Laughing Boy
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Laughing Boy is a popular 1963 soul single by American singer Mary Wells, released on the Motown label.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Laughing Boy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14576939 — 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: Laughing Boy Context triple: [Mary Wells, notableWork, Laughing Boy]
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A.
The Girl with the Laugh in Her Voice
The Girl with the Laugh in Her Voice is the famous moniker of Alma Cogan, a popular British singer of the 1950s and early 1960s known for her distinctive, effervescent vocal style.
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B.
The Land of Do-As-You-Please
The Land of Do-As-You-Please is a fantastical realm from L. Frank Baum’s Oz universe where inhabitants and visitors can freely indulge in any whim or desire without restriction.
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C.
The Flamingo Kid
The Flamingo Kid is a 1984 coming-of-age comedy-drama film starring Matt Dillon as a working-class teenager who spends a transformative summer at an exclusive beach club.
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D.
The Wandering Boy
"The Wandering Boy" is an early country-gospel song captured at the historic 1927 Bristol Sessions, often called the "Big Bang of Country Music."
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E.
The Boy
The Boy is a 2016 American horror film about a young woman hired to nanny a lifelike doll that may be supernaturally alive.
- 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: Laughing Boy Target entity description: Laughing Boy is a popular 1963 soul single by American singer Mary Wells, released on the Motown label.
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A.
The Girl with the Laugh in Her Voice
The Girl with the Laugh in Her Voice is the famous moniker of Alma Cogan, a popular British singer of the 1950s and early 1960s known for her distinctive, effervescent vocal style.
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B.
The Land of Do-As-You-Please
The Land of Do-As-You-Please is a fantastical realm from L. Frank Baum’s Oz universe where inhabitants and visitors can freely indulge in any whim or desire without restriction.
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C.
The Flamingo Kid
The Flamingo Kid is a 1984 coming-of-age comedy-drama film starring Matt Dillon as a working-class teenager who spends a transformative summer at an exclusive beach club.
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D.
The Wandering Boy
"The Wandering Boy" is an early country-gospel song captured at the historic 1927 Bristol Sessions, often called the "Big Bang of Country Music."
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E.
The Boy
The Boy is a 2016 American horror film about a young woman hired to nanny a lifelike doll that may be supernaturally alive.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.