King of Swing
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King of Swing is the famous nickname of American jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman, who was a leading figure of the swing era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King of Swing canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6345700 — 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: King of Swing Context triple: [Benny Goodman, nickname, King of Swing]
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A.
Stompin’ at the Savoy
"Stompin’ at the Savoy" is a classic swing-era jazz standard, closely associated with the Harlem Savoy Ballroom and famed for its infectious rhythm and enduring popularity among big band and jazz ensembles.
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B.
The Atomic Mr. Basie
The Atomic Mr. Basie is a landmark 1957 big band jazz album by Count Basie, celebrated for its dynamic swing arrangements by Neal Hefti and its influential role in modernizing the Basie sound.
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C.
The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing
The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing was the celebrated nickname of American trombonist and big band leader Tommy Dorsey, renowned for his smooth tone and romantic swing arrangements.
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D.
Jazz Goes to Town
Jazz Goes to Town is an annual jazz music festival held in Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic, featuring a wide range of local and international jazz performers.
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E.
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra was a renowned American big band led by jazz composer and pianist Duke Ellington, celebrated as one of the most influential ensembles in the history of 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: King of Swing Target entity description: King of Swing is the famous nickname of American jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman, who was a leading figure of the swing era.
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A.
Stompin’ at the Savoy
"Stompin’ at the Savoy" is a classic swing-era jazz standard, closely associated with the Harlem Savoy Ballroom and famed for its infectious rhythm and enduring popularity among big band and jazz ensembles.
-
B.
The Atomic Mr. Basie
The Atomic Mr. Basie is a landmark 1957 big band jazz album by Count Basie, celebrated for its dynamic swing arrangements by Neal Hefti and its influential role in modernizing the Basie sound.
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C.
The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing
The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing was the celebrated nickname of American trombonist and big band leader Tommy Dorsey, renowned for his smooth tone and romantic swing arrangements.
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D.
Jazz Goes to Town
Jazz Goes to Town is an annual jazz music festival held in Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic, featuring a wide range of local and international jazz performers.
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E.
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra was a renowned American big band led by jazz composer and pianist Duke Ellington, celebrated as one of the most influential ensembles in the history of jazz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nickname ⓘ |
| appliesToOccupation |
bandleader
ⓘ
jazz clarinetist ⓘ |
| associatedInstrument | clarinet ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre |
jazz
ⓘ
swing ⓘ |
| bearerCitizenship | American ⓘ |
| bearerNotableEvent |
Carnegie Hall jazz concert of 1938
ⓘ
linked to:
Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
popularization of swing music in the 1930s ⓘ |
| bearerNotableWork | Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era |
Swing Era
ⓘ
linked to:
Big band era
|
| fieldOfWork |
big band music
ⓘ
music ⓘ |
| hasGenderOfBearer | male ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Benny Goodman ⓘ |
| languageOfNickname | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | leadership in the swing era ⓘ |
| refersTo | Benny Goodman ⓘ |
| usedFor | Benny Goodman’s public image ⓘ |
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: King of Swing Description of subject: King of Swing is the famous nickname of American jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman, who was a leading figure of the swing era.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.