Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas
E395441
Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas is Maya Angelou’s third autobiographical volume, chronicling her experiences as a performer and young mother in the 1950s and 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3864040 — 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: Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas Context triple: [Maya Angelou, notableWork, Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas]
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A.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a classic Christmas standard, originally introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 film *Meet Me in St. Louis* and since covered by countless artists.
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B.
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" is a classic 1970 stop-motion animated Christmas television special that tells the origin story of Santa Claus, featuring narration by Fred Astaire.
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C.
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
"It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is a classic mid-20th-century Christmas song that has become a seasonal standard, widely covered and featured in holiday music repertoires.
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D.
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
"I’ll Be Home for Christmas" is a classic American Christmas song, first recorded by Bing Crosby in 1943, that expresses a soldier’s longing to be home with loved ones for the holidays.
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E.
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" is a classic mid-20th-century Christmas standard, famously popularized by Nat King Cole and known for its warm, nostalgic imagery of the holiday season.
- 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: Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas Target entity description: Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas is Maya Angelou’s third autobiographical volume, chronicling her experiences as a performer and young mother in the 1950s and 1960s.
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A.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a classic Christmas standard, originally introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 film *Meet Me in St. Louis* and since covered by countless artists.
-
B.
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" is a classic 1970 stop-motion animated Christmas television special that tells the origin story of Santa Claus, featuring narration by Fred Astaire.
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C.
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
"It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is a classic mid-20th-century Christmas song that has become a seasonal standard, widely covered and featured in holiday music repertoires.
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D.
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
"I’ll Be Home for Christmas" is a classic American Christmas song, first recorded by Bing Crosby in 1943, that expresses a soldier’s longing to be home with loved ones for the holidays.
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E.
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" is a classic mid-20th-century Christmas standard, famously popularized by Nat King Cole and known for its warm, nostalgic imagery of the holiday season.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiography
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book ⓘ |
| author | Maya Angelou ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
Maya Angelou’s career as a performer
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Maya Angelou’s experiences as a young mother ⓘ touring with theatrical productions ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Heart of a Woman ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African American literature
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surface form:
African-American literature
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| mainSubject |
Maya Angelou
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motherhood ⓘ performing arts ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
art and performance
ⓘ
family ⓘ identity ⓘ interracial relationships ⓘ |
| partOf | Maya Angelou’s seven-volume autobiographical series ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 3 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Gather Together in My Name ⓘ |
| series | Maya Angelou autobiographies ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas Description of subject: Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas is Maya Angelou’s third autobiographical volume, chronicling her experiences as a performer and young mother in the 1950s and 1960s.
Referenced by (4)
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