Cemetery Polka
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"Cemetery Polka" is a darkly humorous, cabaret-style song by Tom Waits from his acclaimed 1985 album *Rain Dogs*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cemetery Polka canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18092947 — 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: Cemetery Polka Context triple: [Rain Dogs, hasPart, Cemetery Polka]
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A.
Polka King of the Midwest
Polka King of the Midwest is the self-styled show-business persona of fictional bandleader Gus Polinski, a traveling polka musician featured in the film "Home Alone."
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B.
Strip Polka
"Strip Polka" is a lively World War II–era novelty song made famous by the American close-harmony group The Andrews Sisters.
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C.
The Mephisto Waltz
The Mephisto Waltz is a 1971 American horror film involving satanic rituals and body-swapping, in which Bradford Dillman plays a central role.
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D.
Pizzicato-Polka
Pizzicato-Polka is a light, playful orchestral piece composed by Johann Strauss II and his brother Josef, famous for its plucked-string (pizzicato) texture and frequent use in ballet and concert repertoires.
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E.
Beer Barrel Polka
"Beer Barrel Polka" is a popular World War II–era song, originally a Czech tune, that became widely known in English through lively recordings such as those by The Andrews Sisters.
- 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: Cemetery Polka Target entity description: "Cemetery Polka" is a darkly humorous, cabaret-style song by Tom Waits from his acclaimed 1985 album *Rain Dogs*.
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A.
Polka King of the Midwest
Polka King of the Midwest is the self-styled show-business persona of fictional bandleader Gus Polinski, a traveling polka musician featured in the film "Home Alone."
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B.
Strip Polka
"Strip Polka" is a lively World War II–era novelty song made famous by the American close-harmony group The Andrews Sisters.
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C.
The Mephisto Waltz
The Mephisto Waltz is a 1971 American horror film involving satanic rituals and body-swapping, in which Bradford Dillman plays a central role.
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D.
Pizzicato-Polka
Pizzicato-Polka is a light, playful orchestral piece composed by Johann Strauss II and his brother Josef, famous for its plucked-string (pizzicato) texture and frequent use in ballet and concert repertoires.
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E.
Beer Barrel Polka
"Beer Barrel Polka" is a popular World War II–era song, originally a Czech tune, that became widely known in English through lively recordings such as those by The Andrews Sisters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.