Rock-a-bye Baby
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"Rock-a-bye Baby" is a traditional English nursery rhyme and lullaby, best known for its soothing melody and imagery of a baby rocking in a treetop cradle.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rock-a-Bye Your Bear | 2 |
| Rock-a-bye Baby canonical | 1 |
| Rock-a-bye Baby, on the Tree Top | 1 |
| Rock-a-bye baby, on the tree top | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8607275 — 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: Rock-a-bye Baby Context triple: [Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody, titleReferences, Rock-a-bye Baby]
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A.
Rockabye
"Rockabye" is a 2016 dancehall-pop song by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie that became an international hit for its heartfelt portrayal of single motherhood.
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B.
Rock-A-Hula Baby
"Rock-A-Hula Baby" is an upbeat, Hawaiian-themed rock and roll song recorded by Elvis Presley for the 1961 film "Blue Hawaii."
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C.
Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody
"Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" is a popular early 20th-century American song closely associated with entertainer Al Jolson and the vaudeville era.
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D.
Rock Me Baby
"Rock Me Baby" is a classic electric blues song popularized by B.B. King that has become one of his signature tunes and a standard in the blues repertoire.
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E.
Rock Me Baby
"Rock Me Baby" is a 1972 pop album by American singer and teen idol David Cassidy that helped solidify his solo career beyond his television fame.
- 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: Rock-a-bye Baby Target entity description: "Rock-a-bye Baby" is a traditional English nursery rhyme and lullaby, best known for its soothing melody and imagery of a baby rocking in a treetop cradle.
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A.
Rockabye
"Rockabye" is a 2016 dancehall-pop song by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie that became an international hit for its heartfelt portrayal of single motherhood.
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B.
Rock-A-Hula Baby
"Rock-A-Hula Baby" is an upbeat, Hawaiian-themed rock and roll song recorded by Elvis Presley for the 1961 film "Blue Hawaii."
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C.
Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody
"Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" is a popular early 20th-century American song closely associated with entertainer Al Jolson and the vaudeville era.
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D.
Rock Me Baby
"Rock Me Baby" is a classic electric blues song popularized by B.B. King that has become one of his signature tunes and a standard in the blues repertoire.
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E.
Rock Me Baby
"Rock Me Baby" is a 1972 pop album by American singer and teen idol David Cassidy that helped solidify his solo career beyond his television fame.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lullaby
ⓘ
nursery rhyme ⓘ traditional song ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dateOfFirstKnownPublication | late 18th century ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | baby ⓘ |
| featuresObject | cradle ⓘ |
| featuresSetting | treetop ⓘ |
| genre |
lullaby
ⓘ
nursery rhyme ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeForm |
Hush-a-bye Baby
ⓘ
linked to:
Hush-a-Bye
|
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Rock-a-bye Baby, on the Tree Top
ⓘ
linked to:
Rock-a-bye Baby
|
| hasCulturalRole | common bedtime song in English-speaking countries ⓘ |
| hasEmotionalTone |
gentle
ⓘ
soothing ⓘ |
| hasForm | short stanzaic song ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
to accompany rocking a cradle
ⓘ
to soothe infants ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
cradle falling
ⓘ
cradle rocking in a treetop ⓘ wind blowing ⓘ |
| hasInfluence |
inspired numerous musical arrangements
ⓘ
referenced in popular culture ⓘ |
| hasMelody | soothing ⓘ |
| hasMeter | regular, song-like meter ⓘ |
| hasNotableLine |
Down will come baby, cradle and all
ⓘ
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall ⓘ When the wind blows, the cradle will rock ⓘ |
| hasOpeningLine |
Rock-a-bye baby, on the tree top
ⓘ
linked to:
Rock-a-bye Baby
|
| hasRhymeScheme | simple end rhyme ⓘ |
| hasRiskImagery | cradle falling from a tree ⓘ |
| hasStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter | baby in a cradle in a tree ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
childcare
ⓘ
parental soothing ⓘ sleep ⓘ |
| hasTransmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyIncludedIn |
children’s songbooks
ⓘ
collections of nursery rhymes ⓘ |
| isPartOf | English nursery rhyme tradition ⓘ |
| isTraditional | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| modeOfPerformance |
sung a cappella
ⓘ
sung with simple accompaniment ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext |
bedtime
ⓘ
nursery ⓘ |
| typicalUse | lullaby for putting babies to sleep ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rock-a-bye Baby Description of subject: "Rock-a-bye Baby" is a traditional English nursery rhyme and lullaby, best known for its soothing melody and imagery of a baby rocking in a treetop cradle.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Rock-a-bye Baby