Waters of March
E731795
"Waters of March" is a classic Brazilian bossa nova song by Antônio Carlos Jobim, renowned for its poetic, stream-of-consciousness lyrics and widely covered in both Portuguese and English.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waters of March canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8427157 — 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: Waters of March Context triple: [Encanto (album), hasTrack, Waters of March]
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A.
The Tumbling Weir
The Tumbling Weir is an unusual circular weir and historic water feature on the River Otter in Ottery St Mary, Devon, known for its distinctive doughnut-shaped design.
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B.
Old Water
Old Water is a minor river in northern England that serves as one of the tributaries feeding into the River Eden.
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C.
Sister Water
Sister Water is the personified figure of water in Saint Francis of Assisi’s “Canticle of the Sun,” praised as a humble, precious, and pure element of God’s creation.
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D.
The Quiet Pools
The Quiet Pools is a science fiction novel by Michael Kube-McDowell that explores the social and psychological impact of humanity’s first interstellar colonization effort.
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E.
River Waver
River Waver is a small river in Cumbria, England, that flows through rural landscapes of the Solway Plain before emptying into the Solway Firth.
- 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: Waters of March Target entity description: "Waters of March" is a classic Brazilian bossa nova song by Antônio Carlos Jobim, renowned for its poetic, stream-of-consciousness lyrics and widely covered in both Portuguese and English.
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A.
The Tumbling Weir
The Tumbling Weir is an unusual circular weir and historic water feature on the River Otter in Ottery St Mary, Devon, known for its distinctive doughnut-shaped design.
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B.
Old Water
Old Water is a minor river in northern England that serves as one of the tributaries feeding into the River Eden.
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C.
Sister Water
Sister Water is the personified figure of water in Saint Francis of Assisi’s “Canticle of the Sun,” praised as a humble, precious, and pure element of God’s creation.
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D.
The Quiet Pools
The Quiet Pools is a science fiction novel by Michael Kube-McDowell that explores the social and psychological impact of humanity’s first interstellar colonization effort.
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E.
River Waver
River Waver is a small river in Cumbria, England, that flows through rural landscapes of the Solway Plain before emptying into the Solway Firth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bossa nova song
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song ⓘ song recording ⓘ |
| composer | Antônio Carlos Jobim ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Brazil ⓘ |
| firstAlbumAppearance |
Jobim (1973 album)
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Matita Perê ⓘ |
| genre |
MPB
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bossa nova ⓘ |
| hasNotableCover |
Art Garfunkel version of Waters of March
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Cassandra Wilson version of Waters of March ⓘ Elis Regina and Antônio Carlos Jobim version of Waters of March ⓘ Oscar Peterson version of Waters of March ⓘ Rosa Passos version of Waters of March ⓘ Sting version of Waters of March ⓘ Susannah McCorkle version of Waters of March ⓘ Sérgio Mendes version of Waters of March ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
English version of Waters of March
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Portuguese version of Waters of March ⓘ |
| includedInList | classic bossa nova standards ⓘ |
| key | various keys in different recordings ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Portuguese ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
cyclical nature of life
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end of summer rains in Brazil ⓘ imagistic enumeration of objects and scenes ⓘ |
| lyricist | Antônio Carlos Jobim ⓘ |
| musicalForm | song ⓘ |
| notableFor |
poetic lyrics
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stream-of-consciousness style ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Águas de Março ⓘ |
| performer |
Antônio Carlos Jobim
ⓘ
Art Garfunkel ⓘ Elis Regina ⓘ Sérgio Mendes ⓘ
linked to:
Sergio Mendes
|
| recognizedAs | one of Antônio Carlos Jobim’s signature songs ⓘ |
| refrain |
“A stick, a stone, it’s the end of the road”
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“É pau, é pedra, é o fim do caminho” ⓘ |
| tempo | medium ⓘ |
| timeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | Waters of March ⓘ |
| widelyCovered | true ⓘ |
| writerOfEnglishLyrics | Antônio Carlos Jobim ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1972 ⓘ |
| yearFirstReleased | 1972 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (5)
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