It’s the Talk of the Town
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"It’s the Talk of the Town" is a popular American song composed by Jerry Livingston that became a well-known standard.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| It’s the Talk of the Town canonical | 2 |
| It Is the Talk of the Town | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13483477 — 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: It’s the Talk of the Town Context triple: [Jerry Livingston, notableWork, It’s the Talk of the Town]
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A.
A Night on the Town
A Night on the Town is a 1976 rock album by Rod Stewart that features a blend of romantic ballads and upbeat tracks, including the hit single "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)."
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B.
A Night on the Town
"A Night on the Town" is a 1990 studio album by American singer-songwriter and pianist Bruce Hornsby, blending rock, pop, and jazz influences with his signature piano-driven sound.
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C.
Talk of the Town
Talk of the Town is a long-running, signature front-of-the-book section of The New Yorker known for its short, witty, and observational pieces on New York City life and culture.
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D.
Talk of the Town
Talk of the Town is a 1942 American romantic comedy-drama film best known for blending lighthearted romance with serious social and legal themes, starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, and Ronald Colman.
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E.
The Gaudy Side of Town
"The Gaudy Side of Town" is a smooth, soft-rock-inspired track by the indie supergroup Gayngs, known for its lush production and laid-back, atmospheric vibe.
- 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: It’s the Talk of the Town Target entity description: "It’s the Talk of the Town" is a popular American song composed by Jerry Livingston that became a well-known standard.
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A.
A Night on the Town
A Night on the Town is a 1976 rock album by Rod Stewart that features a blend of romantic ballads and upbeat tracks, including the hit single "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)."
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B.
A Night on the Town
"A Night on the Town" is a 1990 studio album by American singer-songwriter and pianist Bruce Hornsby, blending rock, pop, and jazz influences with his signature piano-driven sound.
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C.
Talk of the Town
Talk of the Town is a long-running, signature front-of-the-book section of The New Yorker known for its short, witty, and observational pieces on New York City life and culture.
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D.
Talk of the Town
Talk of the Town is a 1942 American romantic comedy-drama film best known for blending lighthearted romance with serious social and legal themes, starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, and Ronald Colman.
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E.
The Gaudy Side of Town
"The Gaudy Side of Town" is a smooth, soft-rock-inspired track by the indie supergroup Gayngs, known for its lush production and laid-back, atmospheric vibe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jazz standard
ⓘ
popular song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
It Is the Talk of the Town
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linked to:
It’s the Talk of the Town
|
| composer | Jerry Livingston ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| decade | 1930s ⓘ |
| describedAs | American standard ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasForm | popular song form ⓘ |
| hasMeter | common time ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
lost love
ⓘ
romantic disappointment ⓘ |
| hasTitle | It’s the Talk of the Town ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Great American Songbook (informal canon)
ⓘ
linked to:
Great American Songbook
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| influencedGenre | vocal jazz repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Al J. Neiburg
ⓘ
Marty Symes ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy |
Anita O’Day
ⓘ
linked to:
Anita O'Day
Art Tatum ⓘ Billie Holiday ⓘ Bing Crosby ⓘ Charlie Parker ⓘ Coleman Hawkins ⓘ Dexter Gordon ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ Fats Waller ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ Nat King Cole ⓘ Sarah Vaughan ⓘ The Ink Spots ⓘ |
| performancePractice | often performed at slow to medium tempo ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1933 ⓘ |
| usedAs | jazz ballad standard ⓘ |
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: It’s the Talk of the Town Description of subject: "It’s the Talk of the Town" is a popular American song composed by Jerry Livingston that became a well-known standard.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: It’s the Talk of the Town