The Bible Tells Me So (song)
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"The Bible Tells Me So" is a mid-20th-century Christian song, popularized in American gospel and inspirational music circles, written by Frances Octavia Smith (known professionally as Dale Evans).
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Bible Tells Me So | 1 |
| The Bible Tells Me So (song) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13015161 — 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: The Bible Tells Me So (song) Context triple: [Frances Octavia Smith, notableWork, The Bible Tells Me So (song)]
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A.
Songs the Lord Taught Us
Songs the Lord Taught Us is the 1980 debut studio album by American psychobilly band The Cramps, known for its raw fusion of punk rock, rockabilly, and horror-themed aesthetics.
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B.
The Gospel Truth
"The Gospel Truth" is an energetic, gospel-inspired opening number from the stage musical adaptation of Disney's Hercules, performed by the Muses to narrate the story’s mythological backstory.
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C.
God and Me
"God and Me" is a song from the album *Some Lessons Learned* that reflects on personal faith and an intimate relationship with God.
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D.
Politics According to the Bible
Politics According to the Bible is a comprehensive Christian treatise by theologian Wayne Grudem that outlines a biblical framework for political engagement and public policy.
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E.
It Must Be Jesus
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- 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: The Bible Tells Me So (song) Target entity description: "The Bible Tells Me So" is a mid-20th-century Christian song, popularized in American gospel and inspirational music circles, written by Frances Octavia Smith (known professionally as Dale Evans).
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A.
Songs the Lord Taught Us
Songs the Lord Taught Us is the 1980 debut studio album by American psychobilly band The Cramps, known for its raw fusion of punk rock, rockabilly, and horror-themed aesthetics.
-
B.
The Gospel Truth
"The Gospel Truth" is an energetic, gospel-inspired opening number from the stage musical adaptation of Disney's Hercules, performed by the Muses to narrate the story’s mythological backstory.
-
C.
God and Me
"God and Me" is a song from the album *Some Lessons Learned* that reflects on personal faith and an intimate relationship with God.
-
D.
Politics According to the Bible
Politics According to the Bible is a comprehensive Christian treatise by theologian Wayne Grudem that outlines a biblical framework for political engagement and public policy.
-
E.
It Must Be Jesus
"It Must Be Jesus" is a gospel song by the Southern Tones whose melody and structure were famously adapted by Ray Charles into his pioneering soul hit "I Got a Woman."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian song
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gospel song ⓘ human ⓘ inspirational song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dale Evans
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The Bible Tells Me So ⓘ
linked to:
The Bible Tells Me So (song)
|
| composer | Frances Octavia Smith ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
Christian music
ⓘ
gospel ⓘ inspirational music ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Frances Octavia Smith ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerformer |
Christian gospel artists
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Dale Evans ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Christian faith
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biblical authority ⓘ trust in the Bible ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Frances Octavia Smith ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
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singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| popularizedIn |
American gospel music circles
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American inspirational music circles ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| titleContains | Bible ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christian worship contexts
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gospel concerts ⓘ inspirational music programs ⓘ |
| writer | Frances Octavia Smith ⓘ |
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: The Bible Tells Me So (song) Description of subject: "The Bible Tells Me So" is a mid-20th-century Christian song, popularized in American gospel and inspirational music circles, written by Frances Octavia Smith (known professionally as Dale Evans).
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Bible Tells Me So (song)