Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
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"Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" is a popular 1931 American song, with music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Lew Brown, known for its lighthearted, philosophical take on the ups and downs of life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries canonical | 4 |
| Life is just a bowl of cherries | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9043921 — 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: Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries Context triple: [Ray Henderson, notableWork, Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries]
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A.
Ain’t Life Grand
Ain’t Life Grand is a 1994 studio album by American jam band Widespread Panic, known for its blend of Southern rock, improvisational jams, and fan-favorite live staples.
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B.
Cherry, Cherry
"Cherry, Cherry" is a 1966 pop-rock hit single by Neil Diamond, known for its catchy guitar riff and upbeat, sing-along chorus.
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C.
Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
Please Don’t Eat the Daisies is a 1960 American comedy film, based on Jean Kerr’s book, that follows a drama critic and his family adjusting to life in the suburbs.
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D.
Lady, Be Good
"Lady, Be Good" is a 1924 Broadway musical comedy with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, best known for its hit songs and for featuring Fred Astaire in one of his early major stage roles.
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E.
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’
"I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’" is a cheerful, folk-influenced song from George Gershwin’s opera *Porgy and Bess*, celebrating contentment and spiritual wealth over material possessions.
- 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: Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries Target entity description: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" is a popular 1931 American song, with music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Lew Brown, known for its lighthearted, philosophical take on the ups and downs of life.
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A.
Ain’t Life Grand
Ain’t Life Grand is a 1994 studio album by American jam band Widespread Panic, known for its blend of Southern rock, improvisational jams, and fan-favorite live staples.
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B.
Cherry, Cherry
"Cherry, Cherry" is a 1966 pop-rock hit single by Neil Diamond, known for its catchy guitar riff and upbeat, sing-along chorus.
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C.
Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
Please Don’t Eat the Daisies is a 1960 American comedy film, based on Jean Kerr’s book, that follows a drama critic and his family adjusting to life in the suburbs.
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D.
Lady, Be Good
"Lady, Be Good" is a 1924 Broadway musical comedy with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, best known for its hit songs and for featuring Fred Astaire in one of his early major stage roles.
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E.
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’
"I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’" is a cheerful, folk-influenced song from George Gershwin’s opera *Porgy and Bess*, celebrating contentment and spiritual wealth over material possessions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American song
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| composer | Ray Henderson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstReleasedIn | 1931 ⓘ |
| genre |
popular music
ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasForm | song with verse and refrain ⓘ |
| hasMetaphor | life compared to a bowl of cherries ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
coping with adversity
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life’s unpredictability ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
acceptance of life’s ups and downs
ⓘ
philosophical reflection on life ⓘ |
| hasTone |
lighthearted
ⓘ
whimsical ⓘ |
| intendedMood |
cheerful
ⓘ
comforting ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Lew Brown ⓘ |
| lyricQuote |
Don’t take it serious, it’s too mysterious
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Life is just a bowl of cherries ⓘ
linked to:
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
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| notableFor |
optimistic outlook despite hardship
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use of everyday metaphor to describe life ⓘ |
| partOfEra | Great Depression era popular music ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1931 ⓘ |
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: Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries Description of subject: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" is a popular 1931 American song, with music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Lew Brown, known for its lighthearted, philosophical take on the ups and downs of life.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries