Walking the Dog
E1028234
"Walking the Dog" is a 1963 rhythm and blues song by Rufus Thomas that became one of his signature hits and a widely covered classic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walking the Dog canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13205456 — 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: Walking the Dog Context triple: [Rufus Thomas, notableWork, Walking the Dog]
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A.
Walk These Dogs
"Walk These Dogs" is a track from the album "Year of the Dog... Again" by rapper DMX.
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B.
He Dog
He Dog was a prominent Oglala Lakota leader and war chief who played a key role in resistance to U.S. military campaigns during the Great Sioux War of 1876.
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C.
Man About Dog
Man About Dog is a 2004 Irish comedy film centered on three small-time Belfast gamblers who get entangled in greyhound racing schemes.
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D.
No More Doggin'
"No More Doggin'" is a rhythm and blues song by Rosco Gordon that became one of his best-known recordings and an influential early example of the shuffle style.
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E.
Three Dog
Three Dog is the charismatic, freedom-fighting DJ of Galaxy News Radio in Fallout 3, known for his distinctive voice, moral commentary, and guidance to the Lone Wanderer.
- 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: Walking the Dog Target entity description: "Walking the Dog" is a 1963 rhythm and blues song by Rufus Thomas that became one of his signature hits and a widely covered classic.
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A.
Walk These Dogs
"Walk These Dogs" is a track from the album "Year of the Dog... Again" by rapper DMX.
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B.
He Dog
He Dog was a prominent Oglala Lakota leader and war chief who played a key role in resistance to U.S. military campaigns during the Great Sioux War of 1876.
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C.
Man About Dog
Man About Dog is a 2004 Irish comedy film centered on three small-time Belfast gamblers who get entangled in greyhound racing schemes.
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D.
No More Doggin'
"No More Doggin'" is a rhythm and blues song by Rosco Gordon that became one of his best-known recordings and an influential early example of the shuffle style.
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E.
Three Dog
Three Dog is the charismatic, freedom-fighting DJ of Galaxy News Radio in Fallout 3, known for his distinctive voice, moral commentary, and guidance to the Lone Wanderer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Rufus Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithLabel | Stax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPerformance | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 top 20 hit ⓘ |
| composer | Rufus Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
signature hit of Rufus Thomas
ⓘ
widely covered classic ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ horn section ⓘ |
| followedBy | Can Your Monkey Do the Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalTitle | Walking the Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersionBy |
Aerosmith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Green Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Lenny Kravitz NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rolling Stones NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sonics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEra | 1960s American R&B ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyricReference | Miss Mary Mack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOriginalMedium | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| hasRhythmicStyle | shuffle rhythm ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
dance instructions
ⓘ
novelty dance ⓘ |
| hasType |
1960s song
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Rufus Thomas song ⓘ rhythm and blues song ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | call-and-response ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | children's nursery rhyme ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Rufus Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Rufus Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Walking the Dog (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Rufus Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Jim Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1963 ⓘ |
| recordedAt | Stax Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Stax Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1963 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
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: Walking the Dog Description of subject: "Walking the Dog" is a 1963 rhythm and blues song by Rufus Thomas that became one of his signature hits and a widely covered classic.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sam Page