The Band Wagon (1931 stage revue)
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The Band Wagon (1931 stage revue) was a Broadway musical revue produced by Arthur Freed and Howard Dietz with music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Dietz, noted for its sophisticated songs and star-studded cast including Fred and Adele Astaire.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Band Wagon (1931 stage revue) canonical | 2 |
| Band Wagon (stage musical) | 1 |
| The Band Wagon (1931 Broadway revue) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2031136 — 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: The Band Wagon (1931 stage revue) Context triple: [The Band Wagon, basedOn, The Band Wagon (1931 stage revue)]
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A.
The Band Wagon
The Band Wagon is a classic 1953 MGM musical film starring Fred Astaire, celebrated for its sophisticated song-and-dance numbers and backstage showbiz storyline.
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B.
Broadway Melody of 1940
Broadway Melody of 1940 is a classic Hollywood musical film best known for its sophisticated song-and-dance numbers and the celebrated pairing of Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell.
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C.
Footlight Parade
Footlight Parade is a 1933 American musical film starring James Cagney, celebrated for its elaborate Busby Berkeley-choreographed production numbers and backstage showbiz storyline.
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D.
Ziegfeld Follies
Ziegfeld Follies was a series of lavish Broadway theatrical revues produced in the early 20th century, renowned for their elaborate staging, glamorous showgirls, and performances by major stars of the era.
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E.
There's No Business Like Show Business
"There's No Business Like Show Business" is a classic American show tune from the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun that became one of the most iconic songs celebrating the world of entertainment.
- 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: The Band Wagon (1931 stage revue) Target entity description: The Band Wagon (1931 stage revue) was a Broadway musical revue produced by Arthur Freed and Howard Dietz with music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Dietz, noted for its sophisticated songs and star-studded cast including Fred and Adele Astaire.
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A.
The Band Wagon
The Band Wagon is a classic 1953 MGM musical film starring Fred Astaire, celebrated for its sophisticated song-and-dance numbers and backstage showbiz storyline.
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B.
Broadway Melody of 1940
Broadway Melody of 1940 is a classic Hollywood musical film best known for its sophisticated song-and-dance numbers and the celebrated pairing of Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell.
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C.
Footlight Parade
Footlight Parade is a 1933 American musical film starring James Cagney, celebrated for its elaborate Busby Berkeley-choreographed production numbers and backstage showbiz storyline.
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D.
Ziegfeld Follies
Ziegfeld Follies was a series of lavish Broadway theatrical revues produced in the early 20th century, renowned for their elaborate staging, glamorous showgirls, and performances by major stars of the era.
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E.
There's No Business Like Show Business
"There's No Business Like Show Business" is a classic American show tune from the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun that became one of the most iconic songs celebrating the world of entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical revue
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stage revue ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| composer | Arthur Schwartz ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre | musical revue ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
sophisticated songs
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star-studded cast ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Howard Dietz ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Howard Dietz ⓘ |
| mainSubject | song-and-dance entertainment ⓘ |
| musicBy | Arthur Schwartz ⓘ |
| notableCastMember |
Adele Astaire
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Fred Astaire ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration of Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz
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featuring Fred and Adele Astaire ⓘ |
| partOf |
Broadway theater
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surface form:
Broadway theatre
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| producer |
Arthur Freed
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Howard Dietz ⓘ |
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: The Band Wagon (1931 stage revue) Description of subject: The Band Wagon (1931 stage revue) was a Broadway musical revue produced by Arthur Freed and Howard Dietz with music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Dietz, noted for its sophisticated songs and star-studded cast including Fred and Adele Astaire.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Frederick Austerlitz
this entity surface form:
Band Wagon (stage musical)
this entity surface form:
The Band Wagon (1931 Broadway revue)