Sit Down, John
E509031
"Sit Down, John" is a comedic opening number from the Broadway musical *1776* that portrays John Adams as an outspoken agitator in the Continental Congress.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sit Down, John canonical | 1 |
| Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5286629 — 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: Sit Down, John Context triple: [1776 (musical), notableSong, Sit Down, John]
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A.
Sick of Sittin'
"Sick of Sittin'" is a soulful, retro-tinged R&B track by Christina Aguilera from her 2018 album "Liberation."
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B.
That's All
"That's All" is a 1983 pop-rock song by the English band Genesis, known for its catchy piano riff and chart success, particularly in the United States.
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C.
I Gotta Have a Song
"I Gotta Have a Song" is a soul track by Stevie Wonder featured on his 1970 album "Signed, Sealed & Delivered."
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D.
Everything's Alright
"Everything's Alright" is a gentle, contemplative song from the rock opera *Jesus Christ Superstar* that features Mary Magdalene soothing Jesus amid growing tension and unrest.
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E.
Travelin' Man
"Travelin' Man" is a 1961 pop song by American singer Ricky Nelson that became one of his biggest hits and a classic of early rock and roll.
- 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: Sit Down, John Target entity description: "Sit Down, John" is a comedic opening number from the Broadway musical *1776* that portrays John Adams as an outspoken agitator in the Continental Congress.
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A.
Sick of Sittin'
"Sick of Sittin'" is a soulful, retro-tinged R&B track by Christina Aguilera from her 2018 album "Liberation."
-
B.
That's All
"That's All" is a 1983 pop-rock song by the English band Genesis, known for its catchy piano riff and chart success, particularly in the United States.
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C.
I Gotta Have a Song
"I Gotta Have a Song" is a soul track by Stevie Wonder featured on his 1970 album "Signed, Sealed & Delivered."
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D.
Everything's Alright
"Everything's Alright" is a gentle, contemplative song from the rock opera *Jesus Christ Superstar* that features Mary Magdalene soothing Jesus amid growing tension and unrest.
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E.
Travelin' Man
"Travelin' Man" is a 1961 pop song by American singer Ricky Nelson that became one of his biggest hits and a classic of early rock and roll.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedWithWork | 1776 original Broadway production ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical events leading to the Declaration of Independence ⓘ |
| characterRole | portrays John Adams as an outspoken agitator in the Continental Congress ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
American Revolution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Continental Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ John Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceMedium | Broadway stage ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy song
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ |
| hasTitleText | Sit Down, John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalWorkType | opening number ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
establishes conflict within the Continental Congress
ⓘ
introduces John Adams ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
1776
ⓘ
1776 (musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Continental Congress chamber
ⓘ
Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
1776
ⓘ
American Revolutionary era ⓘ |
| tone | comedic ⓘ |
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: Sit Down, John Description of subject: "Sit Down, John" is a comedic opening number from the Broadway musical *1776* that portrays John Adams as an outspoken agitator in the Continental Congress.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
1776 (musical)
this entity surface form:
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat