Ain’t That a Kick in the Head?
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"Ain’t That a Kick in the Head?" is a classic swing-style pop standard, famously performed by Dean Martin and widely associated with mid-20th-century American lounge and Rat Pack culture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ain't That a Kick in the Head? | 1 |
| Ain’t That a Kick in the Head? canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2666900 — 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: Ain’t That a Kick in the Head? Context triple: [Jimmy Van Heusen, notableWork, Ain’t That a Kick in the Head?]
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A.
Playin' with Your Head
Playin' with Your Head is a 1986 stand-up comedy special and album by George Carlin featuring his sharp observational humor and social commentary.
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B.
It Ain’t Necessarily So
"It Ain’t Necessarily So" is a famous song from George Gershwin’s opera *Porgy and Bess*, known for its jazzy style and skeptical lyrics about biblical stories.
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C.
Chain of Fools
"Chain of Fools" is a classic 1967 soul song performed by Aretha Franklin, renowned for its powerful vocals, driving groove, and enduring influence in R&B music.
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D.
Raising Hell
Raising Hell is a landmark 1986 hip-hop album by Run-D.M.C. that helped bring rap music into the mainstream and solidified the genre’s commercial and cultural impact.
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E.
Let’s Roll
"Let’s Roll" is a blues and soul album by legendary American singer Etta James, showcasing her powerful vocals in a contemporary, guitar-driven setting.
- 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: Ain’t That a Kick in the Head? Target entity description: "Ain’t That a Kick in the Head?" is a classic swing-style pop standard, famously performed by Dean Martin and widely associated with mid-20th-century American lounge and Rat Pack culture.
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A.
Playin' with Your Head
Playin' with Your Head is a 1986 stand-up comedy special and album by George Carlin featuring his sharp observational humor and social commentary.
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B.
It Ain’t Necessarily So
"It Ain’t Necessarily So" is a famous song from George Gershwin’s opera *Porgy and Bess*, known for its jazzy style and skeptical lyrics about biblical stories.
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C.
Chain of Fools
"Chain of Fools" is a classic 1967 soul song performed by Aretha Franklin, renowned for its powerful vocals, driving groove, and enduring influence in R&B music.
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D.
Raising Hell
Raising Hell is a landmark 1986 hip-hop album by Run-D.M.C. that helped bring rap music into the mainstream and solidified the genre’s commercial and cultural impact.
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E.
Let’s Roll
"Let’s Roll" is a blues and soul album by legendary American singer Etta James, showcasing her powerful vocals in a contemporary, guitar-driven setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dean Martin
ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ Las Vegas lounge culture ⓘ Rat Pack ⓘ Sammy Davis Jr. ⓘ mid-20th-century American pop ⓘ |
| composer | Jimmy Van Heusen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| describedAs |
classic standard
ⓘ
pop standard ⓘ |
| famousRecordingBy | Dean Martin ⓘ |
| genre |
swing
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traditional pop ⓘ vocal jazz ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | lounge revival music ⓘ |
| hasMusicalForm | song form ⓘ |
| hasNotableUse |
commercials
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film soundtracks ⓘ television soundtracks ⓘ |
| hasTitleFeature | colloquial expression ⓘ |
| hasTitlePunctuation | question mark ⓘ |
| intendedFor | popular entertainment ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Sammy Cahn ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
being overwhelmed by love
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romantic love ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Rat Pack image
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swinging rhythm ⓘ witty romantic lyrics ⓘ |
| originallyPerformedBy | Dean Martin ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great American Songbook
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surface form:
American songbook tradition
|
| performer | Dean Martin ⓘ |
| style |
big band
ⓘ
lounge ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation |
big band orchestra
ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceVenue |
casino showrooms
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lounge shows ⓘ nightclubs ⓘ |
| vocalType | male vocal ⓘ |
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: Ain’t That a Kick in the Head? Description of subject: "Ain’t That a Kick in the Head?" is a classic swing-style pop standard, famously performed by Dean Martin and widely associated with mid-20th-century American lounge and Rat Pack culture.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ain't That a Kick in the Head?