The Poor People of Paris
E571871
The Poor People of Paris is a popular 1950s instrumental hit arranged and recorded by American bandleader Les Baxter, adapted from the French song "La Goualante du pauvre Jean."
All labels observed (1)
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| The Poor People of Paris canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6131266 — 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: The Poor People of Paris Context triple: [Les Baxter, notableWork, The Poor People of Paris]
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A.
Le Ventre de Paris
Le Ventre de Paris is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that vividly portrays life around Paris’s central market, Les Halles, while exploring themes of social conflict, hunger, and abundance.
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B.
L’Air de la Misère
L’Air de la Misère is a French song from the musical *Les Misérables* that served as the basis for the English solo number "On My Own."
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C.
Les Yeux des pauvres
Les Yeux des pauvres is a short prose poem by Charles Baudelaire that poignantly explores class disparity and emotional misunderstanding in a Parisian café setting.
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D.
Mémoires du Baron Haussmann
Mémoires du Baron Haussmann is the autobiographical work in which the famed 19th-century French urban planner recounts his life and the massive transformation of Paris carried out under his direction.
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E.
Scènes de la vie parisienne
Scènes de la vie parisienne is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his novels and stories depicting the manners, society, and everyday life of 19th-century Paris.
- 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: The Poor People of Paris Target entity description: The Poor People of Paris is a popular 1950s instrumental hit arranged and recorded by American bandleader Les Baxter, adapted from the French song "La Goualante du pauvre Jean."
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A.
Le Ventre de Paris
Le Ventre de Paris is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that vividly portrays life around Paris’s central market, Les Halles, while exploring themes of social conflict, hunger, and abundance.
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B.
L’Air de la Misère
L’Air de la Misère is a French song from the musical *Les Misérables* that served as the basis for the English solo number "On My Own."
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C.
Les Yeux des pauvres
Les Yeux des pauvres is a short prose poem by Charles Baudelaire that poignantly explores class disparity and emotional misunderstanding in a Parisian café setting.
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D.
Mémoires du Baron Haussmann
Mémoires du Baron Haussmann is the autobiographical work in which the famed 19th-century French urban planner recounts his life and the massive transformation of Paris carried out under his direction.
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E.
Scènes de la vie parisienne
Scènes de la vie parisienne is a section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together his novels and stories depicting the manners, society, and everyday life of 19th-century Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
instrumental
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single ⓘ song ⓘ |
| adaptedFrom | La Goualante du pauvre Jean ⓘ |
| arranger | Les Baxter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | La Goualante du pauvre Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartSuccess | popular hit in the 1950s ⓘ |
| composerOfOriginalMelody | Marguerite Monnot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfRecordingArtist | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decadeOfRelease | 1950s ⓘ |
| genre |
easy listening
ⓘ
orchestral pop ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeLanguageVersion | English-language adaptation of La Goualante du pauvre Jean ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin |
France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation | orchestra ⓘ |
| hasKeyCharacteristic | instrumental arrangement without vocals ⓘ |
| hasMusicalOrigin | French chanson ⓘ |
| hasNotableArrangementBy | Les Baxter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOriginalFrenchTitle | La Goualante du pauvre Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAdaptationOfWorkBy | Marguerite Monnot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isHitFor | Les Baxter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalVersion | French ⓘ |
| notableFor | being an instrumental adaptation of a French song ⓘ |
| originalTitleOfSourceWork | La Goualante du pauvre Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Les Baxter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Les Baxter Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| title | The Poor People of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Poor People of Paris Description of subject: The Poor People of Paris is a popular 1950s instrumental hit arranged and recorded by American bandleader Les Baxter, adapted from the French song "La Goualante du pauvre Jean."
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