"War" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1970
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"War" is a 1970 protest song by soul singer Edwin Starr, famous for its anti–Vietnam War message and its iconic refrain, “War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "War" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1970 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11305266 — 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: "War" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1970 Context triple: [Edwin Starr, chartAchievement, "War" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1970]
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A.
song "MacArthur Park"
"MacArthur Park" is a 1968 pop song written by Jimmy Webb, best known for its elaborate orchestration, surreal lyrics, and hit recordings by Richard Harris and later Donna Summer.
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B.
The War Is Over
"The War Is Over" is a 1968 anti–Vietnam War protest song by American folk singer-songwriter Phil Ochs that became one of his most iconic and politically charged works.
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C.
Woodstock 1969
Woodstock 1969 was a landmark three-day music festival held in upstate New York that became a defining symbol of the 1960s counterculture and rock music history.
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D.
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is a 1971 anti-war Christmas song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono that combines holiday themes with a message of peace and protest against the Vietnam War.
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E.
I Want to Hold Your Hand
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" is a landmark 1963 pop-rock single by the Beatles that became their first U.S. number-one hit and a defining song of the British Invasion.
- 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: "War" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1970 Target entity description: "War" is a 1970 protest song by soul singer Edwin Starr, famous for its anti–Vietnam War message and its iconic refrain, “War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!”
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A.
song "MacArthur Park"
"MacArthur Park" is a 1968 pop song written by Jimmy Webb, best known for its elaborate orchestration, surreal lyrics, and hit recordings by Richard Harris and later Donna Summer.
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B.
The War Is Over
"The War Is Over" is a 1968 anti–Vietnam War protest song by American folk singer-songwriter Phil Ochs that became one of his most iconic and politically charged works.
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C.
Woodstock 1969
Woodstock 1969 was a landmark three-day music festival held in upstate New York that became a defining symbol of the 1960s counterculture and rock music history.
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D.
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is a 1971 anti-war Christmas song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono that combines holiday themes with a message of peace and protest against the Vietnam War.
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E.
I Want to Hold Your Hand
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" is a landmark 1963 pop-rock single by the Beatles that became their first U.S. number-one hit and a defining song of the British Invasion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ soul singer ⓘ |
| artistNationality | American ⓘ |
| chartAchievement | number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| culturalImpact | became an anthem of the anti–Vietnam War movement ⓘ |
| era | Vietnam War era ⓘ |
| genre |
protest song
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasLyrics | explicitly critical of war ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricRefrain | War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | recorded music ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
anti-war message
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iconic refrain "War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!" ⓘ |
| notableWork | "War" (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| peakChartCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakChartName | Billboard Hot 100 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakChartPosition | 1 ⓘ |
| peakChartYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| performedBy | Edwin Starr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Edwin Starr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | anti-war ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| subject |
Vietnam War
NERFINISHED
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war ⓘ |
| theme | anti–Vietnam War ⓘ |
| title | War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | soul singing ⓘ |
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: "War" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1970 Description of subject: "War" is a 1970 protest song by soul singer Edwin Starr, famous for its anti–Vietnam War message and its iconic refrain, “War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!”
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.