Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
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"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" is a classic 1937 song by George and Ira Gershwin, famous for its playful lyrics about differing pronunciations like "tomato" and "tomahto."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off | 3 |
| Let's Call the Whole Thing Off canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2007631 — 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: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Context triple: [Shall We Dance, featuresSong, Let's Call the Whole Thing Off]
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A.
Give Me a Call
"Give Me a Call" is a song from John Legend's 2008 R&B/soul album "Evolver."
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B.
All or Nothing
All or Nothing is a 2002 British drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh that explores the lives and struggles of working-class families in London.
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C.
The What D'Ye Call It
The What D'Ye Call It is a satirical one-act play by English poet and dramatist John Gay, known for parodying the conventions of contemporary tragedy and theatre.
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D.
The Interruption of Everything
The Interruption of Everything is a contemporary novel by Terry McMillan that follows a middle-aged woman confronting the upheaval of her family life, identity, and long-suppressed dreams.
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E.
A Friendly Call
"A Friendly Call" is an 1895 oil painting by American Impressionist William Merritt Chase, depicting two elegantly dressed women conversing in a refined domestic interior.
- 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: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Target entity description: "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" is a classic 1937 song by George and Ira Gershwin, famous for its playful lyrics about differing pronunciations like "tomato" and "tomahto."
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A.
Give Me a Call
"Give Me a Call" is a song from John Legend's 2008 R&B/soul album "Evolver."
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B.
All or Nothing
All or Nothing is a 2002 British drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh that explores the lives and struggles of working-class families in London.
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C.
The What D'Ye Call It
The What D'Ye Call It is a satirical one-act play by English poet and dramatist John Gay, known for parodying the conventions of contemporary tragedy and theatre.
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D.
The Interruption of Everything
The Interruption of Everything is a contemporary novel by Terry McMillan that follows a middle-aged woman confronting the upheaval of her family life, identity, and long-suppressed dreams.
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E.
A Friendly Call
"A Friendly Call" is an 1895 oil painting by American Impressionist William Merritt Chase, depicting two elegantly dressed women conversing in a refined domestic interior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
popular song
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song ⓘ |
| composer | George Gershwin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coveredBy |
Billie Holiday
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Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong ⓘ Harry Connick Jr. ⓘ Louis Armstrong ⓘ Mel Tormé ⓘ Sammy Davis Jr. ⓘ Tony Bennett ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
became emblematic of American vs British pronunciation differences
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popularized the phrase "let's call the whole thing off" ⓘ |
| famousFor |
"you like tomato and I like tomahto" line
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"you say either and I say either" line ⓘ playful lyrics about differing pronunciations ⓘ |
| featuredInSceneType | roller-skating dance sequence ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInFilm | Shall We Dance ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz standard
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show tune ⓘ |
| hasRhymeSchemeFeature | contrasting pronunciation pairs ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Fred Astaire
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Ginger Rogers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalDevice |
minimal pairs
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repetition ⓘ wordplay ⓘ |
| lyricist | Ira Gershwin ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Ira Gershwin ⓘ |
| musicBy | George Gershwin ⓘ |
| partOf |
Shall We Dance
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surface form:
Shall We Dance (soundtrack)
Great American Songbook ⓘ
surface form:
The Great American Songbook
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| performedBy |
Fred Astaire
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Ginger Rogers ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chappell & Co. ⓘ |
| setInContext | romantic couple considering breaking up ⓘ |
| theme |
differences in speech and class
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reconciliation ⓘ romantic misunderstanding ⓘ |
| usesPronunciationContrast |
"either" / "either"
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"laughter" / "lawfter" ⓘ "neither" / "neither" ⓘ "oysters" / "erstas" ⓘ "potato" / "potahto" ⓘ "tomato" / "tomahto" ⓘ |
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: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Description of subject: "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" is a classic 1937 song by George and Ira Gershwin, famous for its playful lyrics about differing pronunciations like "tomato" and "tomahto."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
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includesWork
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Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
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this entity surface form:
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
this entity surface form:
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off