Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat

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song

"Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" is a show-stopping gospel-style musical number from the 1950 Broadway musical *Guys and Dolls*, renowned for its lively rhythm and comic storytelling.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat canonical	4
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat	2
There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York	1
There’s a Boat That’s Leavin’ Soon for New York arrangement	1
song Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10568359 — 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: Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat
Context triple: [Frank Loesser, notableWork, Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat]

A. Rock the Boat
"Rock the Boat" is a smooth, mid-tempo R&B song by Aaliyah, widely recognized as one of her signature hits and remembered as her final music video before her death.
B. If You Can’t Rock Me
"If You Can’t Rock Me" is a rock and roll song recorded by Ricky Nelson and featured on his 1958 self-titled album.
C. Ship of Fools
"Ship of Fools" is a reflective, slow-tempo song by the Grateful Dead known for its soulful vocals and themes of regret and missed chances.
D. Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools is a satirical religious painting by Hieronymus Bosch that depicts a chaotic boat of revelers to critique human folly and moral corruption.
E. Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools is a 1965 ensemble drama film set aboard a transatlantic ocean liner in the 1930s, exploring themes of prejudice and human folly as its diverse passengers’ lives intersect.
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: Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat
Target entity description: "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" is a show-stopping gospel-style musical number from the 1950 Broadway musical *Guys and Dolls*, renowned for its lively rhythm and comic storytelling.

A. Rock the Boat
"Rock the Boat" is a smooth, mid-tempo R&B song by Aaliyah, widely recognized as one of her signature hits and remembered as her final music video before her death.
B. If You Can’t Rock Me
"If You Can’t Rock Me" is a rock and roll song recorded by Ricky Nelson and featured on his 1958 self-titled album.
C. Ship of Fools
"Ship of Fools" is a reflective, slow-tempo song by the Grateful Dead known for its soulful vocals and themes of regret and missed chances.
D. Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools is a satirical religious painting by Hieronymus Bosch that depicts a chaotic boat of revelers to critique human folly and moral corruption.
E. Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools is a 1965 ensemble drama film set aboard a transatlantic ocean liner in the 1930s, exploring themes of prejudice and human folly as its diverse passengers’ lives intersect.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	song ⓘ
associatedWithGenre	Golden Age of Broadway ⓘ
associatedWork	Guys and Dolls (1955 film adaptation) ⓘ linked to: Guys and Dolls
composer	Frank Loesser ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
culturalStatus	standard of the musical theatre repertoire ⓘ
dramaticFunction	brings the mission meeting to life ⓘ provides comic relief ⓘ showcases the character Nicely-Nicely Johnson ⓘ
ensembleNumber	yes ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate	1950 ⓘ
firstPerformanceMedium	Broadway stage ⓘ
fromMusical	Guys and Dolls ⓘ
genre	Broadway musical song ⓘ gospel-style show tune ⓘ
hasChoralSections	yes ⓘ
hasCoverVersions	yes ⓘ
hasRefrain	yes ⓘ
hasTitleText	Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat ⓘ
lyricalTheme	comic depiction of sin and redemption ⓘ vision of a boat to heaven ⓘ
lyricist	Frank Loesser ⓘ
musicalForm	comic gospel number ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person testimony ⓘ
notableFor	comic storytelling ⓘ lively rhythm ⓘ show-stopping quality ⓘ
originalBroadwayProductionTheatre	46th Street Theatre ⓘ linked to: Chanin’s 46th Street Theatre
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalProduction	1950 Broadway production of Guys and Dolls ⓘ
partOf	Guys and Dolls ⓘ
performedByCharacter	Nicely-Nicely Johnson ⓘ
settingInMusical	mission meeting ⓘ
style	gospel-influenced ⓘ up-tempo ensemble number ⓘ
tempo	fast ⓘ
timePeriod	20th-century American musical theatre ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext	Broadway revivals ⓘ cabaret performances ⓘ musical theatre concerts ⓘ
usesCallAndResponse	yes ⓘ
workBy	Frank Loesser ⓘ

How these facts were elicited