Black Dog on the Beach
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"Black Dog on the Beach" is a song from Bill Callahan’s album *Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest*, noted for its reflective, narrative folk style and understated emotional depth.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Black Dog on the Beach canonical | 2 |
| “Black Dog on the Beach” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2958339 — 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: Black Dog on the Beach Context triple: [Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest, hasPart, Black Dog on the Beach]
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A.
On the Beach
On the Beach is a 1959 post-apocalyptic drama film, based on Nevil Shute’s novel, depicting the aftermath of nuclear war and featuring Fred Astaire in a rare serious, non-musical role.
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B.
On the Beach
On the Beach is a 1974 studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, known for its dark, introspective tone and critical acclaim as one of his most powerful works.
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C.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
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D.
We Saw the Sea
"We Saw the Sea" is a jaunty Irving Berlin musical number performed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the 1936 RKO film "Follow the Fleet."
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E.
Madman Across the Water
Madman Across the Water is a 1971 studio album by Elton John, known for its richly orchestrated rock sound and the classic track "Tiny Dancer."
- 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: Black Dog on the Beach Target entity description: "Black Dog on the Beach" is a song from Bill Callahan’s album *Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest*, noted for its reflective, narrative folk style and understated emotional depth.
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A.
On the Beach
On the Beach is a 1959 post-apocalyptic drama film, based on Nevil Shute’s novel, depicting the aftermath of nuclear war and featuring Fred Astaire in a rare serious, non-musical role.
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B.
On the Beach
On the Beach is a 1974 studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, known for its dark, introspective tone and critical acclaim as one of his most powerful works.
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C.
Like the Sea
"Like the Sea" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys from her album "The Element of Freedom," noted for its serene, metaphor-rich lyrics and gentle, flowing melody.
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D.
We Saw the Sea
"We Saw the Sea" is a jaunty Irving Berlin musical number performed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the 1936 RKO film "Follow the Fleet."
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E.
Madman Across the Water
Madman Across the Water is a 1971 studio album by Elton John, known for its richly orchestrated rock sound and the classic track "Tiny Dancer."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest ⓘ |
| artist | Bill Callahan ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | late-career work of Bill Callahan ⓘ |
| composer | Bill Callahan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| emotionalTone |
melancholic
ⓘ
subtle ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
indie folk ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
subtle accompaniment ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
emotional introspection
ⓘ
memory ⓘ personal narrative ⓘ reflection ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | baritone vocals ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn | Bill Callahan discography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bill Callahan ⓘ |
| medium |
compact disc
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digital audio ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | understated ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
introspective
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reflective ⓘ |
| partOf | Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest ⓘ |
| performer | Bill Callahan ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Drag City ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2019 ⓘ |
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: Black Dog on the Beach Description of subject: "Black Dog on the Beach" is a song from Bill Callahan’s album *Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest*, noted for its reflective, narrative folk style and understated emotional depth.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
this entity surface form:
“Black Dog on the Beach”