Slave to the Blues
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"Slave to the Blues" is a classic early 20th-century blues song performed by pioneering American blues singer Ma Rainey, reflecting her influential role in shaping the genre.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Slave to the Blues canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9132061 — 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: Slave to the Blues Context triple: [Ma Rainey, notableSong, Slave to the Blues]
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A.
Me and the Blues
Me and the Blues is a jazz and blues vocal album by renowned singer Joe Williams, showcasing his rich baritone voice in a set of soulful, swinging performances.
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B.
Story of the Blues
"Story of the Blues" is a song by English band After Hours, known for its emotive reflection on hardship and resilience in the blues tradition.
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C.
Still Got the Blues
"Still Got the Blues" is a 1990 blues-rock song and title track by Irish guitarist Gary Moore, renowned for its emotive guitar solos and status as one of his signature pieces.
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D.
Preachin’ the Blues
Preachin’ the Blues is a seminal Delta blues song by Son House, celebrated for its raw vocal intensity, slide guitar work, and profound influence on later blues and rock musicians.
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E.
Risin’ with the Blues
Risin’ with the Blues is a late-career blues album by Ike Turner that showcases his enduring musicianship and earned critical acclaim, including a Grammy Award.
- 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: Slave to the Blues Target entity description: "Slave to the Blues" is a classic early 20th-century blues song performed by pioneering American blues singer Ma Rainey, reflecting her influential role in shaping the genre.
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A.
Me and the Blues
Me and the Blues is a jazz and blues vocal album by renowned singer Joe Williams, showcasing his rich baritone voice in a set of soulful, swinging performances.
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B.
Story of the Blues
"Story of the Blues" is a song by English band After Hours, known for its emotive reflection on hardship and resilience in the blues tradition.
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C.
Still Got the Blues
"Still Got the Blues" is a 1990 blues-rock song and title track by Irish guitarist Gary Moore, renowned for its emotive guitar solos and status as one of his signature pieces.
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D.
Preachin’ the Blues
Preachin’ the Blues is a seminal Delta blues song by Son House, celebrated for its raw vocal intensity, slide guitar work, and profound influence on later blues and rock musicians.
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E.
Risin’ with the Blues
Risin’ with the Blues is a late-career blues album by Ike Turner that showcases his enduring musicianship and earned critical acclaim, including a Grammy Award.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| artist | Ma Rainey ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
classic female blues
ⓘ
vaudeville blues ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre | blues ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | development of American blues music ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | classic female blues tradition ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early commercial blues recording era ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | popular music listeners ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
devotion in relationships
ⓘ
emotional pain ⓘ romantic suffering ⓘ |
| medium | sound recording ⓘ |
| musicalForm | vocal blues ⓘ |
| musicalPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with pioneering blues singer Ma Rainey
ⓘ
linked to:
Ma Rainey
early recorded example of classic blues ⓘ |
| partOf | Ma Rainey repertoire ⓘ |
| performer | Ma Rainey ⓘ |
| reflectsRoleOfPerformer |
Ma Rainey as influential blues innovator
ⓘ
Ma Rainey as pioneering American blues singer ⓘ
linked to:
Ma Rainey
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| vocalType | female vocal ⓘ |
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: Slave to the Blues Description of subject: "Slave to the Blues" is a classic early 20th-century blues song performed by pioneering American blues singer Ma Rainey, reflecting her influential role in shaping the genre.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.