Melody in A Major
E158823
Melody in A Major is a popular early 20th-century instrumental piece by Charles G. Dawes that later became widely known as the song "It's All in the Game" after lyrics were added.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Melody in A Major canonical | 4 |
| "Melody in A Minor" | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1378232 — 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: Melody in A Major Context triple: [Charles G. Dawes, composedWork, Melody in A Major]
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A.
Songs in A Minor
Songs in A Minor is the critically acclaimed, Grammy-winning R&B and soul album that introduced Alicia Keys to worldwide fame.
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B.
Melody Time
Melody Time is a 1948 Disney animated musical anthology film composed of several short segments set to popular and folk music.
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C.
The Major and the Minor
The Major and the Minor is a 1942 romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, starring Ginger Rogers as a woman who disguises herself as a twelve-year-old girl to buy a cheaper train ticket, leading to a series of comedic misunderstandings.
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D.
Longing for the Harmonies
Longing for the Harmonies is a popular-science book that explains modern physics and the fundamental laws of nature in accessible, non-technical language.
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E.
A Song
"A Song" is a track by Greek composer Vangelis featured on his 1979 electronic music album "Earth."
- 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: Melody in A Major Target entity description: Melody in A Major is a popular early 20th-century instrumental piece by Charles G. Dawes that later became widely known as the song "It's All in the Game" after lyrics were added.
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A.
Songs in A Minor
Songs in A Minor is the critically acclaimed, Grammy-winning R&B and soul album that introduced Alicia Keys to worldwide fame.
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B.
Melody Time
Melody Time is a 1948 Disney animated musical anthology film composed of several short segments set to popular and folk music.
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C.
The Major and the Minor
The Major and the Minor is a 1942 romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, starring Ginger Rogers as a woman who disguises herself as a twelve-year-old girl to buy a cheaper train ticket, leading to a series of comedic misunderstandings.
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D.
Longing for the Harmonies
Longing for the Harmonies is a popular-science book that explains modern physics and the fundamental laws of nature in accessible, non-technical language.
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E.
A Song
"A Song" is a track by Greek composer Vangelis featured on his 1979 electronic music album "Earth."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
instrumental piece
ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tin Pan Alley era
ⓘ
popular music ⓘ |
| composer | Charles G. Dawes ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creatorNotablePosition |
Charles G. Dawes served as Vice President of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Charles G. Dawes
|
| creatorOccupation |
Charles G. Dawes was a banker
ⓘ
linked to:
Charles G. Dawes
Charles G. Dawes was a politician ⓘ |
| genre | instrumental ⓘ |
| hasDerivativeWork |
It's All in the Game
ⓘ
linked to:
It’s All in the Game
|
| hasInfluenceOn | American popular song repertoire ⓘ |
| hasMelodyUsedIn |
It's All in the Game
ⓘ
linked to:
It’s All in the Game
|
| hasRecognition | regarded as a popular early 20th-century instrumental piece ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Melody in A Major ⓘ |
| hasVersionWithLyrics |
It's All in the Game
ⓘ
linked to:
It’s All in the Game
|
| isBasisFor | song "It's All in the Game" ⓘ |
| key | A major ⓘ |
| language | instrumental (no lyrics) ⓘ |
| laterKnownAs |
It's All in the Game
ⓘ
linked to:
It’s All in the Game
|
| musicBy | Charles G. Dawes ⓘ |
| notableFor | being adapted into the popular song "It's All in the Game" ⓘ |
| originalForm | piano instrumental ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
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: Melody in A Major Description of subject: Melody in A Major is a popular early 20th-century instrumental piece by Charles G. Dawes that later became widely known as the song "It's All in the Game" after lyrics were added.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
It’s All in the Game
subject linked to:
It’s All in the Game
subject linked to:
song "It's All in the Game"
linked to: Melody in A Major
subject linked to:
song "It's All in the Game"
linked to: Melody in A Major