Ruby, My Dear

E575365

jazz standard musical composition

"Ruby, My Dear" is a celebrated jazz ballad composed by Thelonious Monk, known for its haunting melody and complex harmonies.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ruby, My Dear canonical	4
Ruby My Dear	1
Ruby, My Dear (alternate take)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6209322 — 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: Ruby, My Dear
Context triple: [Thelonious Monk, notableWork, Ruby, My Dear]

A. Here, My Dear
"Here, My Dear" is a deeply personal 1978 soul album by Marvin Gaye, renowned for its raw, confessional exploration of his troubled marriage and divorce.
B. Miss Read
Miss Read was the pen name of English novelist Dora Jessie Saint, best known for her gentle, nostalgic novels depicting village life in the English countryside.
C. The Woman in Red
The Woman in Red is a 1984 romantic comedy film starring Gene Wilder that is especially known for its soundtrack featuring Stevie Wonder’s hit song “I Just Called to Say I Love You.”
D. The Lady
The Lady is the mysterious, sharpshooting female gunslinger who enters a deadly quick-draw tournament to confront her past in the Western film "The Quick and the Dead."
E. La Doyenne
La Doyenne is the traditional nickname of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, one of cycling’s oldest and most prestigious one-day Classics.
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: Ruby, My Dear
Target entity description: "Ruby, My Dear" is a celebrated jazz ballad composed by Thelonious Monk, known for its haunting melody and complex harmonies.

A. Here, My Dear
"Here, My Dear" is a deeply personal 1978 soul album by Marvin Gaye, renowned for its raw, confessional exploration of his troubled marriage and divorce.
B. Miss Read
Miss Read was the pen name of English novelist Dora Jessie Saint, best known for her gentle, nostalgic novels depicting village life in the English countryside.
C. The Woman in Red
The Woman in Red is a 1984 romantic comedy film starring Gene Wilder that is especially known for its soundtrack featuring Stevie Wonder’s hit song “I Just Called to Say I Love You.”
D. The Lady
The Lady is the mysterious, sharpshooting female gunslinger who enters a deadly quick-draw tournament to confront her past in the Western film "The Quick and the Dead."
E. La Doyenne
La Doyenne is the traditional nickname of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, one of cycling’s oldest and most prestigious one-day Classics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	jazz standard ⓘ musical composition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Rubie, My Dear ⓘ Ruby My Dear ⓘ linked to: Ruby, My Dear
composer	Thelonious Monk ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Ruby Richardson ⓘ
firstRecordedBy	Thelonious Monk ⓘ
form	ballad form ⓘ
genre	jazz ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	expressive, introspective mood ⓘ lyrical melody over rich chord changes ⓘ
hasHarmonyCharacteristic	complex harmonies ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	modern jazz harmony ⓘ
hasKey	B-flat major ⓘ
hasMelodyCharacteristic	haunting melody ⓘ
isStandardIn	jazz ballad repertoire ⓘ
language	instrumental ⓘ
notableRecordingBy	Barry Harris ⓘ Carmen McRae ⓘ Fred Hersch ⓘ John Coltrane ⓘ Sonny Rollins ⓘ Thelonious Monk ⓘ
partOfRepertoireOf	John Coltrane ⓘ Thelonious Monk ⓘ modern jazz musicians ⓘ
style	bebop ⓘ
subgenre	ballad ⓘ
tempo	slow ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thelonious Monk → notableWork → Ruby, My Dear ⓘ

Ruby, My Dear → alsoKnownAs → Ruby My Dear ⓘ

linked to: Ruby, My Dear

Monk's Music → hasTrack → Ruby, My Dear ⓘ

Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane → hasTrack → Ruby, My Dear ⓘ

Solo Monk → hasTrack → Ruby, My Dear ⓘ

Solo Monk → hasTrack → Ruby, My Dear (alternate take) ⓘ