I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
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"I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" is a famous show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific," in which the heroine resolves to forget a failed romance.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair | 4 |
| I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair canonical | 2 |
| I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T529360 — 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: I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair Context triple: [Richard Rodgers, notableWork, I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair]
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A.
Love That Man
"Love That Man" is an R&B song by Whitney Houston from her 2002 studio album *Just Whitney*.
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B.
I Cain't Say No
"I Cain't Say No" is a humorous and flirtatious song sung by the character Ado Annie in the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!.
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C.
What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me
"What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me" is a 1981 R&B and funk song and album by Chaka Khan that became one of her signature hits.
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D.
She Don’t Have to Know
"She Don’t Have to Know" is an R&B song by John Legend from his debut studio album "Get Lifted," known for its soulful vocals and themes of secret romance.
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E.
Every Day I Have the Blues
"Every Day I Have the Blues" is a classic blues standard, popularized by B.B. King, that has become one of the most frequently recorded and performed songs in the genre.
- 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: I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair Target entity description: "I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" is a famous show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific," in which the heroine resolves to forget a failed romance.
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A.
Love That Man
"Love That Man" is an R&B song by Whitney Houston from her 2002 studio album *Just Whitney*.
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B.
I Cain't Say No
"I Cain't Say No" is a humorous and flirtatious song sung by the character Ado Annie in the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!.
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C.
What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me
"What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me" is a 1981 R&B and funk song and album by Chaka Khan that became one of her signature hits.
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D.
She Don’t Have to Know
"She Don’t Have to Know" is an R&B song by John Legend from his debut studio album "Get Lifted," known for its soulful vocals and themes of secret romance.
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E.
Every Day I Have the Blues
"Every Day I Have the Blues" is a classic blues standard, popularized by B.B. King, that has become one of the most frequently recorded and performed songs in the genre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
show tune
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song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
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surface form:
I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair
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| associatedWork |
South Pacific (stage production)
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surface form:
South Pacific (1949 original Broadway production)
South Pacific (1958 film) ⓘ
surface form:
South Pacific (1958 film adaptation)
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| basedOn |
Tales of the South Pacific
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surface form:
James A. Michener’s Tales of the South Pacific (indirectly, via the musical)
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| composer | Richard Rodgers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalImpact | became a widely recognized phrase in popular culture ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
character development for Nellie Forbush
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comic relief within the musical ⓘ |
| famousFor |
being one of the best‑known songs from South Pacific
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depicting a woman resolving to forget a failed romance ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| genre |
musical theatre song
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show tune ⓘ |
| hasForm | solo with ensemble ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
moving on from love
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romantic breakup ⓘ |
| hasTitle | I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair self-link ⓘ |
| includedIn | original Broadway cast recording of South Pacific ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ |
| medium | stage performance ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | Broadway ⓘ |
| musicBy | Richard Rodgers ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
emotional self‑reliance
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ending a romantic relationship ⓘ female independence ⓘ |
| originalMedium | Broadway musical ⓘ |
| originalPerformer | Mary Martin ⓘ |
| originalProductionCity | New York City ⓘ |
| originalProductionLocation | Broadway ⓘ |
| partOf |
South Pacific
ⓘ
South Pacific (stage production) ⓘ
surface form:
South Pacific (musical)
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| performanceContext | bathhouse scene in South Pacific ⓘ |
| performedByCharacter | Nellie Forbush ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| setting | South Pacific ⓘ |
| sungBy | Nellie Forbush ⓘ |
| usedIn |
South Pacific (1958 film)
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surface form:
South Pacific (1958 film adaptation)
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| workPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| writtenFor |
South Pacific (stage production)
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surface form:
South Pacific (stage musical)
|
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: I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair Description of subject: "I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" is a famous show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific," in which the heroine resolves to forget a failed romance.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
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hasTitle
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I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
self-link
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I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
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alsoKnownAs
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this entity surface form:
I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair
this entity surface form:
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
this entity surface form:
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
this entity surface form:
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
this entity surface form:
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair