Spoonful
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"Spoonful" is a classic blues song, written by Willie Dixon and popularized by Howlin' Wolf, that has become a standard in the Chicago blues repertoire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spoonful canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4144529 — 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: Spoonful Context triple: [Howlin' Wolf, notableWork, Spoonful]
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A.
Spoonman
"Spoonman" is a Grammy-winning 1994 grunge single by Soundgarden, written by Chris Cornell and inspired by Seattle street performer Artis the Spoonman.
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B.
Silver Spoons
Silver Spoons is an American 1980s sitcom about a wealthy, immature toy-company owner and his young son learning to live together, which helped launch the early career of actor Jason Bateman.
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C.
Sweeter
"Sweeter" is a soulful pop-rock song by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, known for its catchy melody and emotionally charged lyrics.
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D.
Eat a Peach
Eat a Peach is a landmark 1972 Southern rock album by the Allman Brothers Band, blending studio recordings and live performances and widely regarded as one of their defining works.
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E.
Rockpile
Rockpile is a renowned American Viticultural Area in Sonoma County, California, known for its high-elevation vineyards and intensely flavored Zinfandel wines.
- 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: Spoonful Target entity description: "Spoonful" is a classic blues song, written by Willie Dixon and popularized by Howlin' Wolf, that has become a standard in the Chicago blues repertoire.
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A.
Spoonman
"Spoonman" is a Grammy-winning 1994 grunge single by Soundgarden, written by Chris Cornell and inspired by Seattle street performer Artis the Spoonman.
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B.
Silver Spoons
Silver Spoons is an American 1980s sitcom about a wealthy, immature toy-company owner and his young son learning to live together, which helped launch the early career of actor Jason Bateman.
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C.
Sweeter
"Sweeter" is a soulful pop-rock song by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, known for its catchy melody and emotionally charged lyrics.
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D.
Eat a Peach
Eat a Peach is a landmark 1972 Southern rock album by the Allman Brothers Band, blending studio recordings and live performances and widely regarded as one of their defining works.
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E.
Rockpile
Rockpile is a renowned American Viticultural Area in Sonoma County, California, known for its high-elevation vineyards and intensely flavored Zinfandel wines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues standard
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chess Studios
ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf discography ⓘ Willie Dixon song catalog ⓘ |
| composer | Willie Dixon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPerformer | Howlin' Wolf ⓘ |
| genre |
Chicago blues
ⓘ
blues ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion |
Canned Heat
ⓘ
Cream ⓘ Etta James ⓘ Koko Taylor ⓘ Ten Years After ⓘ The Allman Brothers Band ⓘ Grateful Dead ⓘ
surface form:
The Grateful Dead
Paul Butterfield Blues Band ⓘ
surface form:
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
|
| hasInfluenced |
British blues
ⓘ
rock music ⓘ |
| hasMetaphoricalMeaning | small amount with powerful effect ⓘ |
| hasTitleWordplayOn | spoonful (measure of quantity) ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
bass
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ harmonica ⓘ |
| isStandardIn |
Chicago blues repertoire
ⓘ
electric blues repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Willie Dixon ⓘ |
| musicalForm | twelve-bar blues ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy |
Cream
ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Chicago blues repertoire ⓘ |
| performancePractice | electric blues band arrangement ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Howlin' Wolf ONNED1 ⓘ |
| recordedIn | Chicago ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Chess Records ⓘ |
| rhythmStyle | shuffle feel ⓘ |
| theme |
addiction
ⓘ
desire ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
| vocalist | Howlin' Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | rough, intense blues vocal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Spoonful Description of subject: "Spoonful" is a classic blues song, written by Willie Dixon and popularized by Howlin' Wolf, that has become a standard in the Chicago blues repertoire.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.