Hats Off to Larry
E146166
"Hats Off to Larry" is a 1961 pop-rock song by Del Shannon, known for its catchy melody and themes of romantic revenge following his hit "Runaway."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hats Off to Larry canonical | 4 |
| “Hats Off to Larry” (Del Shannon song) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1280936 — 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: Hats Off to Larry Context triple: [Del Shannon, notableWork, Hats Off to Larry]
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A.
The Great American Broadcast
The Great American Broadcast is a 1941 musical comedy film about the early days of radio, featuring Gary Merrill among its cast.
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B.
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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C.
The Parade
The Parade is a historic Olmsted-designed public park space in Buffalo, New York, originally created as a grand civic grounds for recreation, gatherings, and cultural events.
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D.
Our Very Own
"Our Very Own" is a 1950 American drama film starring Ann Blyth and Jane Wyatt that explores the emotional upheaval of a teenager who discovers she is adopted.
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E.
Heard 'Em Say
"Heard 'Em Say" is a reflective, soulful hip-hop song by Kanye West featuring Adam Levine, known for its introspective lyrics and mellow production.
- 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: Hats Off to Larry Target entity description: "Hats Off to Larry" is a 1961 pop-rock song by Del Shannon, known for its catchy melody and themes of romantic revenge following his hit "Runaway."
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A.
The Great American Broadcast
The Great American Broadcast is a 1941 musical comedy film about the early days of radio, featuring Gary Merrill among its cast.
-
B.
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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C.
The Parade
The Parade is a historic Olmsted-designed public park space in Buffalo, New York, originally created as a grand civic grounds for recreation, gatherings, and cultural events.
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D.
Our Very Own
"Our Very Own" is a 1950 American drama film starring Ann Blyth and Jane Wyatt that explores the emotional upheaval of a teenager who discovers she is adopted.
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E.
Heard 'Em Say
"Heard 'Em Say" is a reflective, soulful hip-hop song by Kanye West featuring Adam Levine, known for its introspective lyrics and mellow production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Del Shannon ⓘ |
| composer | Del Shannon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| follows | Runaway ⓘ |
| genre |
pop rock
ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ |
| hasChorus | yes ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| hasLyricsType | narrative ⓘ |
| hasSongStructure | verse-chorus form ⓘ |
| hasTempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
betrayal
ⓘ
comeuppance ⓘ heartbreak ⓘ romantic revenge ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle |
emotive
ⓘ
melodic ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Del Shannon ⓘ |
| medium | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| musicalEra | early 1960s ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
catchy melody
ⓘ
follow-up to the hit single Runaway ⓘ |
| partOf |
Del Shannon
ⓘ
surface form:
Del Shannon discography
|
| performer | Del Shannon ⓘ |
| previousWork | Runaway ⓘ |
| primarySubjectInLyrics | failed romantic relationship ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Del Shannon ⓘ |
| writer | Del Shannon ⓘ |
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: Hats Off to Larry Description of subject: "Hats Off to Larry" is a 1961 pop-rock song by Del Shannon, known for its catchy melody and themes of romantic revenge following his hit "Runaway."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
“Hats Off to Larry” (Del Shannon song)