A String of Pearls
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"A String of Pearls" is a classic big band jazz instrumental from the early 1940s, best known through Glenn Miller's hugely popular swing-era recording.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A String of Pearls canonical | 2 |
| String of Pearls | 1 |
| The String of Pearls | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7773428 — 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: A String of Pearls Context triple: [Glenn Miller, notableRecording, A String of Pearls]
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A.
Pearl of Pearls
Pearl of Pearls is an honorific epithet for Ahmad Shah Durrani, the 18th-century founder of the Durrani Empire and a key architect of the modern Afghan state.
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B.
World on a String
"World on a String" is a song best known as a classic pop standard popularized by Frank Sinatra and other traditional pop and jazz vocalists.
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C.
Black Pearls
Black Pearls is a fragrance line from House of Taylor, the brand associated with Elizabeth Taylor’s celebrity perfumes.
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D.
Diamonds and Pearls
Diamonds and Pearls is a 1991 studio album by Prince and his backing band the New Power Generation, known for blending pop, R&B, funk, and rock into one of his most commercially successful releases.
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E.
Jewel of the Port
Jewel of the Port is a picturesque historic lighthouse on Lake Erie in Lorain, Ohio, renowned as a local maritime landmark and symbol of the city’s waterfront.
- 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: A String of Pearls Target entity description: "A String of Pearls" is a classic big band jazz instrumental from the early 1940s, best known through Glenn Miller's hugely popular swing-era recording.
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A.
Pearl of Pearls
Pearl of Pearls is an honorific epithet for Ahmad Shah Durrani, the 18th-century founder of the Durrani Empire and a key architect of the modern Afghan state.
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B.
World on a String
"World on a String" is a song best known as a classic pop standard popularized by Frank Sinatra and other traditional pop and jazz vocalists.
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C.
Black Pearls
Black Pearls is a fragrance line from House of Taylor, the brand associated with Elizabeth Taylor’s celebrity perfumes.
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D.
Diamonds and Pearls
Diamonds and Pearls is a 1991 studio album by Prince and his backing band the New Power Generation, known for blending pop, R&B, funk, and rock into one of his most commercially successful releases.
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E.
Jewel of the Port
Jewel of the Port is a picturesque historic lighthouse on Lake Erie in Lorain, Ohio, renowned as a local maritime landmark and symbol of the city’s waterfront.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
instrumental composition
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Eddie DeLange
ⓘ
Glenn Miller ⓘ Jerry Gray ⓘ |
| composer |
Eddie DeLange
ⓘ
Jerry Gray ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| decade | 1940s ⓘ |
| era | swing era ⓘ |
| firstPopularizedBy |
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
ⓘ
linked to:
Glenn Miller Orchestra
|
| genre |
big band jazz
ⓘ
swing ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | iconic representation of early 1940s American swing music ⓘ |
| hasForm | instrumental dance tune ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later big band arrangements ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
brass section
ⓘ
reed section ⓘ rhythm section ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyIncludedIn | Glenn Miller compilations ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyPerformedAt | swing dance events ⓘ |
| isPartOfRepertoireOf |
Glenn Miller Orchestra
ⓘ
swing bands ⓘ |
| isRecognizedAs |
big band classic
ⓘ
swing standard ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| lyricist | Eddie DeLange ⓘ |
| medium | 78 rpm record ⓘ |
| musicalEnsembleType | big band ⓘ |
| notableFor |
saxophone section riffs
ⓘ
swing dance tempo ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy |
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
ⓘ
linked to:
Glenn Miller Orchestra
|
| periodOfPopularity | World War II era ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Bluebird Records ⓘ |
| style | dance band ⓘ |
| usedFor | social dancing ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 1941 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: A String of Pearls Description of subject: "A String of Pearls" is a classic big band jazz instrumental from the early 1940s, best known through Glenn Miller's hugely popular swing-era recording.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: A String of Pearls
linked to: A String of Pearls