Old Man Blues
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Old Man Blues is a classic jazz composition by Duke Ellington, known for its swinging big band arrangement and prominent clarinet and brass features.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old Man Blues canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6271326 — 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: Old Man Blues Context triple: [Sophisticated Ladies, includesSong, Old Man Blues]
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A.
Hangman Blues
"Hangman Blues" is a song by Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his 1997 lo-fi indie folk album *The Doctor Came at Dawn*.
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B.
My Old Man
"My Old Man" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1971 album *Blue*, exploring themes of love, independence, and emotional vulnerability.
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C.
Black Crow Blues
"Black Crow Blues" is an early Bob Dylan song that blends folk and blues influences, featured on his 1964 album *Another Side of Bob Dylan*.
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D.
Wild Man Blues
"Wild Man Blues" is a classic 1927 jazz composition and recording that showcases Louis Armstrong's innovative early solo style and is considered a landmark in the development of jazz.
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E.
Downhearted Blues
"Downhearted Blues" is a classic 1923 blues song, first recorded by Bessie Smith, that became a major hit and a landmark in early American blues music.
- 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: Old Man Blues Target entity description: Old Man Blues is a classic jazz composition by Duke Ellington, known for its swinging big band arrangement and prominent clarinet and brass features.
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A.
Hangman Blues
"Hangman Blues" is a song by Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his 1997 lo-fi indie folk album *The Doctor Came at Dawn*.
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B.
My Old Man
"My Old Man" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1971 album *Blue*, exploring themes of love, independence, and emotional vulnerability.
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C.
Black Crow Blues
"Black Crow Blues" is an early Bob Dylan song that blends folk and blues influences, featured on his 1964 album *Another Side of Bob Dylan*.
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D.
Wild Man Blues
"Wild Man Blues" is a classic 1927 jazz composition and recording that showcases Louis Armstrong's innovative early solo style and is considered a landmark in the development of jazz.
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E.
Downhearted Blues
"Downhearted Blues" is a classic 1923 blues song, first recorded by Bessie Smith, that became a major hit and a landmark in early American blues music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
big band piece
ⓘ
jazz composition ⓘ musical composition ⓘ |
| arrangementType | big band arrangement ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ |
| associatedArtist | Duke Ellington ⓘ |
| composer | Duke Ellington ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresInstrument |
clarinet
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double bass ⓘ drums ⓘ piano ⓘ saxophone ⓘ trombone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ |
| genre | jazz ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
prominent clarinet lines
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strong brass riffs ⓘ swinging ensemble passages ⓘ |
| hasProminentSection |
brass section
ⓘ
clarinet section ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| notableFor | classic Duke Ellington big band sound ⓘ |
| performanceContext | big band performance ⓘ |
| rhythmicFeel | swing feel ⓘ |
| style | big band jazz ⓘ |
| subgenre | swing ⓘ |
| tempoCharacteristic | medium-up tempo ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
jazz concert repertoire
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swing dance repertoire ⓘ |
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: Old Man Blues Description of subject: Old Man Blues is a classic jazz composition by Duke Ellington, known for its swinging big band arrangement and prominent clarinet and brass features.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.