“The Best Things in Life Are Free”
E639817
“The Best Things in Life Are Free” is a popular 1927 American song, with lyrics by Buddy DeSylva, that became a jazz and pop standard recorded by numerous artists.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Best Things in Life Are Free | 1 |
| “The Best Things in Life Are Free” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7074800 — 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: “The Best Things in Life Are Free” Context triple: [Buddy DeSylva, notableWork, “The Best Things in Life Are Free”]
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A.
The Best Things in Life Are Free
"The Best Things in Life Are Free" is a 1992 dance-pop and R&B duet by Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross, recorded for the soundtrack of the film *Mo' Money* and known for its chart success and multiple remixes.
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B.
"A Song for Everyone"
"A Song for Everyone" is a musical work by American musician and composer Peter Buffett, reflecting his melodic, contemporary style.
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C.
"Giving You the Best That I Got"
"Giving You the Best That I Got" is a 1988 R&B and soul ballad by Anita Baker that became one of her signature hits, noted for its smooth vocals and sophisticated, jazz-inflected production.
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D.
“Pursuit as Happiness”
“Pursuit as Happiness” is a section of Ernest Hemingway’s nonfiction work *Green Hills of Africa* that reflects on the nature of joy, purpose, and the chase during his East African safari.
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E.
“Happiness”
“Happiness” is a song featured on the album *Love Is for Losers* by the punk rock band The Longshot.
- 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: “The Best Things in Life Are Free” Target entity description: “The Best Things in Life Are Free” is a popular 1927 American song, with lyrics by Buddy DeSylva, that became a jazz and pop standard recorded by numerous artists.
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A.
The Best Things in Life Are Free
"The Best Things in Life Are Free" is a 1992 dance-pop and R&B duet by Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross, recorded for the soundtrack of the film *Mo' Money* and known for its chart success and multiple remixes.
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B.
"A Song for Everyone"
"A Song for Everyone" is a musical work by American musician and composer Peter Buffett, reflecting his melodic, contemporary style.
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C.
"Giving You the Best That I Got"
"Giving You the Best That I Got" is a 1988 R&B and soul ballad by Anita Baker that became one of her signature hits, noted for its smooth vocals and sophisticated, jazz-inflected production.
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D.
“Pursuit as Happiness”
“Pursuit as Happiness” is a section of Ernest Hemingway’s nonfiction work *Green Hills of Africa* that reflects on the nature of joy, purpose, and the chase during his East African safari.
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E.
“Happiness”
“Happiness” is a song featured on the album *Love Is for Losers* by the punk rock band The Longshot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pop standard
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Buddy DeSylva
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lew Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Henderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Ray Henderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecording |
recording by Bing Crosby
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recording by Carmen McRae ⓘ recording by Cliff Edwards ⓘ recording by Dean Martin ⓘ recording by Dinah Shore ⓘ recording by Doris Day ⓘ recording by Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ recording by Frank Sinatra ⓘ recording by Harry Connick Jr. ⓘ recording by Jack Hylton and His Orchestra ⓘ recording by Jeri Southern ⓘ recording by Jo Stafford ⓘ recording by Julie London ⓘ recording by June Christy ⓘ recording by Kay Starr ⓘ recording by Louis Prima ⓘ recording by Margaret Whiting ⓘ recording by Mel Tormé ⓘ recording by Michael Feinstein ⓘ recording by Nat King Cole ⓘ recording by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra ⓘ recording by Peggy Lee ⓘ recording by Sammy Davis Jr. ⓘ recording by Sarah Vaughan ⓘ recording by Shirley Horn ⓘ recording by The Four Lads ⓘ recording by The Hi-Lo's ⓘ recording by The Platters ⓘ recording by The Ray Conniff Singers ⓘ recording by Tony Bennett ⓘ recording by Vic Damone ⓘ |
| introducedIn | musical "Good News" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Buddy DeSylva
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lew Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalMedium | musical "Good News" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1927 ⓘ |
| yearOfSong | 1927 ⓘ |
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: “The Best Things in Life Are Free” Description of subject: “The Best Things in Life Are Free” is a popular 1927 American song, with lyrics by Buddy DeSylva, that became a jazz and pop standard recorded by numerous artists.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Best Things in Life Are Free