Ready, Willing and Able
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Ready, Willing and Able is a 1937 American musical film best known for featuring classic songs by Johnny Mercer and Richard Whiting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ready, Willing and Able canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11614500 — 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: Ready, Willing and Able Context triple: [Too Marvelous for Words, introducedInFilm, Ready, Willing and Able]
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A.
Willing and Able
"Willing and Able" is a song from Prince and the New Power Generation’s 1991 album "Diamonds and Pearls," blending funk, pop, and gospel influences.
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B.
Ready an’ Willing
Ready an’ Willing is a 1980 hard rock album by British band Whitesnake, noted for its bluesy sound and the hit single “Fool for Your Loving.”
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C.
The Volunteers
The Volunteers was the popular name for the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, a locally raised militia that provided auxiliary military defense for Hong Kong, particularly during the early 20th century and World War II.
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D.
Always Ready
Always Ready is a Bolivian professional football club based in El Alto that competes in the country’s top division.
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E.
Willin’
"Willin’" is a country-rock song written by Lowell George that became one of the signature tracks of his band Little Feat.
- 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: Ready, Willing and Able Target entity description: Ready, Willing and Able is a 1937 American musical film best known for featuring classic songs by Johnny Mercer and Richard Whiting.
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A.
Willing and Able
"Willing and Able" is a song from Prince and the New Power Generation’s 1991 album "Diamonds and Pearls," blending funk, pop, and gospel influences.
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B.
Ready an’ Willing
Ready an’ Willing is a 1980 hard rock album by British band Whitesnake, noted for its bluesy sound and the hit single “Fool for Your Loving.”
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C.
The Volunteers
The Volunteers was the popular name for the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, a locally raised militia that provided auxiliary military defense for Hong Kong, particularly during the early 20th century and World War II.
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D.
Always Ready
Always Ready is a Bolivian professional football club based in El Alto that competes in the country’s top division.
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E.
Willin’
"Willin’" is a country-rock song written by Lowell George that became one of the signature tracks of his band Little Feat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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film ⓘ musical film ⓘ |
| basedOn | stage musical "Ready, Willing and Able" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Ray Enright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| featuresSong |
"Handy With Your Feet"
NERFINISHED
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"Ready, Willing and Able" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Too Marvelous for Words" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
musical film
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romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| hasComposer | Richard A. Whiting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLyricist | Johnny Mercer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOriginalScoreComposer | Heinz Roemheld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
backstage musical
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show business ⓘ |
| musicBy | Heinz Roemheld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Samuel Bischoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1937-02-06 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 93 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Brown Holmes
NERFINISHED
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Jerry Wald NERFINISHED ⓘ Sig Herzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| songwriter |
Johnny Mercer
NERFINISHED
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Richard A. Whiting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Allen Jenkins
NERFINISHED
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Jane Wyman NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Dixon NERFINISHED ⓘ Louise Fazenda NERFINISHED ⓘ Ross Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruby Keeler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ready, Willing and Able Description of subject: Ready, Willing and Able is a 1937 American musical film best known for featuring classic songs by Johnny Mercer and Richard Whiting.
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