Crawlin' King Snake
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"Crawlin' King Snake" is a classic blues song, famously associated with John Lee Hooker and covered by numerous artists across the genre.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crawlin' King Snake canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10734532 — 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: Crawlin' King Snake Context triple: [Blues to the Bone, hasTrack, Crawlin' King Snake]
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A.
The Snakes
The Snakes is a subgroup affiliated with the Brooklyn hip-hop collective Junior M.A.F.I.A., associated with the mid-1990s East Coast rap scene.
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B.
Crocodile Rock
Crocodile Rock is a well-known painted seaside rock formation on the Scottish island of Great Cumbrae, resembling a cartoon crocodile and popular as a local landmark.
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C.
Crocodile Rock
"Crocodile Rock" is a 1972 rock and roll–inspired hit single by Elton John known for its nostalgic lyrics and upbeat, retro sound.
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D.
"Snake Rag"
"Snake Rag" is a classic early jazz composition and recording by cornetist Joe "King" Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band, known for its distinctive breaks and pioneering New Orleans ensemble style.
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E.
Snake Hips
"Snake Hips" is a track from the album *Soundtrack to Human Motion* by jazz pianist Jason Moran, showcasing his innovative, contemporary jazz style.
- 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: Crawlin' King Snake Target entity description: "Crawlin' King Snake" is a classic blues song, famously associated with John Lee Hooker and covered by numerous artists across the genre.
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A.
The Snakes
The Snakes is a subgroup affiliated with the Brooklyn hip-hop collective Junior M.A.F.I.A., associated with the mid-1990s East Coast rap scene.
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B.
Crocodile Rock
Crocodile Rock is a well-known painted seaside rock formation on the Scottish island of Great Cumbrae, resembling a cartoon crocodile and popular as a local landmark.
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C.
Crocodile Rock
"Crocodile Rock" is a 1972 rock and roll–inspired hit single by Elton John known for its nostalgic lyrics and upbeat, retro sound.
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D.
"Snake Rag"
"Snake Rag" is a classic early jazz composition and recording by cornetist Joe "King" Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band, known for its distinctive breaks and pioneering New Orleans ensemble style.
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E.
Snake Hips
"Snake Hips" is a track from the album *Soundtrack to Human Motion* by jazz pianist Jason Moran, showcasing his innovative, contemporary jazz style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| genre | blues ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin | African-American blues tradition ⓘ |
| hasForm | 12-bar blues ⓘ |
| hasLyricalMotif |
crawling movement
ⓘ
snake imagery ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerformer |
B. B. King
ⓘ
Big Joe Williams ⓘ Buddy Guy ⓘ Eric Burdon ⓘ Howlin' Wolf ⓘ John Lee Hooker ⓘ Junior Kimbrough ⓘ Muddy Waters ⓘ R. L. Burnside ⓘ
linked to:
R.L. Burnside
The Doors ⓘ Tony Hollins ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecordingBy | John Lee Hooker ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
courtship
ⓘ
dominance and control ⓘ sexual innuendo ⓘ |
| hasTitleMetaphor | king snake as male sexual metaphor ⓘ |
| influencedByTradition |
Delta blues
ⓘ
country blues ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWithArtist | John Lee Hooker ⓘ |
| isCoveredByManyArtists | true ⓘ |
| isDescribedAs | classic blues song ⓘ |
| isPartOf | American blues canon ⓘ |
| isStandardIn | blues repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
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: Crawlin' King Snake Description of subject: "Crawlin' King Snake" is a classic blues song, famously associated with John Lee Hooker and covered by numerous artists across the genre.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.