The Late Great Johnny Ace
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"The Late Great Johnny Ace" is a reflective Paul Simon song that meditates on the deaths of cultural icons and the passage of time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Late Great Johnny Ace canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10437445 — 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 Late Great Johnny Ace Context triple: [Hearts and Bones, hasTrack, The Late Great Johnny Ace]
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A.
Match Box Blues
"Match Box Blues" is a classic early country blues song by Blind Lemon Jefferson, renowned for its expressive vocals, intricate guitar work, and lasting influence on later blues and rock musicians.
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B.
Ace in the Hole
Ace in the Hole is a 1951 film noir drama directed by Billy Wilder that critiques media sensationalism through the story of a cynical reporter exploiting a disaster for personal gain.
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C.
Eh Joe
Eh Joe is a one-act television play by Samuel Beckett, known for its intense psychological focus and famously performed by actress Billie Whitelaw.
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D.
Jane Got a Gun
Jane Got a Gun is a 2015 American Western action drama film starring Natalie Portman as a frontier woman who must defend her family from a violent gang.
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E.
The Chain Gang
The Chain Gang is a 1930 Walt Disney animated short film best known for introducing Pluto, Mickey Mouse’s beloved pet dog.
- 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 Late Great Johnny Ace Target entity description: "The Late Great Johnny Ace" is a reflective Paul Simon song that meditates on the deaths of cultural icons and the passage of time.
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A.
Match Box Blues
"Match Box Blues" is a classic early country blues song by Blind Lemon Jefferson, renowned for its expressive vocals, intricate guitar work, and lasting influence on later blues and rock musicians.
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B.
Ace in the Hole
Ace in the Hole is a 1951 film noir drama directed by Billy Wilder that critiques media sensationalism through the story of a cynical reporter exploiting a disaster for personal gain.
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C.
Eh Joe
Eh Joe is a one-act television play by Samuel Beckett, known for its intense psychological focus and famously performed by actress Billie Whitelaw.
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D.
Jane Got a Gun
Jane Got a Gun is a 2015 American Western action drama film starring Natalie Portman as a frontier woman who must defend her family from a violent gang.
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E.
The Chain Gang
The Chain Gang is a 1930 Walt Disney animated short film best known for introducing Pluto, Mickey Mouse’s beloved pet dog.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album | Hearts and Bones ⓘ |
| artist | Paul Simon ⓘ |
| composer | Paul Simon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
folk rock
ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
orchestral arrangement
ⓘ
piano ⓘ |
| hasLivePerformanceIncident | Central Park 1981 concert stage rush during performance ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | reflective ballad ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
personal memory
ⓘ
popular music history ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Paul Simon live setlists
ⓘ
linked to:
Paul Simon concert tours
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Paul Simon ⓘ |
| partOf | album Hearts and Bones ⓘ |
| performer | Paul Simon ⓘ |
| producer |
Paul Simon
ⓘ
Phil Ramone ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| references |
John Lennon
ⓘ
Johnny Ace ⓘ cultural icons of the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| theme |
death of cultural icons
ⓘ
loss ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ passage of time ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Late Great Johnny Ace Description of subject: "The Late Great Johnny Ace" is a reflective Paul Simon song that meditates on the deaths of cultural icons and the passage of time.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.