By the Sleepy Lagoon
E409433
"By the Sleepy Lagoon" is a light orchestral piece by British composer Eric Coates, best known as the long-running theme music for the BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| By the Sleepy Lagoon canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4028565 — 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: By the Sleepy Lagoon Context triple: [Desert Island Discs, hasThemeMusic, By the Sleepy Lagoon]
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A.
The Blue Dahlia
The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 film noir crime drama, written by Raymond Chandler and starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, about a war veteran entangled in a murder mystery.
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B.
The Cairo Gang
The Cairo Gang is an indie rock project led by American musician Emmett Kelly, known for its atmospheric, folk-influenced sound and collaborations with artists like Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
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C.
The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia is a 2006 neo-noir crime film, based on James Ellroy’s novel about the infamous 1947 Los Angeles murder, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Josh Hartnett.
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D.
Murderer of Blue Skies
"Murderer of Blue Skies" is a song by Chris Cornell, featured on his 2015 solo album *Higher Truth*, showcasing his introspective lyrics and acoustic-driven rock style.
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E.
Blue Murder
Blue Murder is a British hard rock band formed in the late 1980s by former Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes, known for its melodic yet heavy sound.
- 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: By the Sleepy Lagoon Target entity description: "By the Sleepy Lagoon" is a light orchestral piece by British composer Eric Coates, best known as the long-running theme music for the BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs.
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A.
The Blue Dahlia
The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 film noir crime drama, written by Raymond Chandler and starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, about a war veteran entangled in a murder mystery.
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B.
The Cairo Gang
The Cairo Gang is an indie rock project led by American musician Emmett Kelly, known for its atmospheric, folk-influenced sound and collaborations with artists like Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
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C.
The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia is a 2006 neo-noir crime film, based on James Ellroy’s novel about the infamous 1947 Los Angeles murder, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Josh Hartnett.
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D.
Murderer of Blue Skies
"Murderer of Blue Skies" is a song by Chris Cornell, featured on his 2015 solo album *Higher Truth*, showcasing his introspective lyrics and acoustic-driven rock style.
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E.
Blue Murder
Blue Murder is a British hard rock band formed in the late 1980s by former Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes, known for its melodic yet heavy sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
light orchestral piece
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orchestral work ⓘ |
| associatedWithMedium | radio ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganisation | BBC ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor | use as the long-running theme of Desert Island Discs ⓘ |
| broadcasterOfProgrammeUsingTheme | BBC ⓘ |
| composer | Eric Coates ⓘ |
| composerNationality | British ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followsTradition | British light music ⓘ |
| genre |
light music
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orchestral ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Eric Coates ⓘ |
| hasForm | orchestral miniature ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation | orchestra ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacteristic |
evokes a tranquil seaside scene
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serene and lyrical character ⓘ |
| hasNotableReception | widely recognised in the UK due to radio use ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | concert piece ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| notableUse | theme music for BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs ⓘ |
| partOfRepertoire | British light orchestral repertoire ⓘ |
| themeFor | Desert Island Discs ⓘ |
| title | By the Sleepy Lagoon ⓘ |
| usedAs | theme music ⓘ |
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: By the Sleepy Lagoon Description of subject: "By the Sleepy Lagoon" is a light orchestral piece by British composer Eric Coates, best known as the long-running theme music for the BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.