Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
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"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" is a lighthearted, reggae-influenced pop song by the Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney and released on their 1968 self-titled "White Album."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4724320 — 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: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Context triple: [The Beatles (White Album), hasPart, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da]
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A.
Come On-a My House
"Come On-a My House" is a 1951 pop song, co-written by Ross Bagdasarian and William Saroyan, that became a major hit and signature tune for singer Rosemary Clooney.
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B.
Isn't She Lovely
"Isn't She Lovely" is a popular 1976 soul and R&B song by Stevie Wonder, celebrated for its joyful tribute to his newborn daughter and its distinctive harmonica and vocal performances.
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C.
Do-Re-Mi
Do-Re-Mi is a popular show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music," known for teaching the musical scale through its lyrics.
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D.
Mother's Little Helper
"Mother's Little Helper" is a 1966 song by the Rolling Stones that satirically addresses the growing dependence on prescription drugs among suburban housewives.
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E.
Embraceable You
"Embraceable You" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely recorded and performed since its debut in the 1930 musical Girl Crazy.
- 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: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Target entity description: "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" is a lighthearted, reggae-influenced pop song by the Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney and released on their 1968 self-titled "White Album."
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A.
Come On-a My House
"Come On-a My House" is a 1951 pop song, co-written by Ross Bagdasarian and William Saroyan, that became a major hit and signature tune for singer Rosemary Clooney.
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B.
Isn't She Lovely
"Isn't She Lovely" is a popular 1976 soul and R&B song by Stevie Wonder, celebrated for its joyful tribute to his newborn daughter and its distinctive harmonica and vocal performances.
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C.
Do-Re-Mi
Do-Re-Mi is a popular show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music," known for teaching the musical scale through its lyrics.
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D.
Mother's Little Helper
"Mother's Little Helper" is a 1966 song by the Rolling Stones that satirically addresses the growing dependence on prescription drugs among suburban housewives.
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E.
Embraceable You
"Embraceable You" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely recorded and performed since its debut in the 1930 musical Girl Crazy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | The Beatles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The White Album NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | The Beatles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| backingVocal |
George Harrison
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Lennon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToCatalog | The Beatles songs written by Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| catchphrase | Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on ⓘ |
| chartPosition | UK Singles Chart number 1 (Marmalade cover) ⓘ |
| composer | Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | mixed ⓘ |
| genre |
pop
ⓘ
reggae ⓘ rock ⓘ ska-influenced pop ⓘ |
| hasISRC | GBAYE6800016 ⓘ |
| hasMusicStyleDescriptor |
lighthearted
ⓘ
reggae-influenced pop ⓘ |
| influencedBy | reggae ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ handclaps ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| key | B-flat major ⓘ |
| label | Apple Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocal | Paul McCartney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | 3:08 ⓘ |
| lyricCharacters |
Desmond
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Molly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
domestic life
ⓘ
everyday happiness ⓘ |
| notableCoverArtist |
Marmalade
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
No Doubt NERFINISHED ⓘ The Marmalade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | The Beatles (1968 double album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
George Harrison
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Lennon NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul McCartney ⓘ Ringo Starr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | George Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedAt | EMI Studios, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingEndDate | 1968-07-18 ⓘ |
| recordingStartDate | 1968-07-03 ⓘ |
| releasedAsSingleIn | 1968 ⓘ |
| releasedAsSingleInCountry |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1968-11-22 ⓘ |
| tempo | upbeat ⓘ |
| timeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
| writer |
John Lennon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul McCartney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Description of subject: "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" is a lighthearted, reggae-influenced pop song by the Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney and released on their 1968 self-titled "White Album."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.