“Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)”
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“Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)” is a blues song performed by Ray Charles, featured on his compilation album *The Genius Sings the Blues*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| “Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11124257 — 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: “Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)” Context triple: [The Genius Sings the Blues, hasPart, “Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)”]
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A.
Don’t Know When But a Day Is Gonna Come
"Don’t Know When But a Day Is Gonna Come" is a somber, introspective song by Bright Eyes that blends confessional lyrics with expansive indie-folk instrumentation.
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B.
They Don't Know
"They Don't Know" is a 1983 pop song, originally written by Kirsty MacColl, that became widely known through Tracey Ullman's hit cover version.
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C.
They Don't Know
"They Don't Know" is a popular hip hop single by American rapper Paul Wall, known for its Southern rap style and association with the mid-2000s Houston rap scene.
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D.
I Know Him So Well
"I Know Him So Well" is a popular 1984 duet ballad from the musical Chess, famously performed by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson and noted for its chart-topping success in the UK.
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E.
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
"Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out" is a classic blues standard, famously recorded by Bessie Smith, that tells a cautionary tale about lost wealth and abandoned friendships.
- 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: “Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)” Target entity description: “Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)” is a blues song performed by Ray Charles, featured on his compilation album *The Genius Sings the Blues*.
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A.
Don’t Know When But a Day Is Gonna Come
"Don’t Know When But a Day Is Gonna Come" is a somber, introspective song by Bright Eyes that blends confessional lyrics with expansive indie-folk instrumentation.
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B.
They Don't Know
"They Don't Know" is a 1983 pop song, originally written by Kirsty MacColl, that became widely known through Tracey Ullman's hit cover version.
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C.
They Don't Know
"They Don't Know" is a popular hip hop single by American rapper Paul Wall, known for its Southern rap style and association with the mid-2000s Houston rap scene.
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D.
I Know Him So Well
"I Know Him So Well" is a popular 1984 duet ballad from the musical Chess, famously performed by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson and noted for its chart-topping success in the UK.
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E.
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
"Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out" is a classic blues standard, famously recorded by Bessie Smith, that tells a cautionary tale about lost wealth and abandoned friendships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues song
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compilation album ⓘ musician ⓘ pianist ⓘ singer ⓘ song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Hard Times ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
blues
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blues ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | The Genius Sings the Blues ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| performer |
Ray Charles
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Ray Charles ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Ray Charles ⓘ |
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: “Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)” Description of subject: “Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)” is a blues song performed by Ray Charles, featured on his compilation album *The Genius Sings the Blues*.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.