Dirty Hands, Dirty Face
E145196
"Dirty Hands, Dirty Face" is a popular song from the late 1920s best known for its emotional performance by Al Jolson in the pioneering sound film *The Jazz Singer*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dirty Hands, Dirty Face canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1263249 — 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: Dirty Hands, Dirty Face Context triple: [The Jazz Singer (1927 film), featuresSong, Dirty Hands, Dirty Face]
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A.
My Face in the Rain
"My Face in the Rain" is a track by Greek composer Vangelis featured on his 1979 electronic music album *Earth*.
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B.
Ain't Talkin'
"Ain't Talkin'" is a long, brooding, and apocalyptic folk song by Bob Dylan that closes his 2006 album *Modern Times*.
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C.
It's Almost Dry
"It's Almost Dry" is a critically acclaimed 2022 hip-hop album by Pusha T, known for its sharp lyricism, high-profile production, and exploration of his signature coke-rap themes.
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D.
That’s My Bitch
“That’s My Bitch” is a hip-hop track by Jay-Z and Kanye West from their collaborative album *Watch the Throne*, known for its energetic production and commentary on race and beauty standards.
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E.
It's Bad for Ya
"It's Bad for Ya" is a 2008 stand-up comedy special by George Carlin, known for its sharp social commentary and being his final HBO performance before his death.
- 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: Dirty Hands, Dirty Face Target entity description: "Dirty Hands, Dirty Face" is a popular song from the late 1920s best known for its emotional performance by Al Jolson in the pioneering sound film *The Jazz Singer*.
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A.
My Face in the Rain
"My Face in the Rain" is a track by Greek composer Vangelis featured on his 1979 electronic music album *Earth*.
-
B.
Ain't Talkin'
"Ain't Talkin'" is a long, brooding, and apocalyptic folk song by Bob Dylan that closes his 2006 album *Modern Times*.
-
C.
It's Almost Dry
"It's Almost Dry" is a critically acclaimed 2022 hip-hop album by Pusha T, known for its sharp lyricism, high-profile production, and exploration of his signature coke-rap themes.
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D.
That’s My Bitch
“That’s My Bitch” is a hip-hop track by Jay-Z and Kanye West from their collaborative album *Watch the Throne*, known for its energetic production and commentary on race and beauty standards.
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E.
It's Bad for Ya
"It's Bad for Ya" is a 2008 stand-up comedy special by George Carlin, known for its sharp social commentary and being his final HBO performance before his death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
popular song
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Al Jolson
ⓘ
The Jazz Singer ⓘ
linked to:
The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
|
| bestKnownFor | emotional performance by Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | 1920s American popular music ⓘ |
| famousFor | emotional impact in early talking pictures ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
The Jazz Singer
ⓘ
linked to:
The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
pioneering sound film The Jazz Singer ⓘ |
| genre |
popular music
ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
film audiences
ⓘ
popular music listeners ⓘ |
| hasNotability | early sound film era ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family relationships
ⓘ
parental love ⓘ sentimentality ⓘ |
| historicalContext | transition from silent films to sound films ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | film song ⓘ |
| notablePerformanceBy | Al Jolson ⓘ |
| performanceLanguage | English ⓘ |
| performanceType | vocal performance ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | late 1920s ⓘ |
| title | Dirty Hands, Dirty Face ⓘ |
| usedIn | film soundtrack ⓘ |
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: Dirty Hands, Dirty Face Description of subject: "Dirty Hands, Dirty Face" is a popular song from the late 1920s best known for its emotional performance by Al Jolson in the pioneering sound film *The Jazz Singer*.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.