reach out and touch somebody’s hand
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“Reach out and touch somebody’s hand” is a famous soul lyric and refrain from Diana Ross’s 1970 song “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand),” expressing a message of empathy and human connection.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| reach out and touch somebody’s hand canonical | 1 |
| “Reach out and touch someone” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10750051 — 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: reach out and touch somebody’s hand Context triple: ["Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)", lyricMotif, reach out and touch somebody’s hand]
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A.
Human Touch
Human Touch is a film directed by Australian filmmaker Paul Cox, known for its intimate exploration of human relationships and emotional complexity.
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B.
Human Touch
"Human Touch" is a 1992 rock album by Bruce Springsteen that marked his return with the E Street Band–less sound and features the hit title track exploring themes of love and emotional connection.
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C.
Human Touch
"Human Touch" is a music album by Pony Boy, an artist known for blending Americana, indie, and alt-country influences into moody, narrative-driven songs.
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D.
Hands On
"Hands On" is a track from Kanye West's gospel-influenced hip-hop album *Jesus Is King*, featuring a contemplative, minimalist production and religious themes.
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E.
Touch
Touch is the 1988 debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, blending ethereal vocals with atmospheric pop and folk influences.
- 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: reach out and touch somebody’s hand Target entity description: “Reach out and touch somebody’s hand” is a famous soul lyric and refrain from Diana Ross’s 1970 song “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand),” expressing a message of empathy and human connection.
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A.
Human Touch
Human Touch is a film directed by Australian filmmaker Paul Cox, known for its intimate exploration of human relationships and emotional complexity.
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B.
Human Touch
"Human Touch" is a 1992 rock album by Bruce Springsteen that marked his return with the E Street Band–less sound and features the hit title track exploring themes of love and emotional connection.
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C.
Human Touch
"Human Touch" is a music album by Pony Boy, an artist known for blending Americana, indie, and alt-country influences into moody, narrative-driven songs.
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D.
Hands On
"Hands On" is a track from Kanye West's gospel-influenced hip-hop album *Jesus Is King*, featuring a contemplative, minimalist production and religious themes.
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E.
Touch
Touch is the 1988 debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, blending ethereal vocals with atmospheric pop and folk influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
refrain
ⓘ
song lyric ⓘ soul music lyric ⓘ |
| associatedEra | early 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Diana Ross’s solo career
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Motown ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | widely quoted phrase about caring for others ⓘ |
| culturalRole | expression of social conscience in popular music ⓘ |
| encourages | personal engagement with others ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInSong |
Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)
ⓘ
linked to:
“Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)”
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| firstReleaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| genre | soul ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Nickolas Ashford
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Valerie Simpson ⓘ |
| message |
call for kindness
ⓘ
encouragement to help others ⓘ |
| notablePerformanceContext | television specials featuring Diana Ross ⓘ |
| partOf |
Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)
ⓘ
linked to:
“Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)”
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| performedAt | Diana Ross concerts ⓘ |
| performedBy | Diana Ross ⓘ |
| recordLabelOfSong |
Motown Records
ⓘ
linked to:
Motown
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| refrainOf |
Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)
ⓘ
linked to:
“Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)”
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| theme |
compassion
ⓘ
empathy ⓘ human connection ⓘ solidarity ⓘ |
| typeOf | memorable line in popular music ⓘ |
| usedAs |
chorus line
ⓘ
song hook ⓘ |
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: reach out and touch somebody’s hand Description of subject: “Reach out and touch somebody’s hand” is a famous soul lyric and refrain from Diana Ross’s 1970 song “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand),” expressing a message of empathy and human connection.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
“Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)”
linked to: reach out and touch somebody’s hand