The Very Thought of You
E178493
"The Very Thought of You" is a classic popular song, widely recognized as a jazz and pop standard that has been recorded by numerous artists over the decades.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Very Thought of You canonical | 16 |
| The Very Thought of You (Nat King Cole album) | 1 |
| The Very Thought of You (song) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1585802 — 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: The Very Thought of You Context triple: [Billie Holiday, notableWork, The Very Thought of You]
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A.
The Look of Love
"The Look of Love" is a classic pop standard from the 1960s, best known for its smooth, romantic melody and enduring popularity in both vocal and instrumental versions.
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B.
Embraceable You
"Embraceable You" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely recorded and performed since its debut in the 1930 musical Girl Crazy.
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C.
A Song for You
"A Song for You" is a soulful ballad, originally written and recorded by Leon Russell, that has become a widely covered standard in pop and R&B music.
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D.
Almost Like Being in Love
"Almost Like Being in Love" is a popular show tune from the 1947 Lerner and Loewe musical *Brigadoon* that has since become a jazz and pop standard.
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E.
Oh Love
"Oh Love" is a pop-punk song by Green Day, released as the lead single from their 2012 album ¡Uno!.
- 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: The Very Thought of You Target entity description: "The Very Thought of You" is a classic popular song, widely recognized as a jazz and pop standard that has been recorded by numerous artists over the decades.
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A.
The Look of Love
"The Look of Love" is a classic pop standard from the 1960s, best known for its smooth, romantic melody and enduring popularity in both vocal and instrumental versions.
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B.
Embraceable You
"Embraceable You" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely recorded and performed since its debut in the 1930 musical Girl Crazy.
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C.
A Song for You
"A Song for You" is a soulful ballad, originally written and recorded by Leon Russell, that has become a widely covered standard in pop and R&B music.
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D.
Almost Like Being in Love
"Almost Like Being in Love" is a popular show tune from the 1947 Lerner and Loewe musical *Brigadoon* that has since become a jazz and pop standard.
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E.
Oh Love
"Oh Love" is a pop-punk song by Green Day, released as the lead single from their 2012 album ¡Uno!.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jazz standard
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pop standard ⓘ popular song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| composer | Ray Noble ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1934 ⓘ |
| firstRecordingArtist | Ray Noble and His Orchestra ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
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traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasForm | ballad ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverArtist |
Billie Holiday
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Doris Day ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ Michael Bublé ⓘ Nat King Cole ⓘ Rod Stewart ⓘ Tony Bennett ⓘ |
| hasNotableUse |
featured in film and television soundtracks
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frequently included on vocal jazz albums ⓘ frequently performed in jazz club repertoires ⓘ |
| hasRecording |
Billie Holiday and Eddie Heywood Trio recording of The Very Thought of You
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Billie Holiday recording of The Very Thought of You ⓘ Doris Day recording of The Very Thought of You ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald recording of The Very Thought of You ⓘ Frank Sinatra recording of The Very Thought of You ⓘ Michael Bublé recording of The Very Thought of You ⓘ Nat King Cole recording of The Very Thought of You ⓘ Natalie Cole recording of The Very Thought of You ⓘ Rod Stewart recording of The Very Thought of You ⓘ Tony Bennett recording of The Very Thought of You ⓘ |
| hasTempo | slow ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
longing
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romantic love ⓘ |
| isStandardIn |
Great American Songbook repertoire
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linked to:
Great American Songbook
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| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Ray Noble ⓘ |
| originalPerformer | Ray Noble and His Orchestra ⓘ |
| originalVocalist | Al Bowlly ⓘ |
| yearOfComposition | 1934 ⓘ |
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: The Very Thought of You Description of subject: "The Very Thought of You" is a classic popular song, widely recognized as a jazz and pop standard that has been recorded by numerous artists over the decades.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Very Thought of You
subject linked to:
album "Nobody but Me"
linked to: The Very Thought of You