Why Was I Born?
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"Why Was I Born?" is a popular 1929 torch song by composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II that has become a jazz and pop standard.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Why Was I Born? canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10954480 — 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: Why Was I Born? Context triple: [Till the Clouds Roll By, featuresSong, Why Was I Born?]
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A.
Being Born
"Being Born" is a song by the American rock band The Flaming Lips, known for its experimental, psychedelic sound and introspective lyrics.
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B.
We Are Born
We Are Born is a 2010 pop-oriented studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Sia, noted for its upbeat, danceable sound and more mainstream direction compared to her earlier work.
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C.
Why Me
"Why Me" is a 1973 country-gospel song by Kris Kristofferson that became one of his biggest hits and a classic of reflective, spiritual songwriting.
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D.
Why Me
"Why Me" is a notable work by Bangalee, recognized as one of the key creations that contributed to their prominence.
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E.
Why Me
"Why Me" is a popular Afrobeat song by Nigerian artist D'banj that helped cement his status as a leading figure in contemporary African pop music.
- 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: Why Was I Born? Target entity description: "Why Was I Born?" is a popular 1929 torch song by composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II that has become a jazz and pop standard.
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A.
Being Born
"Being Born" is a song by the American rock band The Flaming Lips, known for its experimental, psychedelic sound and introspective lyrics.
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B.
We Are Born
We Are Born is a 2010 pop-oriented studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Sia, noted for its upbeat, danceable sound and more mainstream direction compared to her earlier work.
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C.
Why Me
"Why Me" is a 1973 country-gospel song by Kris Kristofferson that became one of his biggest hits and a classic of reflective, spiritual songwriting.
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D.
Why Me
"Why Me" is a notable work by Bangalee, recognized as one of the key creations that contributed to their prominence.
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E.
Why Me
"Why Me" is a popular Afrobeat song by Nigerian artist D'banj that helped cement his status as a leading figure in contemporary African pop music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jazz standard
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pop standard ⓘ song ⓘ torch song ⓘ |
| basedOnForm | popular song ⓘ |
| composer | Jerome Kern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
jazz
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torch song ⓘ traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasLyricsBy | Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicBy | Jerome Kern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
romantic longing
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unrequited love ⓘ |
| hasType | show tune ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Helen Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Sweet Adeline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ |
| notableRecording |
Billie Holiday recording of Why Was I Born?
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Ella Fitzgerald recording of Why Was I Born? NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Sinatra recording of Why Was I Born? NERFINISHED ⓘ Judy Garland recording of Why Was I Born? ⓘ |
| partOfWork | Sweet Adeline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Billie Holiday
NERFINISHED
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Bob Dylan ⓘ Cher NERFINISHED ⓘ Dinah Shore NERFINISHED ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Helen Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ Judy Garland NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenny Burrell NERFINISHED ⓘ Lena Horne NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Whiting NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Vaughan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ Vic Damone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| usedIn | film and television soundtracks ⓘ |
| yearOfSong | 1929 ⓘ |
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: Why Was I Born? Description of subject: "Why Was I Born?" is a popular 1929 torch song by composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II that has become a jazz and pop standard.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.