You Can't Get a Man with a Gun
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"You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" is a comic show tune from the classic Irving Berlin musical *Annie Get Your Gun*, humorously highlighting how the heroine’s sharpshooting skills hinder her romantic prospects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| You Can't Get a Man with a Gun canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6069198 — 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: You Can't Get a Man with a Gun Context triple: [Annie Get Your Gun (1950 film), hasSong, You Can't Get a Man with a Gun]
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A.
Guns Are Drawn
"Guns Are Drawn" is a politically charged hip-hop track by The Roots known for its dense lyricism and socially conscious themes.
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B.
The Man with the Gun
The Man with the Gun is a 1955 Soviet historical drama film about the Russian Revolution, notable for featuring actress Jarma Lewis among its cast.
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C.
Don't Take Your Guns to Town
"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" is a classic country song by Johnny Cash that tells a tragic coming-of-age story about a young cowboy who ignores his mother's warning and meets a violent end.
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D.
Under the Gun
"Under the Gun" is a punk rock song by Marky Ramone and the Intruders, showcasing the high-energy style associated with the former Ramones drummer.
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E.
A Gunfight
A Gunfight is a 1971 Western film starring Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash that explores aging gunfighters facing one last deadly showdown staged as a public spectacle.
- 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: You Can't Get a Man with a Gun Target entity description: "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" is a comic show tune from the classic Irving Berlin musical *Annie Get Your Gun*, humorously highlighting how the heroine’s sharpshooting skills hinder her romantic prospects.
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A.
Guns Are Drawn
"Guns Are Drawn" is a politically charged hip-hop track by The Roots known for its dense lyricism and socially conscious themes.
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B.
The Man with the Gun
The Man with the Gun is a 1955 Soviet historical drama film about the Russian Revolution, notable for featuring actress Jarma Lewis among its cast.
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C.
Don't Take Your Guns to Town
"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" is a classic country song by Johnny Cash that tells a tragic coming-of-age story about a young cowboy who ignores his mother's warning and meets a violent end.
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D.
Under the Gun
"Under the Gun" is a punk rock song by Marky Ramone and the Intruders, showcasing the high-energy style associated with the former Ramones drummer.
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E.
A Gunfight
A Gunfight is a 1971 Western film starring Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash that explores aging gunfighters facing one last deadly showdown staged as a public spectacle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Annie Get Your Gun (musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole | Annie Oakley solo number ⓘ |
| composer | Irving Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Irving Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | Broadway musical production ⓘ |
| genre |
comic song
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ show tune ⓘ |
| hasForm | solo song ⓘ |
| hasInfluence | later comic songs about gender roles in musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | Tin Pan Alley-influenced show tune ⓘ |
| hasRefrain | "You can't get a man with a gun" ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
gender expectations
ⓘ
marksmanship ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ |
| includedIn | scores and songbooks of Annie Get Your Gun ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
conflict between femininity and marksmanship
ⓘ
romantic difficulties caused by sharpshooting skills ⓘ |
| lyricist | Irving Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musical | Annie Get Your Gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableIn | American musical theatre repertoire ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage musical ⓘ |
| originalProduction | Annie Get Your Gun (1946 Broadway production) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Annie Get Your Gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedByCharacter | Annie Oakley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedIn | stage productions of Annie Get Your Gun ⓘ |
| setInFictionalContext | Buffalo Bill's Wild West show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | a woman sharpshooter reflecting on why her gun skills do not attract men ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
ⓘ
humorous ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation |
voice and orchestra
ⓘ
voice and piano reduction ⓘ |
| writer | Irving Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfOrigin | 1946 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: You Can't Get a Man with a Gun Description of subject: "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" is a comic show tune from the classic Irving Berlin musical *Annie Get Your Gun*, humorously highlighting how the heroine’s sharpshooting skills hinder her romantic prospects.
Referenced by (2)
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