We Are from Jazz
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We Are from Jazz is a Soviet musical comedy film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov that follows young musicians embracing jazz in 1920s Russia despite social and political resistance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| We Are from Jazz canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9549353 — 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: We Are from Jazz Context triple: [Karen Shakhnazarov, notableWork, We Are from Jazz]
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A.
All What Jazz
All What Jazz is a collection of jazz criticism and essays by English poet and critic Philip Larkin.
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B.
Jazz Police
"Jazz Police" is a darkly humorous, jazz-inflected song by Leonard Cohen from his 1988 album *I'm Your Man*, blending sardonic lyrics with an offbeat, experimental arrangement.
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C.
These Are the J.B.'s
"These Are the J.B.'s" is a funk album by James Brown’s backing band The J.B.'s, showcasing their tight, groove-driven instrumental style that helped define early 1970s funk.
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D.
Portrait in Jazz
Portrait in Jazz is a landmark 1959 jazz album by the Bill Evans Trio, celebrated for its lyrical piano style, innovative interplay, and lasting influence on modern jazz.
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E.
Moanin'
"Moanin'" is a landmark 1958 hard bop jazz album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, celebrated for its soulful, blues-infused compositions and enduring influence on modern jazz.
- 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: We Are from Jazz Target entity description: We Are from Jazz is a Soviet musical comedy film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov that follows young musicians embracing jazz in 1920s Russia despite social and political resistance.
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A.
All What Jazz
All What Jazz is a collection of jazz criticism and essays by English poet and critic Philip Larkin.
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B.
Jazz Police
"Jazz Police" is a darkly humorous, jazz-inflected song by Leonard Cohen from his 1988 album *I'm Your Man*, blending sardonic lyrics with an offbeat, experimental arrangement.
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C.
These Are the J.B.'s
"These Are the J.B.'s" is a funk album by James Brown’s backing band The J.B.'s, showcasing their tight, groove-driven instrumental style that helped define early 1970s funk.
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D.
Portrait in Jazz
Portrait in Jazz is a landmark 1959 jazz album by the Bill Evans Trio, celebrated for its lyrical piano style, innovative interplay, and lasting influence on modern jazz.
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E.
Moanin'
"Moanin'" is a landmark 1958 hard bop jazz album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, celebrated for its soulful, blues-infused compositions and enduring influence on modern jazz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| creativeDirector | Karen Shakhnazarov ⓘ |
| depicts |
conflict between traditional music and jazz
ⓘ
jazz culture in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| director | Karen Shakhnazarov ⓘ |
| follows | young musicians ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ musical film ⓘ |
| hasDirector | Karen Shakhnazarov ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Soviet Russia
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet Union
post-revolutionary Russia ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
jazz music
ⓘ
political resistance to jazz ⓘ social resistance to jazz ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | embracing jazz despite social and political resistance ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Soviet cinema ⓘ |
| portrays |
ideological suspicion of Western music
ⓘ
youthful enthusiasm for jazz ⓘ |
| producer | Mosfilm ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Mosfilm ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Russia ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| workType | feature film ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: We Are from Jazz Description of subject: We Are from Jazz is a Soviet musical comedy film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov that follows young musicians embracing jazz in 1920s Russia despite social and political resistance.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.