Speak Low
E621828
"Speak Low" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Ogden Nash, first introduced in the 1943 musical "One Touch of Venus."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Speak Low canonical | 1 |
| “Speak Low” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6821555 — 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: Speak Low Context triple: [Kurt Weill, notableSong, Speak Low]
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A.
So Low
"So Low" is a song by American rapper Talib Kweli from his album *Gutter Rainbows*, showcasing his socially conscious lyricism over soulful, boom-bap-influenced production.
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B.
Song for Someone
"Song for Someone" is a reflective, melodic rock ballad by U2 from their 2014 album *Songs of Innocence*, noted for its intimate lyrics and atmospheric sound.
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C.
How Low
"How Low" is a popular hip-hop single by American rapper Ludacris, known for its catchy hook and heavy club-oriented production.
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D.
To Love Somebody
"To Love Somebody" is a classic 1967 soul ballad by the Bee Gees that has become one of their most enduring and frequently covered songs.
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E.
Another Song
"Another Song" is a musical track featured on the release titled "Gold Record."
- 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: Speak Low Target entity description: "Speak Low" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Ogden Nash, first introduced in the 1943 musical "One Touch of Venus."
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A.
So Low
"So Low" is a song by American rapper Talib Kweli from his album *Gutter Rainbows*, showcasing his socially conscious lyricism over soulful, boom-bap-influenced production.
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B.
Song for Someone
"Song for Someone" is a reflective, melodic rock ballad by U2 from their 2014 album *Songs of Innocence*, noted for its intimate lyrics and atmospheric sound.
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C.
How Low
"How Low" is a popular hip-hop single by American rapper Ludacris, known for its catchy hook and heavy club-oriented production.
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D.
To Love Somebody
"To Love Somebody" is a classic 1967 soul ballad by the Bee Gees that has become one of their most enduring and frequently covered songs.
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E.
Another Song
"Another Song" is a musical track featured on the release titled "Gold Record."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pop standard
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song ⓘ |
| associatedWithComposer | Kurt Weill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithLyricist | Ogden Nash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | line from William Shakespeare’s play "Much Ado About Nothing" ⓘ |
| composer | Kurt Weill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| firstAppearanceIn | One Touch of Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
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traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | postwar jazz repertoire ⓘ |
| hasRecordingType |
instrumental performance
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vocal performance ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
passing of time
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transience of love ⓘ urgency in romance ⓘ |
| introducedInMusical | One Touch of Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isStandardIn |
cabaret repertoire
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modern jazz ⓘ vocal jazz ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricAlludesTo | "Speak low if you speak love" from "Much Ado About Nothing" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricist | Ogden Nash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLyricLine |
"Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon"
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"Speak low when you speak, love" ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Anita O’Day
NERFINISHED
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Barbra Streisand NERFINISHED ⓘ Bill Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Billie Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ Chet Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Dexter Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ Dianne Reeves NERFINISHED ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurt Weill NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Vaughan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage musical ⓘ |
| originalProduction | Broadway musical "One Touch of Venus" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalProductionYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| partOfRepertoire | Great American Songbook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| typicalForm | AABA song form ⓘ |
| typicalTempo | ballad ⓘ |
| usedAs | jazz improvisation standard ⓘ |
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: Speak Low Description of subject: "Speak Low" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Ogden Nash, first introduced in the 1943 musical "One Touch of Venus."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
“Speak Low”