Begin the Beguine
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"Begin the Beguine" is a popular song from the 1930s that became one of Cole Porter's most enduring and frequently recorded standards.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Begin the Beguine canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1005671 — 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: Begin the Beguine Context triple: [Cole Porter, notableSong, Begin the Beguine]
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A.
Begnins
Begnins is a small municipality in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland, situated in the La Côte wine-growing region between Lake Geneva and the Jura Mountains.
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B.
Be (Intro)
"Be (Intro)" is the opening track to Common's critically acclaimed hip-hop album "Be," setting the reflective and soulful tone for the record.
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C.
Where Do We Begin Now
"Where Do We Begin Now" is a song by the American rock band The Lumineers from their 2022 album "Brightside."
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D.
The Beginning
"The Beginning" is a song by John Legend from his R&B album "Love in the Future."
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E.
The Beginning
The Beginning is a studio album by American hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas that continues their dance-pop and electronic sound following the success of The E.N.D.
- 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: Begin the Beguine Target entity description: "Begin the Beguine" is a popular song from the 1930s that became one of Cole Porter's most enduring and frequently recorded standards.
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A.
Begnins
Begnins is a small municipality in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland, situated in the La Côte wine-growing region between Lake Geneva and the Jura Mountains.
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B.
Be (Intro)
"Be (Intro)" is the opening track to Common's critically acclaimed hip-hop album "Be," setting the reflective and soulful tone for the record.
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C.
Where Do We Begin Now
"Where Do We Begin Now" is a song by the American rock band The Lumineers from their 2022 album "Brightside."
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D.
The Beginning
"The Beginning" is a song by John Legend from his R&B album "Love in the Future."
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E.
The Beginning
The Beginning is a studio album by American hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas that continues their dance-pop and electronic sound following the success of The E.N.D.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jazz standard
ⓘ
popular song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| composer | Cole Porter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| decade | 1930s ⓘ |
| describedAs |
frequently recorded standard
ⓘ
one of Cole Porter's most enduring songs ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | musical Jubilee ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
popular music ⓘ |
| hasKey | varies by arrangement ⓘ |
| hasLyricsTheme |
lost love
ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ |
| hasMusicalForm | extended popular song form ⓘ |
| hasNotableChartSuccess | Artie Shaw recording ⓘ |
| hasRefrain | yes ⓘ |
| hasStructure | unusually long for a popular song of its era ⓘ |
| hasType |
show tune
ⓘ
standard ⓘ |
| influencedBy | beguine dance ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Broadway musical Jubilee ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Cole Porter ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy |
Artie Shaw
ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ Julio Iglesias ⓘ |
| partOf | Great American Songbook ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1935 ⓘ |
| tempo | moderate ⓘ |
| titleReferences | beguine ⓘ |
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: Begin the Beguine Description of subject: "Begin the Beguine" is a popular song from the 1930s that became one of Cole Porter's most enduring and frequently recorded standards.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.