So It Is
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"So It Is" is a 2017 studio album by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band that blends traditional New Orleans jazz with Afro-Cuban and broader global influences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| So It Is canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5080878 — 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: So It Is Context triple: [Preservation Hall Jazz Band, hasRecording, So It Is]
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A.
How It Is
How It Is is a late experimental novel by Samuel Beckett that explores fragmented consciousness through disjointed, minimalist prose and a mud-bound narrator’s monologue.
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B.
It Is What It Is
It Is What It Is is a conceptual art project by British artist Jeremy Deller that examines the Iraq War through public dialogue and the display of a car destroyed in a Baghdad bombing.
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C.
The Way It Is
"The Way It Is" is the 2005 debut studio album by American R&B singer Keyshia Cole, featuring emotionally driven songs about love, heartbreak, and personal struggle.
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D.
If It's Over
"If It's Over" is a soulful ballad by Mariah Carey, co-written with Carole King, known for its powerful vocals and emotional depth.
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E.
If It Isn’t Love
"If It Isn’t Love" is a 1988 R&B single by New Edition, known for its polished production, intricate harmonies, and iconic choreography in the accompanying music video.
- 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: So It Is Target entity description: "So It Is" is a 2017 studio album by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band that blends traditional New Orleans jazz with Afro-Cuban and broader global influences.
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A.
How It Is
How It Is is a late experimental novel by Samuel Beckett that explores fragmented consciousness through disjointed, minimalist prose and a mud-bound narrator’s monologue.
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B.
It Is What It Is
It Is What It Is is a conceptual art project by British artist Jeremy Deller that examines the Iraq War through public dialogue and the display of a car destroyed in a Baghdad bombing.
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C.
The Way It Is
"The Way It Is" is the 2005 debut studio album by American R&B singer Keyshia Cole, featuring emotionally driven songs about love, heartbreak, and personal struggle.
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D.
If It's Over
"If It's Over" is a soulful ballad by Mariah Carey, co-written with Carole King, known for its powerful vocals and emotional depth.
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E.
If It Isn’t Love
"If It Isn’t Love" is a 1988 R&B single by New Edition, known for its polished production, intricate harmonies, and iconic choreography in the accompanying music video.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Preservation Hall Jazz Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributor |
Ben Jaffe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Branden Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlie Gabriel NERFINISHED ⓘ Clint Maedgen NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyle Roussel NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronell Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedBySource | music reviews ⓘ |
| followedBy | So It Is: Live at the Sydney Opera House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | That’s It! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Afro-Cuban jazz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Orleans jazz ⓘ jazz ⓘ |
| hasInfluence |
Afro-Cuban music
ⓘ
global music traditions ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Casanova
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Convergence NERFINISHED ⓘ Innocence NERFINISHED ⓘ La Malanga NERFINISHED ⓘ Mad NERFINISHED ⓘ One Hundred Fires NERFINISHED ⓘ Santiago NERFINISHED ⓘ So It Is (title track) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 38 minutes ⓘ |
| mainSubject | New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
compact disc
ⓘ
digital ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| musicBrainzType | Album ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Preservation Hall Jazz Band discography ⓘ |
| performer | Preservation Hall Jazz Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Ben Jaffe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dave Sitek NERFINISHED ⓘ Preservation Hall Jazz Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2017-04-21 ⓘ |
| publicationType | album ⓘ |
| recordedIn | New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Legacy Recordings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sony Music Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2017 ⓘ |
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: So It Is Description of subject: "So It Is" is a 2017 studio album by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band that blends traditional New Orleans jazz with Afro-Cuban and broader global influences.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Preservation Hall Jazz Band