“Patches” by Clarence Carter
E433137
“Patches” by Clarence Carter is a 1970 soul song and storytelling ballad about a poor Southern boy’s struggle and perseverance, best known as one of the singer’s signature hits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| “Patches” by Clarence Carter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4355316 — 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: “Patches” by Clarence Carter Context triple: [Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, notableRecording, “Patches” by Clarence Carter]
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A.
Old Man Rhythm
Old Man Rhythm is a 1935 American musical comedy film starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, known for its lighthearted plot and lively musical numbers.
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B.
Nashville Skyline Rag
"Nashville Skyline Rag" is an instrumental country tune by Bob Dylan featured on his 1969 album *Nashville Skyline*.
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C.
Hamp's Boogie Woogie
"Hamp's Boogie Woogie" is a classic, high-energy boogie-woogie jazz piece by vibraphonist and bandleader Lionel Hampton that became one of his signature recordings.
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D.
track "Poinciana"
"Poinciana" is a celebrated jazz track most famously interpreted by pianist Ahmad Jamal, whose minimalist, rhythmic 1958 recording became a landmark of modern jazz.
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E.
Dipper Mouth Blues
"Dipper Mouth Blues" is a pioneering early jazz composition and recording, famous for its influential cornet solos and central role in the development of New Orleans and Chicago-style jazz.
- 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: “Patches” by Clarence Carter Target entity description: “Patches” by Clarence Carter is a 1970 soul song and storytelling ballad about a poor Southern boy’s struggle and perseverance, best known as one of the singer’s signature hits.
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A.
Old Man Rhythm
Old Man Rhythm is a 1935 American musical comedy film starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, known for its lighthearted plot and lively musical numbers.
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B.
Nashville Skyline Rag
"Nashville Skyline Rag" is an instrumental country tune by Bob Dylan featured on his 1969 album *Nashville Skyline*.
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C.
Hamp's Boogie Woogie
"Hamp's Boogie Woogie" is a classic, high-energy boogie-woogie jazz piece by vibraphonist and bandleader Lionel Hampton that became one of his signature recordings.
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D.
track "Poinciana"
"Poinciana" is a celebrated jazz track most famously interpreted by pianist Ahmad Jamal, whose minimalist, rhythmic 1958 recording became a landmark of modern jazz.
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E.
Dipper Mouth Blues
"Dipper Mouth Blues" is a pioneering early jazz composition and recording, famous for its influential cornet solos and central role in the development of New Orleans and Chicago-style jazz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ soul song ⓘ storytelling ballad ⓘ |
| artist | Clarence Carter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| decadeOfRelease | 1970s ⓘ |
| era | post–civil rights era soul ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasPerformer | Clarence Carter ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Patches ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Clarence Carter ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricSubject |
struggle against hardship
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working to support family ⓘ |
| medium | recorded music ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
family responsibility
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perseverance ⓘ poverty ⓘ rural Southern life ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of African American Southern experience
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emotional storytelling lyrics ⓘ |
| originallyReleasedAs | single ⓘ |
| performer | Clarence Carter ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | poor Southern boy ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| style |
soul ballad
ⓘ
story song ⓘ |
| vocalist | Clarence Carter ⓘ |
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: “Patches” by Clarence Carter Description of subject: “Patches” by Clarence Carter is a 1970 soul song and storytelling ballad about a poor Southern boy’s struggle and perseverance, best known as one of the singer’s signature hits.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.