Lemon Tree
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"Lemon Tree" is a popular folk song, widely known through the recording by the American folk group Peter, Paul and Mary.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lemon Tree canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4724179 — 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: Lemon Tree Context triple: [Peter, Paul and Mary, notableWork, Lemon Tree]
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A.
Pink Lemonade
"Pink Lemonade" is a 2018 indie pop/rock song by English singer-songwriter James Bay, known for its energetic, guitar-driven sound and departure from his earlier acoustic style.
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B.
Strawberry Fields
Strawberry Fields is a tranquil memorial in New York City's Central Park dedicated to John Lennon, featuring the iconic "Imagine" mosaic and landscaped gardens.
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C.
Singing Ringing Tree
The Singing Ringing Tree is a wind-powered musical sculpture on a hillside near Burnley, England, known for its distinctive stacked steel pipes that produce eerie, melodic sounds.
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D.
Jungleland
Jungleland is an epic, saxophone-driven rock ballad by Bruce Springsteen that closes his 1975 album "Born to Run" with a dramatic, cinematic narrative.
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E.
Wild Thing
Wild Thing is the famous nickname of former Major League Baseball relief pitcher Mitch Williams, known for his fiery temperament and erratic but powerful pitching style.
- 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: Lemon Tree Target entity description: "Lemon Tree" is a popular folk song, widely known through the recording by the American folk group Peter, Paul and Mary.
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A.
Pink Lemonade
"Pink Lemonade" is a 2018 indie pop/rock song by English singer-songwriter James Bay, known for its energetic, guitar-driven sound and departure from his earlier acoustic style.
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B.
Strawberry Fields
Strawberry Fields is a tranquil memorial in New York City's Central Park dedicated to John Lennon, featuring the iconic "Imagine" mosaic and landscaped gardens.
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C.
Singing Ringing Tree
The Singing Ringing Tree is a wind-powered musical sculpture on a hillside near Burnley, England, known for its distinctive stacked steel pipes that produce eerie, melodic sounds.
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D.
Jungleland
Jungleland is an epic, saxophone-driven rock ballad by Bruce Springsteen that closes his 1975 album "Born to Run" with a dramatic, cinematic narrative.
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E.
Wild Thing
Wild Thing is the famous nickname of former Major League Baseball relief pitcher Mitch Williams, known for his fiery temperament and erratic but powerful pitching style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk song
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| basedOn | Brazilian song "Meu limão, meu limoeiro" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Will Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre | folk ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeVersion | "Meu limão, meu limoeiro" ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | widely covered folk standard ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic song ⓘ |
| hasInfluence | American folk revival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLyric |
"But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat"
ⓘ
"Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet" ⓘ |
| hasMelodicOrigin | Brazilian popular music ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryAudience |
folk music enthusiasts
ⓘ
general popular music listeners ⓘ |
| hasRecordingFormat |
audio cassette
ⓘ
compact disc ⓘ digital audio ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| hasRhymeScheme | simple verse-chorus structure ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
emotional pain
ⓘ
romantic relationship ⓘ |
| hasTempo | moderate ⓘ |
| hasTimeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| includedIn | Peter, Paul and Mary repertoire ⓘ |
| isKnownFor | memorable chorus about lemon tree ⓘ |
| isPartOf | American folk song canon ⓘ |
| isPerformedAt |
folk concerts
ⓘ
sing-along events ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | folk music repertoires ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Will Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metaphor | lemon tree as symbol of love's bitterness ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy |
Chad Mitchell Trio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter, Paul and Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ The Kingston Trio NERFINISHED ⓘ Trini Lopez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Peter, Paul and Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Chad Mitchell Trio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter, Paul and Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ The Kingston Trio NERFINISHED ⓘ Trini Lopez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releasePeriod | early 1960s ⓘ |
| theme |
disillusionment
ⓘ
love ⓘ |
| usesInstrument |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
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: Lemon Tree Description of subject: "Lemon Tree" is a popular folk song, widely known through the recording by the American folk group Peter, Paul and Mary.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.