Old Folks
E121475
"Old Folks" is a jazz standard popularized by saxophonist Kenny Burrell, known for its mellow, reflective melody and frequent inclusion in ballad repertoires.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old Folks canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1031507 — 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: Old Folks Context triple: [Kenny, hasTrack, Old Folks]
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A.
Oldtown Folks
Oldtown Folks is a 19th-century novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that portrays life, religion, and community in a small New England village.
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B.
Old Men Forget
Old Men Forget is the acclaimed 1953 political and literary memoir of British statesman and diplomat Duff Cooper, reflecting on his public life and times.
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C.
Same Old Man
"Same Old Man" is a song by Joanna Newsom from her 2010 album *Have One on Me*, known for its intricate lyrics and distinctive harp-driven folk sound.
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D.
Little Man Tate
Little Man Tate is a 1991 drama film about a child prodigy struggling with isolation and identity, marking Jodie Foster’s directorial debut.
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E.
Flaming Pie
Flaming Pie is a 1997 solo studio album by Paul McCartney that marked a critically acclaimed creative resurgence influenced by his work on The Beatles Anthology.
- 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: Old Folks Target entity description: "Old Folks" is a jazz standard popularized by saxophonist Kenny Burrell, known for its mellow, reflective melody and frequent inclusion in ballad repertoires.
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A.
Oldtown Folks
Oldtown Folks is a 19th-century novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that portrays life, religion, and community in a small New England village.
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B.
Old Men Forget
Old Men Forget is the acclaimed 1953 political and literary memoir of British statesman and diplomat Duff Cooper, reflecting on his public life and times.
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C.
Same Old Man
"Same Old Man" is a song by Joanna Newsom from her 2010 album *Have One on Me*, known for its intricate lyrics and distinctive harp-driven folk sound.
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D.
Little Man Tate
Little Man Tate is a 1991 drama film about a child prodigy struggling with isolation and identity, marking Jodie Foster’s directorial debut.
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E.
Flaming Pie
Flaming Pie is a 1997 solo studio album by Paul McCartney that marked a critically acclaimed creative resurgence influenced by his work on The Beatles Anthology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jazz standard
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| genre | jazz ⓘ |
| hasMelodicCharacter |
mellow
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ |
| hasStyle | ballad ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWithInstrument | saxophone ⓘ |
| isFavoredBy | ballad specialists ⓘ |
| isFavoredFor | slow-tempo improvisation ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyPerformedAs | ballad ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn | jazz standards repertoire ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
emotional depth
ⓘ
expressive phrasing potential ⓘ lyrical melody ⓘ |
| isPerformedBy | jazz musicians ⓘ |
| isPopularIn | ballad repertoire ⓘ |
| isPopularizedBy | Kenny Burrell ⓘ |
| isRecordedBy | Kenny Burrell ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
introspective performances
ⓘ
late-night jazz sets ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
guitar-led jazz groups
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small jazz ensembles ⓘ solo saxophone features ⓘ |
| typicalTempo | slow ⓘ |
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: Old Folks Description of subject: "Old Folks" is a jazz standard popularized by saxophonist Kenny Burrell, known for its mellow, reflective melody and frequent inclusion in ballad repertoires.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.