Messin' Around
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"Messin' Around" is a classic blues piano track by Memphis Slim that became one of his signature hits in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Messin' Around canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9682921 — 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: Messin' Around Context triple: [Memphis Slim, notableWork, Messin' Around]
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A.
Mess Around
"Mess Around" is a lively 1953 rhythm and blues song by Ray Charles that became one of his early hits and showcases his energetic piano style and soulful vocals.
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B.
Foolin'
"Foolin'" is a 1983 hard rock power ballad by English band Def Leppard, released as a single from their breakthrough album "Pyromania."
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C.
Messin' with the Kid
"Messin' with the Kid" is a classic Chicago blues song closely associated with harmonica player and singer Junior Wells and widely regarded as one of his signature tunes.
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D.
Fiddlin' Around
"Fiddlin' Around" is a song featured on the soundtrack of the 1980 musical film *Honeysuckle Rose*, associated with country music and the work of Willie Nelson.
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E.
Humpin’ Around
"Humpin’ Around" is a 1992 new jack swing single by American R&B singer Bobby Brown, known for its upbeat groove and chart success.
- 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: Messin' Around Target entity description: "Messin' Around" is a classic blues piano track by Memphis Slim that became one of his signature hits in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Mess Around
"Mess Around" is a lively 1953 rhythm and blues song by Ray Charles that became one of his early hits and showcases his energetic piano style and soulful vocals.
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B.
Foolin'
"Foolin'" is a 1983 hard rock power ballad by English band Def Leppard, released as a single from their breakthrough album "Pyromania."
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C.
Messin' with the Kid
"Messin' with the Kid" is a classic Chicago blues song closely associated with harmonica player and singer Junior Wells and widely regarded as one of his signature tunes.
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D.
Fiddlin' Around
"Fiddlin' Around" is a song featured on the soundtrack of the 1980 musical film *Honeysuckle Rose*, associated with country music and the work of Willie Nelson.
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E.
Humpin’ Around
"Humpin’ Around" is a 1992 new jack swing single by American R&B singer Bobby Brown, known for its upbeat groove and chart success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues recording
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Memphis Slim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Memphis Slim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| firstReleasePeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| genre | blues ⓘ |
| hasArtist | Memphis Slim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | 12-bar blues ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersions | yes ⓘ |
| hasMainGenre | blues ⓘ |
| hasMusicalInstrument |
double bass
ⓘ
drums ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| hasRecordingType | studio recording ⓘ |
| hasRhythm | shuffle feel ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | piano blues ⓘ |
| hasTempo | medium tempo ⓘ |
| influenced | later electric blues piano recordings ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Memphis Slim discography ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Memphis Slim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isStandardIn | blues repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Memphis Slim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of Memphis Slim's signature songs
ⓘ
classic blues piano performance ⓘ |
| originalMedium | 78 rpm record ⓘ |
| performer | Memphis Slim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pianist | Memphis Slim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Memphis Slim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Chicago blues ⓘ |
| subgenre | piano blues ⓘ |
| vocalist | Memphis Slim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | blues shouting ⓘ |
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: Messin' Around Description of subject: "Messin' Around" is a classic blues piano track by Memphis Slim that became one of his signature hits in the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.