Strike Up the Band
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"Strike Up the Band" is a popular George and Ira Gershwin show tune that has become a jazz standard frequently interpreted by big bands and vocalists.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Strike Up the Band canonical | 6 |
| Strike Up the Band (cast recordings) | 1 |
| Strike Up the Band (song standard recordings) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11124317 — 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: Strike Up the Band Context triple: [Genius + Soul = Jazz, includesCoverVersionOf, Strike Up the Band]
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A.
Strike Up the Band
"Strike Up the Band" is a 1940 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, known for its lively song-and-dance numbers and classic big-band era style.
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B.
Goin Band
Goin Band is the marching band of Texas Tech University, known for its spirited performances at athletic events and university functions.
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C.
Don’t Tell the Band
Don’t Tell the Band is a studio album by American jam rock band Widespread Panic, showcasing their improvisational Southern rock style.
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D.
The Bandwagon
The Bandwagon is a jazz trio led by pianist Jason Moran, known for its innovative blend of traditional jazz with avant-garde, hip-hop, and multimedia influences.
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E.
The Bandwagon
The Bandwagon is a musical group best known for its work in the indie/alternative scene, often associated with emotionally driven songwriting and a close connection to fellow artists like Same Mother.
- 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: Strike Up the Band Target entity description: "Strike Up the Band" is a popular George and Ira Gershwin show tune that has become a jazz standard frequently interpreted by big bands and vocalists.
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A.
Strike Up the Band
"Strike Up the Band" is a 1940 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, known for its lively song-and-dance numbers and classic big-band era style.
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B.
Goin Band
Goin Band is the marching band of Texas Tech University, known for its spirited performances at athletic events and university functions.
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C.
Don’t Tell the Band
Don’t Tell the Band is a studio album by American jam rock band Widespread Panic, showcasing their improvisational Southern rock style.
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D.
The Bandwagon
The Bandwagon is a musical group best known for its work in the indie/alternative scene, often associated with emotionally driven songwriting and a close connection to fellow artists like Same Mother.
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E.
The Bandwagon
The Bandwagon is a jazz trio led by pianist Jason Moran, known for its innovative blend of traditional jazz with avant-garde, hip-hop, and multimedia influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jazz standard
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
George Gershwin
ⓘ
Ira Gershwin ⓘ |
| composer | George Gershwin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasForm | popular song form ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
big band
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ show tune ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | arrangements for jazz orchestras ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | big band jazz repertoire ⓘ |
| hasNotableCreators |
George Gershwin
ⓘ
Ira Gershwin ⓘ |
| hasStyle | Broadway-style song ⓘ |
| hasSubject | music and celebration ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
American musical theatre
ⓘ
swing era arrangements ⓘ |
| isStandardIn |
big band repertoire
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Ira Gershwin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being frequently interpreted by big bands
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being frequently interpreted by vocalists ⓘ |
| partOf | American popular song repertoire ⓘ |
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: Strike Up the Band Description of subject: "Strike Up the Band" is a popular George and Ira Gershwin show tune that has become a jazz standard frequently interpreted by big bands and vocalists.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Israel Gershowitz
subject linked to:
Israel Gershowitz
linked to: Strike Up the Band
subject linked to:
Israel Gershowitz
linked to: Strike Up the Band