"Second Chorus"

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film

"Second Chorus" is a 1940 American musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire and Paulette Goddard, notable for its big-band jazz numbers and Astaire’s dance performances.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Second Chorus	8
"Second Chorus" canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9330072 — 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: "Second Chorus"
Context triple: [Jack Dennis, work, "Second Chorus"]

A. Song to Song
Song to Song is a 2017 experimental romantic drama film directed by Terrence Malick, known for its impressionistic narrative, Austin music-scene setting, and fluid, visually striking cinematography.
B. Marchin On
"Marchin On" is an energetic pop-rock song by American band OneRepublic, known for its anthemic chorus and use in various media and promotional campaigns.
C. Second Hand
"Second Hand" is a modern dance work by influential American choreographer Merce Cunningham, known for its experimental structure and collaboration with avant-garde composer John Cage.
D. You Ain't the First
"You Ain't the First" is an acoustic, country-tinged rock song by Guns N' Roses known for its laid-back, barroom style and breakup-themed lyrics.
E. A Song
"A Song" is a track by Greek composer Vangelis featured on his 1979 electronic music album "Earth."
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: "Second Chorus"
Target entity description: "Second Chorus" is a 1940 American musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire and Paulette Goddard, notable for its big-band jazz numbers and Astaire’s dance performances.

A. Song to Song
Song to Song is a 2017 experimental romantic drama film directed by Terrence Malick, known for its impressionistic narrative, Austin music-scene setting, and fluid, visually striking cinematography.
B. Marchin On
"Marchin On" is an energetic pop-rock song by American band OneRepublic, known for its anthemic chorus and use in various media and promotional campaigns.
C. Second Hand
"Second Hand" is a modern dance work by influential American choreographer Merce Cunningham, known for its experimental structure and collaboration with avant-garde composer John Cage.
D. You Ain't the First
"You Ain't the First" is an acoustic, country-tinged rock song by Guns N' Roses known for its laid-back, barroom style and breakup-themed lyrics.
E. A Song
"A Song" is a track by Greek composer Vangelis featured on his 1979 electronic music album "Earth."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Leo Tover NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	H. C. Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Jack Dennis NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresSong	Everything’s Jumping NERFINISHED ⓘ I Ain’t Hep to That Step but I’ll Dig It NERFINISHED ⓘ Love of My Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Poor Mr. Chisholm NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweet Sue, Just You NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	comedy film ⓘ jazz film ⓘ musical film ⓘ
hasMainCharacter	Danny O’Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellen Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Hank Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPerformer	Artie Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Artie Shaw and His Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Billy Butterfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Burgess Meredith NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Butterworth NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Melton NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Astaire NERFINISHED ⓘ George Tobias NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerome Cowan NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Conlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Field NERFINISHED ⓘ Paulette Goddard NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy	Artie Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Astaire NERFINISHED ⓘ Hal Borne NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Mercer NERFINISHED ⓘ Moe Jaffe NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	Fred Astaire dance performances ⓘ big-band jazz numbers ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotSummary	Two rival college band trumpeters compete for a job with Artie Shaw’s band and for the affection of their manager Ellen. ⓘ
producer	Boris Morros NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate	1940-12-27 ⓘ
releaseYear	1940 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	84 ⓘ
screenwriter	Allan Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Erwin Gelsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Ian McLellan Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	contemporary to 1940s ⓘ
starring	Artie Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Astaire NERFINISHED ⓘ Paulette Goddard NERFINISHED ⓘ

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