LP ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Dirty Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1980 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1980 ⓘ |
| studio | Prince’s home studio, Minneapolis ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | Dirty Mind: track 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: When You Were Mine Description of subject: "When You Were Mine" is a synth-pop song by Prince, known for its bittersweet lyrics about unrequited love and later popularized further by Cyndi Lauper’s cover version.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.