“California is a Garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see; but believe it or not, you won’t find it so hot if you ain’t got the do re mi.”
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“California is a Garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see; but believe it or not, you won’t find it so hot if you ain’t got the do re mi.” is a famous lyric from Woody Guthrie’s Depression-era folk song “Do Re Mi,” which warns migrants that California’s promise means little without money.
All labels observed (1)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9057687 — 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: “California is a Garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see; but believe it or not, you won’t find it so hot if you ain’t got the do re mi.” Context triple: [Do Re Mi, notableLine, “California is a Garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see; but believe it or not, you won’t find it so hot if you ain’t got the do re mi.”]
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A.
“The Heart of California”
“The Heart of California” is the official motto of Madera County, reflecting its central location and significance within the state.
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B.
California Dreaming
"California Dreaming" is an essay by Joan Didion that reflects on her experiences and observations of 1960s California culture and disillusionment.
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C.
I Love You, California
"I Love You, California" is a patriotic song celebrating the landscapes and spirit of California, officially adopted as the state's song.
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D.
“California, Here I Come”
“California, Here I Come” is a popular early 20th-century American song closely associated with the state of California and often considered an unofficial state anthem.
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E.
Somewhere in California
"Somewhere in California" is a short, black-and-white vignette from Jim Jarmusch’s anthology film "Coffee and Cigarettes," featuring minimalist conversation and deadpan humor over coffee and smokes.
- 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: “California is a Garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see; but believe it or not, you won’t find it so hot if you ain’t got the do re mi.” Target entity description: “California is a Garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see; but believe it or not, you won’t find it so hot if you ain’t got the do re mi.” is a famous lyric from Woody Guthrie’s Depression-era folk song “Do Re Mi,” which warns migrants that California’s promise means little without money.
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A.
“The Heart of California”
“The Heart of California” is the official motto of Madera County, reflecting its central location and significance within the state.
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B.
California Dreaming
"California Dreaming" is an essay by Joan Didion that reflects on her experiences and observations of 1960s California culture and disillusionment.
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C.
I Love You, California
"I Love You, California" is a patriotic song celebrating the landscapes and spirit of California, officially adopted as the state's song.
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D.
“California, Here I Come”
“California, Here I Come” is a popular early 20th-century American song closely associated with the state of California and often considered an unofficial state anthem.
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E.
Somewhere in California
"Somewhere in California" is a short, black-and-white vignette from Jim Jarmusch’s anthology film "Coffee and Cigarettes," featuring minimalist conversation and deadpan humor over coffee and smokes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
quotation
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song lyric ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Do Re Mi ⓘ |
| author | Woody Guthrie ⓘ |
| containsPhrase | do re mi ⓘ |
| creator | Woody Guthrie ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Dust Bowl migration
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linked to:
Dust Bowl migrants
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| describes |
California
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linked to:
California (state)
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| genreContext | American folk music ⓘ |
| implies | California’s promise is meaningless without money ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | song ⓘ |
| metaphorUses | Garden of Eden ⓘ |
| partOf | Do Re Mi ⓘ |
| period |
Great Depression era
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linked to:
Great Depression
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| theme |
Great Depression
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economic hardship ⓘ importance of money ⓘ migration to California ⓘ |
| warns | migrants to California ⓘ |
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: “California is a Garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see; but believe it or not, you won’t find it so hot if you ain’t got the do re mi.” Description of subject: “California is a Garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see; but believe it or not, you won’t find it so hot if you ain’t got the do re mi.” is a famous lyric from Woody Guthrie’s Depression-era folk song “Do Re Mi,” which warns migrants that California’s promise means little without money.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Do Re Mi
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notableLine
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“California is a Garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see; but believe it or not, you won’t find it so hot if you ain’t got the do re mi.”
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