Temptation
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"Temptation" is a popular song from the early 1930s, best known for its enduring status as a pop standard frequently recorded by major vocalists and big bands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Temptation canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2804133 — 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: Temptation Context triple: [Arthur Freed, wroteLyricsFor, Temptation]
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A.
the Tempter
The Tempter is a name for the Devil that emphasizes his role in enticing humans into sin and moral wrongdoing.
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B.
Four Tempters
The Four Tempters are allegorical figures in T.S. Eliot’s play "Murder in the Cathedral" who successively tempt Archbishop Thomas Becket with power, safety, and spiritual pride, revealing the moral and spiritual conflicts at the heart of the drama.
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C.
Obsession
"Obsession" is a synth-pop single by American singer Sky Ferreira that helped introduce her dark, edgy pop aesthetic to a wider audience.
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D.
Obsession
Obsession is a 1976 psychological thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, known for its Hitchcockian style, themes of guilt and identity, and Bernard Herrmann’s haunting score.
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E.
El Deseo
El Deseo is a Spanish film production company founded by Pedro Almodóvar and his brother Agustín, known for producing many of Almodóvar’s acclaimed movies.
- 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: Temptation Target entity description: "Temptation" is a popular song from the early 1930s, best known for its enduring status as a pop standard frequently recorded by major vocalists and big bands.
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A.
the Tempter
The Tempter is a name for the Devil that emphasizes his role in enticing humans into sin and moral wrongdoing.
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B.
Four Tempters
The Four Tempters are allegorical figures in T.S. Eliot’s play "Murder in the Cathedral" who successively tempt Archbishop Thomas Becket with power, safety, and spiritual pride, revealing the moral and spiritual conflicts at the heart of the drama.
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C.
Obsession
"Obsession" is a synth-pop single by American singer Sky Ferreira that helped introduce her dark, edgy pop aesthetic to a wider audience.
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D.
Obsession
Obsession is a 1976 psychological thriller film directed by Brian De Palma, known for its Hitchcockian style, themes of guilt and identity, and Bernard Herrmann’s haunting score.
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E.
El Deseo
El Deseo is a Spanish film production company founded by Pedro Almodóvar and his brother Agustín, known for producing many of Almodóvar’s acclaimed movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pop standard
ⓘ
popular song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| composer | Nacio Herb Brown ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstReleasePeriod | early 1930s ⓘ |
| genre |
pop standard
ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later pop standard interpretations ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
big band arrangement
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crooner style vocal performance ⓘ vocal jazz interpretation ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerformer |
Artie Shaw
ⓘ
Benny Goodman ⓘ Bing Crosby ⓘ The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra ⓘ
surface form:
Bing Crosby and the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
Dean Martin ⓘ Diana Krall ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ Glenn Miller Orchestra ⓘ
surface form:
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
Jo Stafford ⓘ Lawrence Welk Orchestra ⓘ
surface form:
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra
Les Brown and His Band of Renown ⓘ Mario Lanza ⓘ Perry Como ⓘ Red Norvo and His Orchestra ⓘ The Everly Brothers ⓘ Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra ⓘ |
| hasRecordingEra |
78 rpm era
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CD era ⓘ LP era ⓘ digital era ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
emotional conflict
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romantic longing ⓘ seduction ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyIncludedIn |
big band concert programs
ⓘ
standards repertoires of jazz vocalists ⓘ traditional pop recordings ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Great American Songbook ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Arthur Freed ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being frequently recorded by big bands
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being frequently recorded by major vocalists ⓘ enduring status as a pop standard ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
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: Temptation Description of subject: "Temptation" is a popular song from the early 1930s, best known for its enduring status as a pop standard frequently recorded by major vocalists and big bands.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nacio Herb Brown