You've Got to Be Carefully Taught
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"You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" is a pointed anti-racism song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *South Pacific* that confronts how prejudice is learned from an early age.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| You've Got to Be Carefully Taught canonical | 3 |
| You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10210671 — 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: You've Got to Be Carefully Taught Context triple: [South Pacific (1958 film), notableSong, You've Got to Be Carefully Taught]
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A.
The Problem We All Live With
The Problem We All Live With is a famous 1964 painting by Norman Rockwell that powerfully depicts school desegregation in the United States through the image of a young Black girl, Ruby Bridges, being escorted by U.S. marshals.
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B.
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a classic soul song, most famously recorded by Marvin Gaye, that became one of Motown's signature hits and a defining track of 1960s American R&B.
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C.
Do You Hear What I Hear?
"Do You Hear What I Hear?" is a popular Christmas song, first released in 1962, that has become a seasonal standard covered by numerous artists.
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D.
Talkin' 'bout a Revolution
"Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" is a socially conscious folk-rock song by Tracy Chapman that became an anthem for political and economic change in the late 1980s.
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E.
Something’s Coming
"Something’s Coming" is a song featured on the 1970 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition album *Tell It All Brother*.
- 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: You've Got to Be Carefully Taught Target entity description: "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" is a pointed anti-racism song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *South Pacific* that confronts how prejudice is learned from an early age.
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A.
The Problem We All Live With
The Problem We All Live With is a famous 1964 painting by Norman Rockwell that powerfully depicts school desegregation in the United States through the image of a young Black girl, Ruby Bridges, being escorted by U.S. marshals.
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B.
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a classic soul song, most famously recorded by Marvin Gaye, that became one of Motown's signature hits and a defining track of 1960s American R&B.
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C.
Do You Hear What I Hear?
"Do You Hear What I Hear?" is a popular Christmas song, first released in 1962, that has become a seasonal standard covered by numerous artists.
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D.
Talkin' 'bout a Revolution
"Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" is a socially conscious folk-rock song by Tracy Chapman that became an anthem for political and economic change in the late 1980s.
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E.
Something’s Coming
"Something’s Coming" is a song featured on the 1970 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition album *Tell It All Brother*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Broadway
ⓘ
anti-racism movement ⓘ |
| composer | Richard Rodgers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstPerformanceIn |
South Pacific (stage musical)
ⓘ
linked to:
South Pacific (stage production)
|
| firstPerformanceYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| form | solo song ⓘ |
| genre |
anti-racism song
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ show tune ⓘ |
| hasMessage | prejudice is learned, not innate ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
intolerance
ⓘ
racial prejudice ⓘ socialization ⓘ |
| includedIn | original Broadway production of South Pacific ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalFocus |
how children are taught to hate
ⓘ
the social conditioning of racism ⓘ |
| lyricist | Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ |
| medium | stage musical song ⓘ |
| musical | South Pacific ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial treatment of race in mid-20th-century musical theatre
ⓘ
explicit condemnation of racism ⓘ |
| partOfWork | South Pacific ⓘ |
| setInContextOf | World War II ⓘ |
| sungByCharacter |
Lieutenant Cable
ⓘ
linked to:
Lieutenant Joseph Cable
|
| theme |
bigotry
ⓘ
learned behavior ⓘ prejudice ⓘ racism ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| writers | Rodgers and Hammerstein ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: You've Got to Be Carefully Taught Description of subject: "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" is a pointed anti-racism song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *South Pacific* that confronts how prejudice is learned from an early age.
Referenced by (5)
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linked to: You've Got to Be Carefully Taught
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