A Song Is Born
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A Song Is Born is a 1948 musical comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo, that updates the story of eccentric professors and a nightclub singer with a focus on contemporary jazz and swing music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Song Is Born canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4623430 — 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: A Song Is Born Context triple: [Ball of Fire, remadeAs, A Song Is Born]
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A.
A Song
"A Song" is a track by Greek composer Vangelis featured on his 1979 electronic music album "Earth."
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B.
Our Song
"Our Song" is a track by the English progressive rock band Yes, featured on their 1983 album "90125."
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C.
A Love Song
"A Love Song" is a country-pop ballad recorded by Kenny Rogers that became one of his notable hits in the early 1980s.
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D.
Song to Song
Song to Song is a 2017 experimental romantic drama film directed by Terrence Malick, known for its impressionistic narrative, Austin music-scene setting, and fluid, visually striking cinematography.
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E.
One Song
"One Song" is a romantic ballad sung by the Prince in Disney's 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- 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: A Song Is Born Target entity description: A Song Is Born is a 1948 musical comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo, that updates the story of eccentric professors and a nightclub singer with a focus on contemporary jazz and swing music.
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A.
A Song
"A Song" is a track by Greek composer Vangelis featured on his 1979 electronic music album "Earth."
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B.
Our Song
"Our Song" is a track by the English progressive rock band Yes, featured on their 1983 album "90125."
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C.
A Love Song
"A Love Song" is a country-pop ballad recorded by Kenny Rogers that became one of his notable hits in the early 1980s.
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D.
Song to Song
Song to Song is a 2017 experimental romantic drama film directed by Terrence Malick, known for its impressionistic narrative, Austin music-scene setting, and fluid, visually striking cinematography.
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E.
One Song
"One Song" is a romantic ballad sung by the Prince in Disney's 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
musical comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ball of Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gregg Toland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Howard Hawks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Roland Gross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
eccentric professors
ⓘ
nightclub singer ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
jazz
ⓘ
swing music ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | Technicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
jazz film ⓘ musical film ⓘ romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| hasNotableSong |
"A Song Is Born"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
"Daddy-O" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Flying Home" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Redskin Rhumba" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Stealin' Apples" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Danny Kaye as Professor Hobart Frisbee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia Mayo as Honey Swanson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Hugo Friedhofer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | contemporary jazz and swing music ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Samuel Goldwyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Samuel Goldwyn Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1948-10-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 113 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Billy Wilder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thomas Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInEnvironment | college ⓘ |
| setInLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| stars |
Benny Goodman
NERFINISHED
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Charlie Barnet NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Hampton NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Bellson NERFINISHED ⓘ Mel Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Hicks NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Dorsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Mayo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | A Song Is Born NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Song Is Born Description of subject: A Song Is Born is a 1948 musical comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo, that updates the story of eccentric professors and a nightclub singer with a focus on contemporary jazz and swing music.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.