My Old Man
E225667
"My Old Man" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1971 album *Blue*, exploring themes of love, independence, and emotional vulnerability.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| My Old Man canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2010243 — 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: My Old Man Context triple: [Blue, hasTrack, My Old Man]
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A.
Same Old Man
"Same Old Man" is a song by Joanna Newsom from her 2010 album *Have One on Me*, known for its intricate lyrics and distinctive harp-driven folk sound.
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B.
My Man
"My Man" is a classic torch song most famously performed by Barbra Streisand in the 1968 musical film *Funny Girl*.
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C.
Grow Old With Me
Grow Old With Me is the original working title of Isaac Asimov’s science fiction novel "Pebble in the Sky."
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D.
Old Men Forget
Old Men Forget is the acclaimed 1953 political and literary memoir of British statesman and diplomat Duff Cooper, reflecting on his public life and times.
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E.
Cautious Man
Cautious Man is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his album "Tunnel of Love," known for its introspective storytelling about love, fear, and commitment.
- 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: My Old Man Target entity description: "My Old Man" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1971 album *Blue*, exploring themes of love, independence, and emotional vulnerability.
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A.
Same Old Man
"Same Old Man" is a song by Joanna Newsom from her 2010 album *Have One on Me*, known for its intricate lyrics and distinctive harp-driven folk sound.
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B.
My Man
"My Man" is a classic torch song most famously performed by Barbra Streisand in the 1968 musical film *Funny Girl*.
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C.
Grow Old With Me
Grow Old With Me is the original working title of Isaac Asimov’s science fiction novel "Pebble in the Sky."
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D.
Old Men Forget
Old Men Forget is the acclaimed 1953 political and literary memoir of British statesman and diplomat Duff Cooper, reflecting on his public life and times.
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E.
Cautious Man
Cautious Man is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his album "Tunnel of Love," known for its introspective storytelling about love, fear, and commitment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Blue ⓘ |
| artist | Joni Mitchell ⓘ |
| composer | Joni Mitchell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| followsInStyleOf | singer-songwriter tradition ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ |
| hasLyricalQuality |
confessional
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
intimate vocal delivery
ⓘ
piano accompaniment ⓘ |
| includedIn |
1971 studio album Blue
ⓘ
critical discussions of the album Blue ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Joni Mitchell ⓘ |
| medium | audio recording ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of complex romantic attachment
ⓘ
portrayal of tension between freedom and commitment ⓘ |
| partOf | Blue ⓘ |
| performer | Joni Mitchell ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Joni Mitchell ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Reprise Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional vulnerability
ⓘ
independence ⓘ love ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ |
| writer | Joni Mitchell ⓘ |
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: My Old Man Description of subject: "My Old Man" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1971 album *Blue*, exploring themes of love, independence, and emotional vulnerability.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Blue (album)
subject surface form:
Blue