The Jitterbug
E301166
The Jitterbug is a song written for but ultimately cut from the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz," remembered today as a notable work by lyricist E. Y. Harburg.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Jitterbug canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2824443 — 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: The Jitterbug Context triple: [E. Y. Harburg, notableWork, The Jitterbug]
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A.
Syncopation
Syncopation is a 1942 American musical drama film centered on the history and development of jazz music.
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B.
One O’Clock Jump
One O’Clock Jump is a classic 1937 swing-era jazz instrumental and signature tune of the Count Basie Orchestra, renowned for its riff-based structure and driving rhythm.
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C.
Fancy Free
Fancy Free is a 1944 ballet choreographed by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, depicting three sailors on shore leave in New York City.
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D.
Lindy
Lindy is a diminutive given name commonly used as a nickname for Linda and similar names.
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E.
Waltz
Waltz is a surname most prominently associated with Kenneth N. Waltz, a leading American political scientist known for his work in international relations theory.
- 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: The Jitterbug Target entity description: The Jitterbug is a song written for but ultimately cut from the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz," remembered today as a notable work by lyricist E. Y. Harburg.
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A.
Syncopation
Syncopation is a 1942 American musical drama film centered on the history and development of jazz music.
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B.
One O’Clock Jump
One O’Clock Jump is a classic 1937 swing-era jazz instrumental and signature tune of the Count Basie Orchestra, renowned for its riff-based structure and driving rhythm.
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C.
Fancy Free
Fancy Free is a 1944 ballet choreographed by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, depicting three sailors on shore leave in New York City.
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D.
Lindy
Lindy is a diminutive given name commonly used as a nickname for Linda and similar names.
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E.
Waltz
Waltz is a surname most prominently associated with Kenneth N. Waltz, a leading American political scientist known for his work in international relations theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical number
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| appearsIn | surviving production stills of The Wizard of Oz ⓘ |
| associatedWithComposer | Harold Arlen ⓘ |
| associatedWithFranchise | The Wizard of Oz ⓘ |
| associatedWithLyricist | E. Y. Harburg ⓘ |
| associatedWithStudio | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| basedOn | contemporary jitterbug dance and slang ⓘ |
| composer | Harold Arlen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deletedFrom | final cut of The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
|
| filmed | yes ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYearIntended | 1939 ⓘ |
| genre |
film musical song
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus | cult-favorite deleted song among Wizard of Oz enthusiasts ⓘ |
| influencedBy | jitterbug dance craze ⓘ |
| intendedFor |
The Wizard of Oz
ⓘ
surface form:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme | contagious dancing caused by a jitterbug ⓘ |
| lyricist | E. Y. Harburg ⓘ |
| medium | film music ⓘ |
| musicBy | Harold Arlen ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | scene of characters attacked by jitterbug creatures causing uncontrollable dancing ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a well-known deleted song from The Wizard of Oz
ⓘ
lyrics by E. Y. Harburg ⓘ music by Harold Arlen ⓘ |
| partOf | music written for The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) ⓘ |
| performedIn | some theatrical versions of The Wizard of Oz ⓘ |
| rememberedAsWorkOf | E. Y. Harburg ⓘ |
| statusInFinalFilm | cut ⓘ |
| style | up-tempo swing-influenced number ⓘ |
| title | The Jitterbug self-link ⓘ |
| usedInStageAdaptationsOf | The Wizard of Oz ⓘ |
| writtenFor |
The Wizard of Oz
ⓘ
surface form:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
|
| writtenForCharacter |
The Cowardly Lion
ⓘ
surface form:
Cowardly Lion
Dorothy Gale ⓘ Scarecrow ⓘ The Tin Man ⓘ
surface form:
Tin Man
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: The Jitterbug Description of subject: The Jitterbug is a song written for but ultimately cut from the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz," remembered today as a notable work by lyricist E. Y. Harburg.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.