Lady, Be Good
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"Lady, Be Good" is a 1924 Broadway musical comedy with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, best known for its hit songs and for featuring Fred Astaire in one of his early major stage roles.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lady Be Good | 3 |
| Lady, Be Good canonical | 2 |
| "Lady Be Good" (1936 Kansas City recording) | 1 |
| Lady Be Good (1941 film) | 1 |
| Oh, Lady Be Good! | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2420431 — 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: Lady, Be Good Context triple: [Frederick Austerlitz, notableWork, Lady, Be Good]
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A.
For Me and My Gal
For Me and My Gal is a 1942 American musical film, co-starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in his screen debut, about vaudeville performers whose careers and romance are affected by World War I.
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B.
Footlight Parade
Footlight Parade is a 1933 American musical film starring James Cagney, celebrated for its elaborate Busby Berkeley-choreographed production numbers and backstage showbiz storyline.
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C.
I Got Rhythm
"I Got Rhythm" is a popular jazz standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, renowned for its catchy melody and influential chord progression widely used in jazz improvisation.
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D.
Alexander's Ragtime Band
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" is a hugely popular 1911 ragtime song that helped launch Irving Berlin's career and became one of the early standards of American popular music.
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E.
Girl Crazy
Girl Crazy is a 1943 American musical film starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, based on the George and Ira Gershwin stage musical of the same name.
- 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: Lady, Be Good Target entity description: "Lady, Be Good" is a 1924 Broadway musical comedy with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, best known for its hit songs and for featuring Fred Astaire in one of his early major stage roles.
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A.
For Me and My Gal
For Me and My Gal is a 1942 American musical film, co-starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in his screen debut, about vaudeville performers whose careers and romance are affected by World War I.
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B.
Footlight Parade
Footlight Parade is a 1933 American musical film starring James Cagney, celebrated for its elaborate Busby Berkeley-choreographed production numbers and backstage showbiz storyline.
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C.
I Got Rhythm
"I Got Rhythm" is a popular jazz standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, renowned for its catchy melody and influential chord progression widely used in jazz improvisation.
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D.
Alexander's Ragtime Band
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" is a hugely popular 1911 ragtime song that helped launch Irving Berlin's career and became one of the early standards of American popular music.
-
E.
Girl Crazy
Girl Crazy is a 1943 American musical film starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, based on the George and Ira Gershwin stage musical of the same name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ |
| composer | George Gershwin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creativeTeamMember |
George Gershwin
ⓘ
Ira Gershwin ⓘ |
| era | Roaring Twenties ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasOrchestrationStyle | 1920s Broadway orchestra ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
mistaken identity
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ social class differences ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Ira Gershwin ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Ira Gershwin ⓘ |
| musicBy | George Gershwin ⓘ |
| musicStyle | jazz-influenced popular song ⓘ |
| notableFor | featuring Fred Astaire in an early major stage role ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Fascinating Rhythm
ⓘ
Oh, Lady Be Good! ⓘ
linked to:
Lady, Be Good
|
| originalBroadwayOpeningDate | 1924-12-01 ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage ⓘ |
| originalProductionType | Broadway ⓘ |
| partOf | American musical theatre canon ⓘ |
| productionForm | book musical ⓘ |
| setting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| starredPerformer |
Adele Astaire
ⓘ
Fred Astaire ⓘ |
| yearOfPremiere | 1924 ⓘ |
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: Lady, Be Good Description of subject: "Lady, Be Good" is a 1924 Broadway musical comedy with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, best known for its hit songs and for featuring Fred Astaire in one of his early major stage roles.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Frederick
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