Old Brown Shoe
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"Old Brown Shoe" is a bluesy rock song by George Harrison, recorded by the Beatles in 1969 and released as the B-side to "The Ballad of John and Yoko."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Brown Shoe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9396289 — 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: Old Brown Shoe Context triple: [The Beatles 1967–1970, includesSong, Old Brown Shoe]
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A.
These Boots Are Made for Walkin’
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin’" is a 1966 pop-country song originally performed by Nancy Sinatra, famous for its swaggering lyrics, bass-driven groove, and enduring status as a feminist-tinged anthem.
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B.
A Shine on Your Shoes
"A Shine on Your Shoes" is a lively popular song from the 1930s, best known today for its memorable performance in the classic MGM musical film *The Band Wagon*.
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C.
Mother's Little Helper
"Mother's Little Helper" is a 1966 song by the Rolling Stones that satirically addresses the growing dependence on prescription drugs among suburban housewives.
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D.
Embraceable You
"Embraceable You" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely recorded and performed since its debut in the 1930 musical Girl Crazy.
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E.
Shoo-Shoo Baby
"Shoo-Shoo Baby" is a popular World War II–era swing song recorded by The Andrews Sisters that became one of their well-known hits.
- 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: Old Brown Shoe Target entity description: "Old Brown Shoe" is a bluesy rock song by George Harrison, recorded by the Beatles in 1969 and released as the B-side to "The Ballad of John and Yoko."
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A.
These Boots Are Made for Walkin’
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin’" is a 1966 pop-country song originally performed by Nancy Sinatra, famous for its swaggering lyrics, bass-driven groove, and enduring status as a feminist-tinged anthem.
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B.
A Shine on Your Shoes
"A Shine on Your Shoes" is a lively popular song from the 1930s, best known today for its memorable performance in the classic MGM musical film *The Band Wagon*.
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C.
Mother's Little Helper
"Mother's Little Helper" is a 1966 song by the Rolling Stones that satirically addresses the growing dependence on prescription drugs among suburban housewives.
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D.
Embraceable You
"Embraceable You" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely recorded and performed since its debut in the 1930 musical Girl Crazy.
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E.
Shoo-Shoo Baby
"Shoo-Shoo Baby" is a popular World War II–era swing song recorded by The Andrews Sisters that became one of their well-known hits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| artist | The Beatles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | George Harrison solo career ⓘ |
| B-sideOf | The Ballad of John and Yoko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| backingVocalsBy |
John Lennon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul McCartney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bassGuitarBy | Paul McCartney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Apple R 5786 (UK single with A-side The Ballad of John and Yoko) ⓘ |
| composer | George Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| drumsBy | Ringo Starr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
blues rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasFormat | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| hasKey | C major ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme | paradoxes and contrasts ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | shuffle rhythm ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
complex chord changes
ⓘ
prominent walking bass line ⓘ wordplay in lyrics ⓘ |
| hasTimeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
| includedInCompilation |
Hey Jude (1970 US/Canada LP)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Past Masters (combined edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ Past Masters, Volume Two NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInRelease | The Beatles 1967–1970 (some later editions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label | Apple Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadGuitarBy | George Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadVocalsBy | George Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | about 3 minutes ⓘ |
| lyricist | George Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | The Beatles discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfEra | late Beatles period ⓘ |
| performer |
George Harrison
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Lennon NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul McCartney ⓘ Ringo Starr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pianoBy | George Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | George Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recorded | 1969 ⓘ |
| recordedAt | EMI Studios, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | The Beatles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releasedAs | B-side ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1969-05-30 ⓘ |
| side | B-side of 7-inch single ⓘ |
| writer | George Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfSingle | 1969 ⓘ |
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: Old Brown Shoe Description of subject: "Old Brown Shoe" is a bluesy rock song by George Harrison, recorded by the Beatles in 1969 and released as the B-side to "The Ballad of John and Yoko."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.