Sinnerman
E399383
"Sinnerman" is a powerful, extended jazz-gospel song by Nina Simone, renowned for its driving piano, intense vocals, and use in numerous films and television shows.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sinnerman canonical | 6 |
| Sinner Man | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3891457 — 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: Sinnerman Context triple: [Nina Simone, notableWork, Sinnerman]
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A.
Mississippi Goddam
"Mississippi Goddam" is a powerful 1964 protest song by Nina Simone that confronts racism and violence in the United States, particularly in the Jim Crow South.
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B.
I’m Goin’ Down
"I'm Goin' Down" is a song by Bruce Springsteen, featured on his 1984 album *Born in the U.S.A.*.
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C.
Passing Strange
Passing Strange is a semi-autobiographical rock musical that follows a young Black artist’s journey of self-discovery from Los Angeles to Europe, blending theater, concert, and storytelling.
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D.
God Bless the Child
"God Bless the Child" is a classic jazz and blues standard, co-written and famously performed by Billie Holiday, known for its poignant lyrics about financial independence and emotional resilience.
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E.
Down at the Cross
"Down at the Cross" is a major essay by James Baldwin that examines race, religion, and identity in America, later published as part of his influential book *The Fire Next Time*.
- 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: Sinnerman Target entity description: "Sinnerman" is a powerful, extended jazz-gospel song by Nina Simone, renowned for its driving piano, intense vocals, and use in numerous films and television shows.
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A.
Mississippi Goddam
"Mississippi Goddam" is a powerful 1964 protest song by Nina Simone that confronts racism and violence in the United States, particularly in the Jim Crow South.
-
B.
I’m Goin’ Down
"I'm Goin' Down" is a song by Bruce Springsteen, featured on his 1984 album *Born in the U.S.A.*.
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C.
Passing Strange
Passing Strange is a semi-autobiographical rock musical that follows a young Black artist’s journey of self-discovery from Los Angeles to Europe, blending theater, concert, and storytelling.
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D.
God Bless the Child
"God Bless the Child" is a classic jazz and blues standard, co-written and famously performed by Billie Holiday, known for its poignant lyrics about financial independence and emotional resilience.
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E.
Down at the Cross
"Down at the Cross" is a major essay by James Baldwin that examines race, religion, and identity in America, later published as part of his influential book *The Fire Next Time*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| arranger | Nina Simone ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nina Simone live concerts
ⓘ
civil rights era music ⓘ |
| basedOn | African American spiritual ⓘ |
| composer | traditional ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| cultStatus | cult classic ⓘ |
| famousRecordingBy | Nina Simone ⓘ |
| genre |
gospel
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ jazz-gospel ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
other cover versions
ⓘ
popular culture ⓘ remixes and dance tracks ⓘ |
| hasPart |
call-and-response vocals
ⓘ
extended piano solo ⓘ handclaps ⓘ repetitive rhythmic vamp ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
handclaps
ⓘ
percussion ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | traditional ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
driving piano accompaniment
ⓘ
gradual dynamic build-up ⓘ intense vocal delivery ⓘ lengthy runtime ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extended live performances by Nina Simone
ⓘ
use in numerous films and television shows ⓘ |
| originallyReleasedBy | Nina Simone ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Pastel Blues ⓘ |
| performancePractice | often performed as a concert climax ⓘ |
| performer | Nina Simone ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Nina Simone ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Philips Records ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| rhythmicStyle | driving, repetitive groove ⓘ |
| tempo | fast ⓘ |
| theme |
judgment
ⓘ
seeking salvation ⓘ sin and redemption ⓘ |
| usedIn |
advertising campaigns
ⓘ
film soundtracks ⓘ television soundtracks ⓘ |
| vocalist | Nina Simone ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | gospel-influenced ⓘ |
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: Sinnerman Description of subject: "Sinnerman" is a powerful, extended jazz-gospel song by Nina Simone, renowned for its driving piano, intense vocals, and use in numerous films and television shows.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sinnerman