I Don't Want to Wait
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"I Don't Want to Wait" is a 1997 pop song by Paula Cole that became widely known as the opening theme for the teen drama television series Dawson's Creek.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Don't Want to Wait canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9970013 — 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)
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Target entity: I Don't Want to Wait Context triple: [Dawson's Creek, themeSong, I Don't Want to Wait]
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A.
Don’t Keep Me Waiting
"Don’t Keep Me Waiting" is a punk rock song by Marky Ramone and the Intruders, showcasing the energetic, melodic style associated with the former Ramones drummer.
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B.
Ain’t Waiting
"Ain’t Waiting" is a hip-hop track by Talib Kweli from his album "Gutter Rainbows," showcasing his introspective lyrics and soulful, melodic production.
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C.
I Don’t Want It
"I Don’t Want It" is a musical number from the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical *The King and I*.
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D.
I Don’t Want You
"I Don’t Want You" is a punk rock song by the Ramones from their 1978 album *Road to Ruin*.
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E.
Don’t Wait Up
Don’t Wait Up is a British television sitcom best known for starring Nigel Havers as a recently divorced doctor navigating life and relationships with his equally single father.
- 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: I Don't Want to Wait Target entity description: "I Don't Want to Wait" is a 1997 pop song by Paula Cole that became widely known as the opening theme for the teen drama television series Dawson's Creek.
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A.
Don’t Keep Me Waiting
"Don’t Keep Me Waiting" is a punk rock song by Marky Ramone and the Intruders, showcasing the energetic, melodic style associated with the former Ramones drummer.
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B.
Ain’t Waiting
"Ain’t Waiting" is a hip-hop track by Talib Kweli from his album "Gutter Rainbows," showcasing his introspective lyrics and soulful, melodic production.
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C.
I Don’t Want It
"I Don’t Want It" is a musical number from the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical *The King and I*.
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D.
I Don’t Want You
"I Don’t Want You" is a punk rock song by the Ramones from their 1978 album *Road to Ruin*.
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E.
Don’t Wait Up
Don’t Wait Up is a British television sitcom best known for starring Nigel Havers as a recently divorced doctor navigating life and relationships with his equally single father.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Paula Cole ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Dawson's Creek cast and promotion ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
Canada RPM Top Singles number-one
ⓘ
linked to:
Canada RPM Top Singles
US Billboard Hot 100 top 20 hit ⓘ top 10 in several international markets ⓘ |
| composer | Paula Cole ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstUsedAsThemeYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| followsSingle | Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? ⓘ |
| genre |
adult contemporary
ⓘ
pop ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyricTheme |
desire to live fully in the present
ⓘ
family history and generational trauma ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | This Fire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Paula Cole ⓘ |
| partOfArtistDiscography | Paula Cole discography ⓘ |
| performer | Paula Cole ⓘ |
| producer |
Kevin Killen
ⓘ
Paula Cole ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Imago Records
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1997-10-14 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| themeFor | Dawson's Creek ⓘ |
| usedAs | television series theme song ⓘ |
| writer | Paula Cole ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: I Don't Want to Wait Description of subject: "I Don't Want to Wait" is a 1997 pop song by Paula Cole that became widely known as the opening theme for the teen drama television series Dawson's Creek.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.