Believe What I Say
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"Believe What I Say" is a soulful, introspective track by Kanye West that appears on his 2021 album *Donda*, notable for its prominent sampling of Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Believe What I Say canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T683144 — 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: Believe What I Say Context triple: [Donda, hasPart, Believe What I Say]
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A.
They Say
"They Say" is a song title that has been used by multiple artists across genres, typically exploring themes of external judgment and personal identity.
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B.
What I Believe
"What I Believe" is a non-fiction work by Leo Tolstoy in which he sets out his radical Christian anarchist philosophy, emphasizing nonviolence, love, and rejection of state and church authority.
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C.
She Believes in Me
"She Believes in Me" is a popular country-pop ballad by Kenny Rogers about love, faith, and self-doubt that became one of his signature hits.
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D.
Say You, Say Me
"Say You, Say Me" is a 1985 soft rock ballad by Lionel Richie that became a number-one hit and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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E.
Say You Will
"Say You Will" is the introspective opening track from Kanye West’s album 808s & Heartbreak, known for its minimalist production and emotionally raw lyrics.
- 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: Believe What I Say Target entity description: "Believe What I Say" is a soulful, introspective track by Kanye West that appears on his 2021 album *Donda*, notable for its prominent sampling of Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing).
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A.
They Say
"They Say" is a song title that has been used by multiple artists across genres, typically exploring themes of external judgment and personal identity.
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B.
What I Believe
"What I Believe" is a non-fiction work by Leo Tolstoy in which he sets out his radical Christian anarchist philosophy, emphasizing nonviolence, love, and rejection of state and church authority.
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C.
She Believes in Me
"She Believes in Me" is a popular country-pop ballad by Kenny Rogers about love, faith, and self-doubt that became one of his signature hits.
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D.
Say You, Say Me
"Say You, Say Me" is a 1985 soft rock ballad by Lionel Richie that became a number-one hit and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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E.
Say You Will
"Say You Will" is the introspective opening track from Kanye West’s album 808s & Heartbreak, known for its minimalist production and emotionally raw lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
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song ⓘ |
| album | Donda ⓘ |
| albumArtist | Kanye West ⓘ |
| albumSequence | track on Donda ⓘ |
| artist | Kanye West ⓘ |
| composer | Kanye West ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
hip hop
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soul ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
introspective lyrics
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prominent sample of Lauryn Hill’s vocals ⓘ soulful production ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fame
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introspection ⓘ relationships ⓘ trust ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle |
melodic rap
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sung vocals ⓘ |
| includedInAlbumReleaseYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Kanye West ⓘ |
| notableSample | Doo Wop (That Thing) ⓘ |
| partOf | Donda ⓘ |
| performer | Kanye West ⓘ |
| producer | Kanye West ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Def Jam Recordings
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GOOD Music ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| samplesArtist | Lauryn Hill ⓘ |
| samplingOf | Doo Wop (That Thing) ⓘ |
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: Believe What I Say Description of subject: "Believe What I Say" is a soulful, introspective track by Kanye West that appears on his 2021 album *Donda*, notable for its prominent sampling of Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.