Blame It on the Blues
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"Blame It on the Blues" is an early 20th-century blues song performed by pioneering American blues singer Ma Rainey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Blame It on the Blues canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9132062 — 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: Blame It on the Blues Context triple: [Ma Rainey, notableSong, Blame It on the Blues]
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A.
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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B.
I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" is a popular 1983 Elton John ballad known for its soulful melody, harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder, and themes of love and longing.
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C.
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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D.
Slave to the Blues
"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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E.
Blowin' the Blues Away
"Blowin' the Blues Away" is a celebrated 1959 hard bop jazz album by pianist and composer Horace Silver, known for its soulful compositions and classic Blue Note sound.
- 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: Blame It on the Blues Target entity description: "Blame It on the Blues" is an early 20th-century blues song performed by pioneering American blues singer Ma Rainey.
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A.
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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B.
I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" is a popular 1983 Elton John ballad known for its soulful melody, harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder, and themes of love and longing.
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C.
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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D.
Slave to the Blues
"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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E.
Blowin' the Blues Away
"Blowin' the Blues Away" is a celebrated 1959 hard bop jazz album by pianist and composer Horace Silver, known for its soulful compositions and classic Blue Note sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (12)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| composer | unknown ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| genre | blues ⓘ |
| hasPerformerRole | vocal performance by Ma Rainey ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | unknown ⓘ |
| notableFor | being an early 20th-century blues recording by Ma Rainey ⓘ |
| performer | Ma Rainey ⓘ |
| performerDescription | pioneering American blues singer ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
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: Blame It on the Blues Description of subject: "Blame It on the Blues" is an early 20th-century blues song performed by pioneering American blues singer Ma Rainey.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.