“The Sun Is Gonna Shine”
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“The Sun Is Gonna Shine” is a movement from Wynton Marsalis’s Pulitzer Prize–winning jazz oratorio *Blood on the Fields*, which explores themes of slavery, freedom, and spiritual resilience.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| “The Sun Is Gonna Shine” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11116271 — 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 Sun Is Gonna Shine” Context triple: [Blood on the Fields, hasPart, “The Sun Is Gonna Shine”]
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A.
The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)
"The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)" is a dramatic pop ballad best known from the 1966 hit recording by The Walker Brothers, noted for its lush orchestration and melancholic vocals.
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B.
I Got the Sun in the Mornin’
"I Got the Sun in the Mornin’" is a popular show tune by Irving Berlin from the classic Broadway musical *Annie Get Your Gun*.
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C.
Good Day Sunshine
"Good Day Sunshine" is a cheerful, piano-driven pop song by the Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney and featured on their 1966 album Revolver.
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D.
“Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes”
“Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes” is a popular 1950s country-pop song best known through Perry Como’s hit recording, which became one of his signature tunes.
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E.
Everybody Loves the Sunshine
"Everybody Loves the Sunshine" is a classic 1976 soul-jazz and funk song by Roy Ayers, renowned for its warm, laid-back groove and enduring influence on R&B and hip-hop.
- 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 Sun Is Gonna Shine” Target entity description: “The Sun Is Gonna Shine” is a movement from Wynton Marsalis’s Pulitzer Prize–winning jazz oratorio *Blood on the Fields*, which explores themes of slavery, freedom, and spiritual resilience.
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A.
The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)
"The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)" is a dramatic pop ballad best known from the 1966 hit recording by The Walker Brothers, noted for its lush orchestration and melancholic vocals.
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B.
I Got the Sun in the Mornin’
"I Got the Sun in the Mornin’" is a popular show tune by Irving Berlin from the classic Broadway musical *Annie Get Your Gun*.
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C.
Good Day Sunshine
"Good Day Sunshine" is a cheerful, piano-driven pop song by the Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney and featured on their 1966 album Revolver.
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D.
“Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes”
“Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes” is a popular 1950s country-pop song best known through Perry Como’s hit recording, which became one of his signature tunes.
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E.
Everybody Loves the Sunshine
"Everybody Loves the Sunshine" is a classic 1976 soul-jazz and funk song by Roy Ayers, renowned for its warm, laid-back groove and enduring influence on R&B and hip-hop.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical composition
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedWithAward |
Pulitzer Prize for Music (via parent work)
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linked to:
Pulitzer Prize for Music
|
| associatedWork |
"Blood on the Fields"
ⓘ
linked to:
Blood on the Fields
|
| composer | Wynton Marsalis ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Wynton Marsalis ⓘ |
| firstPerformer | Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
linked to:
Jazz
jazz oratorio movement ⓘ |
| hasContext |
American slavery
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transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic slave trade
|
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| isMovementOf |
"Blood on the Fields"
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linked to:
Blood on the Fields
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Wynton Marsalis ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | jazz with spiritual and gospel influences ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | expression of hope for freedom ⓘ |
| partOf |
"Blood on the Fields"
ⓘ
linked to:
Blood on the Fields
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| partOfNarrative | story of enslaved people seeking freedom ⓘ |
| partOfWorkType | jazz oratorio ⓘ |
| performingForFirstRecording | Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | album recording of "Blood on the Fields" ⓘ |
| theme |
African American experience
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freedom ⓘ hope ⓘ liberation ⓘ slavery ⓘ spiritual resilience ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | optimistic ⓘ |
| workAwardContext |
"Blood on the Fields" won the Pulitzer Prize for Music
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linked to:
Pulitzer Prize for Music
|
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
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Input
Subject: “The Sun Is Gonna Shine” Description of subject: “The Sun Is Gonna Shine” is a movement from Wynton Marsalis’s Pulitzer Prize–winning jazz oratorio *Blood on the Fields*, which explores themes of slavery, freedom, and spiritual resilience.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.