Messin' with the Kid
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"Messin' with the Kid" is a classic Chicago blues song closely associated with harmonica player and singer Junior Wells and widely regarded as one of his signature tunes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Messin' with the Kid canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6587685 — 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: Messin' with the Kid Context triple: [Junior Wells, notableWork, Messin' with the Kid]
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A.
New Kid in Town
"New Kid in Town" is a hit soft rock song by the Eagles, featured on their landmark 1976 album "Hotel California" and known for its smooth harmonies and themes of fleeting fame.
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B.
The Kid Stays in the Picture
The Kid Stays in the Picture is a documentary film and memoir chronicling the tumultuous life and Hollywood career of legendary film producer Robert Evans.
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C.
The Man Child
The Man Child is a short story by James Baldwin that explores themes of racism, violence, and inheritance in the American South.
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D.
Foolin'
"Foolin'" is a 1983 hard rock power ballad by English band Def Leppard, released as a single from their breakthrough album "Pyromania."
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E.
You Ain't the First
"You Ain't the First" is an acoustic, country-tinged rock song by Guns N' Roses known for its laid-back, barroom style and breakup-themed lyrics.
- 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: Messin' with the Kid Target entity description: "Messin' with the Kid" is a classic Chicago blues song closely associated with harmonica player and singer Junior Wells and widely regarded as one of his signature tunes.
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A.
New Kid in Town
"New Kid in Town" is a hit soft rock song by the Eagles, featured on their landmark 1976 album "Hotel California" and known for its smooth harmonies and themes of fleeting fame.
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B.
The Kid Stays in the Picture
The Kid Stays in the Picture is a documentary film and memoir chronicling the tumultuous life and Hollywood career of legendary film producer Robert Evans.
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C.
The Man Child
The Man Child is a short story by James Baldwin that explores themes of racism, violence, and inheritance in the American South.
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D.
Foolin'
"Foolin'" is a 1983 hard rock power ballad by English band Def Leppard, released as a single from their breakthrough album "Pyromania."
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E.
You Ain't the First
"You Ain't the First" is an acoustic, country-tinged rock song by Guns N' Roses known for its laid-back, barroom style and breakup-themed lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chicago blues song
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Junior Wells ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre | Chicago blues ⓘ |
| harmonicaPlayer | Junior Wells ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later blues-rock interpretations ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ harmonica ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
Chicago blues
ⓘ
electric blues ⓘ |
| hasReception | widely regarded as one of Junior Wells' signature tunes ⓘ |
| hasReputation | classic of Chicago blues repertoire ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Junior Wells' core repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of Junior Wells' best-known songs
ⓘ
frequent performance in Junior Wells' live sets ⓘ |
| performer | Junior Wells ⓘ |
| signatureSongOf | Junior Wells ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext |
blues festivals
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club performances ⓘ |
| vocalist | Junior Wells ⓘ |
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: Messin' with the Kid Description of subject: "Messin' with the Kid" is a classic Chicago blues song closely associated with harmonica player and singer Junior Wells and widely regarded as one of his signature tunes.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.