When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba
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"When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba" is a novelty song from the early 20th century known for its humorous lyrics and playful wordplay about a tuba player performing Latin dance music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10889013 — 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: When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba Context triple: [Herman Hupfeld, wrote, When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba]
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A.
El Jaleo
El Jaleo is a dramatic 1882 painting by John Singer Sargent depicting a Spanish gypsy dancer performing with musicians in a shadowy, theatrical setting.
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B.
Para los Rumberos
"Para los Rumberos" is a Latin rock track by Santana, known for its vibrant percussion, horn arrangements, and fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythms with rock.
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C.
La Petite Mambo
"La Petite Mambo" is a jazz composition best known for its recording by pianist Dave Brubeck, showcasing his characteristic rhythmic playfulness and melodic inventiveness.
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D.
Rock of the Puma
Rock of the Puma is a sacred pre-Columbian ceremonial rock formation and pilgrimage site on Bolivia’s Isla del Sol in Lake Titicaca, associated with Inca origin myths.
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E.
Suite No. 2 for Tuba
Suite No. 2 for Tuba is a contemporary solo tuba composition by American composer John Stevens, known for its expressive range and technical demands that have made it a staple of modern tuba repertoire.
- 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: When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba Target entity description: "When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba" is a novelty song from the early 20th century known for its humorous lyrics and playful wordplay about a tuba player performing Latin dance music.
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A.
El Jaleo
El Jaleo is a dramatic 1882 painting by John Singer Sargent depicting a Spanish gypsy dancer performing with musicians in a shadowy, theatrical setting.
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B.
Para los Rumberos
"Para los Rumberos" is a Latin rock track by Santana, known for its vibrant percussion, horn arrangements, and fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythms with rock.
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C.
La Petite Mambo
"La Petite Mambo" is a jazz composition best known for its recording by pianist Dave Brubeck, showcasing his characteristic rhythmic playfulness and melodic inventiveness.
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D.
Rock of the Puma
Rock of the Puma is a sacred pre-Columbian ceremonial rock formation and pilgrimage site on Bolivia’s Isla del Sol in Lake Titicaca, associated with Inca origin myths.
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E.
Suite No. 2 for Tuba
Suite No. 2 for Tuba is a contemporary solo tuba composition by American composer John Stevens, known for its expressive range and technical demands that have made it a staple of modern tuba repertoire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novelty song
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song ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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novelty ⓘ popular music ⓘ |
| hasDanceStyle | rumba ⓘ |
| hasInstrument | tuba ⓘ |
| hasLyricsCharacteristic |
humorous lyrics
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wordplay ⓘ |
| hasLyricsTheme |
Latin dance music
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tuba player ⓘ |
| hasTitle | When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general popular music audience ⓘ |
| intendedEffect | humor ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | performance of Latin music on a tuba ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comic premise of mismatched instrument and dance style
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playful wordplay ⓘ |
| workType | popular song ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba Description of subject: "When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba" is a novelty song from the early 20th century known for its humorous lyrics and playful wordplay about a tuba player performing Latin dance music.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.