Sam M. Lewis
E263913
Sam M. Lewis was an American lyricist best known for writing popular songs during the early 20th-century Tin Pan Alley era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sam M. Lewis canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1926443 — 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: Sam M. Lewis Context triple: [I'm Sitting on Top of the World, lyricist, Sam M. Lewis]
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A.
Philip M. Landrum
Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
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B.
James E. Shepard
James E. Shepard was an African American educator and civil rights advocate who founded what became North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s prominent historically Black universities.
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C.
Julian C. Smith
Julian C. Smith was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general best known for leading the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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D.
John Stallworth
John Stallworth is a Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver renowned for his key role in the Pittsburgh Steelers' 1970s dynasty and multiple Super Bowl victories.
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E.
John R. Steelman
John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
- 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: Sam M. Lewis Target entity description: Sam M. Lewis was an American lyricist best known for writing popular songs during the early 20th-century Tin Pan Alley era.
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A.
Philip M. Landrum
Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
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B.
James E. Shepard
James E. Shepard was an African American educator and civil rights advocate who founded what became North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s prominent historically Black universities.
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C.
Julian C. Smith
Julian C. Smith was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general best known for leading the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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D.
John Stallworth
John Stallworth is a Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver renowned for his key role in the Pittsburgh Steelers' 1970s dynasty and multiple Super Bowl victories.
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E.
John R. Steelman
John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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lyricist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
J. Fred Coots
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Joe Young ⓘ Victor Young ⓘ Walter Donaldson ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
lyric writing
ⓘ
songwriting ⓘ |
| genre |
Tin Pan Alley
ⓘ
linked to:
Tin Pan Alley era
popular music ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | Tin Pan Alley song tradition ⓘ |
| notableFor | writing popular songs in the early 20th century ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dinah
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For All We Know ⓘ Gloomy Sunday (English lyrics) ⓘ
linked to:
Gloomy Sunday
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? ⓘ In a Little Spanish Town ⓘ Just Friends ⓘ
linked to:
Just Friends (Sunny)
Street of Dreams ⓘ |
| occupation |
lyricist
ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tin Pan Alley
ⓘ
linked to:
Tin Pan Alley era
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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: Sam M. Lewis Description of subject: Sam M. Lewis was an American lyricist best known for writing popular songs during the early 20th-century Tin Pan Alley era.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.