Froggie Went A-Courtin’
E217005
"Froggie Went A-Courtin’" is a traditional folk song, widely recorded and adapted over centuries, that tells the whimsical story of a frog courting Miss Mouse.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frog Went A-Courting | 1 |
| Frog Went A-Courtin’ | 1 |
| Froggie Went A-Courtin’ canonical | 1 |
| Froggie Went A-Courtin’ and He Did Ride | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1921539 — 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: Froggie Went A-Courtin’ Context triple: [We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, hasPart, Froggie Went A-Courtin’]
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A.
One O’Clock Jump
One O’Clock Jump is a classic 1937 swing-era jazz instrumental and signature tune of the Count Basie Orchestra, renowned for its riff-based structure and driving rhythm.
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B.
Appalachia Waltz
Appalachia Waltz is a 1996 collaborative album by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Mark O’Connor, and bassist Edgar Meyer that blends classical, folk, and American roots music.
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C.
Heebie Jeebies
"Heebie Jeebies" is a 1926 jazz recording by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, famous for popularizing scat singing in mainstream jazz.
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D.
Jumpin' Jim
Jumpin' Jim was the nickname of U.S. Army Lieutenant General James M. Gavin, a prominent World War II airborne commander known for his leadership of the 82nd Airborne Division.
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E.
Ring-a-Ling
"Ring-a-Ling" is a track by the Black Eyed Peas featured on their 2009 album *The E.N.D.*.
- 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: Froggie Went A-Courtin’ Target entity description: "Froggie Went A-Courtin’" is a traditional folk song, widely recorded and adapted over centuries, that tells the whimsical story of a frog courting Miss Mouse.
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A.
One O’Clock Jump
One O’Clock Jump is a classic 1937 swing-era jazz instrumental and signature tune of the Count Basie Orchestra, renowned for its riff-based structure and driving rhythm.
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B.
Appalachia Waltz
Appalachia Waltz is a 1996 collaborative album by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Mark O’Connor, and bassist Edgar Meyer that blends classical, folk, and American roots music.
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C.
Heebie Jeebies
"Heebie Jeebies" is a 1926 jazz recording by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, famous for popularizing scat singing in mainstream jazz.
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D.
Jumpin' Jim
Jumpin' Jim was the nickname of U.S. Army Lieutenant General James M. Gavin, a prominent World War II airborne commander known for his leadership of the 82nd Airborne Division.
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E.
Ring-a-Ling
"Ring-a-Ling" is a track by the Black Eyed Peas featured on their 2009 album *The E.N.D.*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk song
ⓘ
narrative song ⓘ traditional song ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationType |
animated performance
ⓘ
picture book ⓘ recorded music ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Froggie Went A-Courtin’
ⓘ
surface form:
Frog Went A-Courting
Froggie Went A-Courtin’ ⓘ
surface form:
Frog Went A-Courtin’
Froggie Went A-Courtin’ ⓘ
surface form:
Froggie Went A-Courtin’ and He Did Ride
King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
children
ⓘ
folk music enthusiasts ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
children’s folk song
ⓘ
traditional folk song ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Uncle Rat
ⓘ
cat ⓘ duck ⓘ other small animals ⓘ snake ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfCollection |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasEarliestKnownPrint | 16th century ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
children’s song
ⓘ
folk ballad ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Miss Mouse
ⓘ
frog ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
animal wedding
ⓘ
comic mishap ⓘ talking animals ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeOutcome | wedding feast ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeTone | humorous ⓘ |
| hasNotableAdaptationBy | James Marshall ⓘ |
| hasNotableAdaptationType | illustrated children’s book ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecordingBy |
Bob Dylan
ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen ⓘ Burl Ives ⓘ Pete Seeger ⓘ Woody Guthrie ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | traditional Anglo-Scottish folk tradition ⓘ |
| hasRefrain |
ki-mo-ke-mo
ⓘ
king kong kitchie ki-me-o ⓘ |
| hasRoudNumber | 16 ⓘ |
| hasStructure | strophic ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
courtship
ⓘ
marriage ⓘ |
| hasTransmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
| hasUse |
children’s singing game
ⓘ
storytelling song ⓘ |
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: Froggie Went A-Courtin’ Description of subject: "Froggie Went A-Courtin’" is a traditional folk song, widely recorded and adapted over centuries, that tells the whimsical story of a frog courting Miss Mouse.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Frog Went A-Courtin’
this entity surface form:
Frog Went A-Courting
this entity surface form:
Froggie Went A-Courtin’ and He Did Ride