A Bushel and a Peck
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"A Bushel and a Peck" is a lighthearted, old-fashioned show tune best known from the Broadway musical *Guys and Dolls* and popularized by several hit recordings in the early 1950s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Bushel and a Peck canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5398201 — 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 Bushel and a Peck Context triple: [Guys and Dolls, notableSong, A Bushel and a Peck]
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A.
The Harvest
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B.
Peace and Plenty
Peace and Plenty is a celebrated 19th-century landscape painting by American artist George Inness, exemplifying his mature Tonalist style and spiritual approach to nature.
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C.
The Red Mill
The Red Mill is a 1906 Broadway comic operetta with music by Victor Herbert that became one of his most popular and frequently revived stage works.
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D.
The Onion Field
The Onion Field is a 1979 crime drama film based on Joseph Wambaugh’s true-crime book about a real-life kidnapping and murder of a Los Angeles police officer.
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E.
The Spoils
The Spoils is a darkly comedic stage play by Jesse Eisenberg that explores privilege, insecurity, and fractured relationships among young urban adults.
- 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 Bushel and a Peck Target entity description: "A Bushel and a Peck" is a lighthearted, old-fashioned show tune best known from the Broadway musical *Guys and Dolls* and popularized by several hit recordings in the early 1950s.
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A.
The Harvest
The Harvest is an Impressionist painting by Camille Pissarro depicting rural agricultural laborers working in the fields.
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B.
Peace and Plenty
Peace and Plenty is a celebrated 19th-century landscape painting by American artist George Inness, exemplifying his mature Tonalist style and spiritual approach to nature.
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C.
The Red Mill
The Red Mill is a 1906 Broadway comic operetta with music by Victor Herbert that became one of his most popular and frequently revived stage works.
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D.
The Onion Field
The Onion Field is a 1979 crime drama film based on Joseph Wambaugh’s true-crime book about a real-life kidnapping and murder of a Los Angeles police officer.
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E.
The Spoils
The Spoils is a darkly comedic stage play by Jesse Eisenberg that explores privilege, insecurity, and fractured relationships among young urban adults.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| composer | Frank Loesser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalPeriod | mid-20th century American musical theatre ⓘ |
| describedAs |
lighthearted
ⓘ
old-fashioned ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | Broadway musical Guys and Dolls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fromMusical | Guys and Dolls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
popular music
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecordingBy |
Betty Hutton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Doris Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Perry Como NERFINISHED ⓘ The Andrews Sisters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecordingPeriod |
1950
ⓘ
1951 ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
novelty song
ⓘ
upbeat ⓘ |
| hasTheme | romantic affection ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Frank Loesser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls
ⓘ
multiple hit recordings in the early 1950s ⓘ |
| partOf | Guys and Dolls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| popularizedIn | early 1950s ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| replacedByInFilmAdaptation | Pet Me, Poppa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | stage productions of Guys and Dolls ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Bushel and a Peck Description of subject: "A Bushel and a Peck" is a lighthearted, old-fashioned show tune best known from the Broadway musical *Guys and Dolls* and popularized by several hit recordings in the early 1950s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.