Home on the Range
E164565
"Home on the Range" is a classic American folk song celebrating the peaceful, wide-open landscapes of the Western frontier.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Home on the Range canonical | 2 |
| Home on the Range (additional lyrics) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1425127 — 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: Home on the Range Context triple: [Kansas, stateSong, Home on the Range]
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A.
Wild West
Wild West refers to the American frontier period of the late 19th century, characterized by westward expansion, lawlessness, cowboys, and conflicts between settlers, Native Americans, and outlaws.
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B.
My Darling Clementine
My Darling Clementine is a classic 1946 Western film directed by John Ford that dramatizes the events leading up to the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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C.
King of the Cowboys
King of the Cowboys is the famous nickname of Roy Rogers, the iconic American singing cowboy star of mid-20th-century Western films, radio, and television.
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D.
Lonesome Town
"Lonesome Town" is a melancholic 1958 pop ballad performed by Ricky Nelson that became one of his signature hits.
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E.
Into the Great Wide Open
Into the Great Wide Open is a 1991 rock album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers featuring storytelling-driven songs that explore themes of fame, disillusionment, and American life.
- 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: Home on the Range Target entity description: "Home on the Range" is a classic American folk song celebrating the peaceful, wide-open landscapes of the Western frontier.
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A.
Wild West
Wild West refers to the American frontier period of the late 19th century, characterized by westward expansion, lawlessness, cowboys, and conflicts between settlers, Native Americans, and outlaws.
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B.
My Darling Clementine
My Darling Clementine is a classic 1946 Western film directed by John Ford that dramatizes the events leading up to the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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C.
King of the Cowboys
King of the Cowboys is the famous nickname of Roy Rogers, the iconic American singing cowboy star of mid-20th-century Western films, radio, and television.
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D.
Lonesome Town
"Lonesome Town" is a melancholic 1958 pop ballad performed by Ricky Nelson that became one of his signature hits.
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E.
Into the Great Wide Open
Into the Great Wide Open is a 1991 rock album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers featuring storytelling-driven songs that explore themes of fame, disillusionment, and American life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American song
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Western song ⓘ folk song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Western Home ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | cowboy culture ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Old West
ⓘ
surface form:
American West
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| genre | folk ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
representation of pastoral ideal in U.S. culture
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symbol of the American frontier ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic song ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Western-themed popular music
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cowboy songs ⓘ |
| hasLyricTheme |
Old West
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surface form:
American West
frontier life ⓘ nature ⓘ peacefulness ⓘ wide-open landscapes ⓘ |
| hasMood |
nostalgic
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pastoral ⓘ peaceful ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
And the skies are not cloudy all day
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Where seldom is heard a discouraging word ⓘ Where the deer and the antelope play ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
antelope
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buffalo ⓘ deer ⓘ open range ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
classic American folk song
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unofficial anthem of the American West ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyIncludedIn |
American songbooks
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folk song collections ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyRecordedBy |
country musicians
ⓘ
folk musicians ⓘ |
| isPartOf | American folk song canon ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn |
American elementary schools
ⓘ
American music education ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| openingLine | Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext |
campfire singing
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folk music concerts ⓘ informal singing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Home on the Range Description of subject: "Home on the Range" is a classic American folk song celebrating the peaceful, wide-open landscapes of the Western frontier.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Home on the Range (additional lyrics)