traditional children’s bedtime prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep"
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The traditional children’s bedtime prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep" is a classic English-language Christian prayer recited by children before going to bed, known for its simple rhyming plea for God’s protection through the night.
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| traditional children’s bedtime prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12260608 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: traditional children’s bedtime prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep" Context triple: [Now I Lay Me, hasTitleOrigin, traditional children’s bedtime prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep"]
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A.
“Hush Little Baby”
“Hush Little Baby” is a traditional American lullaby that has been widely recorded and adapted by numerous folk and popular musicians.
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B.
Lord’s Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer is a central Christian prayer taught by Jesus as a model of how to pray, widely used in both personal devotion and public worship across Christian traditions.
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C.
Go to Sleep
Go to Sleep is CM Punk’s famed professional wrestling finishing maneuver, in which he lifts an opponent onto his shoulders and drops them into a rising knee strike to the face.
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D.
Goodnight Goodnight
"Goodnight Goodnight" is a pop-rock song by Maroon 5, released as one of the tracks on their second studio album It Won’t Be Soon Before Long.
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E.
Oft, in the Stilly Night
"Oft, in the Stilly Night" is a nostalgic 19th-century lyric poem by Thomas Moore reflecting on memory, loss, and the passage of time.
- 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: traditional children’s bedtime prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep" Target entity description: The traditional children’s bedtime prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep" is a classic English-language Christian prayer recited by children before going to bed, known for its simple rhyming plea for God’s protection through the night.
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A.
“Hush Little Baby”
“Hush Little Baby” is a traditional American lullaby that has been widely recorded and adapted by numerous folk and popular musicians.
-
B.
Lord’s Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer is a central Christian prayer taught by Jesus as a model of how to pray, widely used in both personal devotion and public worship across Christian traditions.
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C.
Go to Sleep
Go to Sleep is CM Punk’s famed professional wrestling finishing maneuver, in which he lifts an opponent onto his shoulders and drops them into a rising knee strike to the face.
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D.
Goodnight Goodnight
"Goodnight Goodnight" is a pop-rock song by Maroon 5, released as one of the tracks on their second studio album It Won’t Be Soon Before Long.
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E.
Oft, in the Stilly Night
"Oft, in the Stilly Night" is a nostalgic 19th-century lyric poem by Thomas Moore reflecting on memory, loss, and the passage of time.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Now I Lay Me
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traditional children’s bedtime prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep"
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