Ragged & Dirty
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"Ragged & Dirty" is a traditional blues song popularized by artists like Sleepy John Estes and later covered by Bob Dylan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ragged & Dirty canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5393917 — 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: Ragged & Dirty Context triple: [World Gone Wrong, hasTrack, Ragged & Dirty]
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A.
Ragged Glory
Ragged Glory is a 1990 grunge-influenced rock album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, celebrated for its raw, distorted guitar sound and loose, jam-oriented style.
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B.
Down and Out
"Down and Out" is a popular hip-hop track by rapper Cam'ron, known for its soulful production and standout status in his discography.
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C.
Junky
Junky is a semi-autobiographical novel by William S. Burroughs that candidly chronicles heroin addiction and the American drug underworld in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff is a 1991 British social-realist drama film directed by Ken Loach that follows the struggles of construction workers living on the margins of society.
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E.
Dirty Hands
Dirty Hands is a politically charged existentialist play by Jean-Paul Sartre that explores moral ambiguity, revolutionary ethics, and the conflict between ideology and personal responsibility.
- 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: Ragged & Dirty Target entity description: "Ragged & Dirty" is a traditional blues song popularized by artists like Sleepy John Estes and later covered by Bob Dylan.
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A.
Ragged Glory
Ragged Glory is a 1990 grunge-influenced rock album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, celebrated for its raw, distorted guitar sound and loose, jam-oriented style.
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B.
Down and Out
"Down and Out" is a popular hip-hop track by rapper Cam'ron, known for its soulful production and standout status in his discography.
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C.
Junky
Junky is a semi-autobiographical novel by William S. Burroughs that candidly chronicles heroin addiction and the American drug underworld in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff is a 1991 British social-realist drama film directed by Ken Loach that follows the struggles of construction workers living on the margins of society.
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E.
Dirty Hands
Dirty Hands is a politically charged existentialist play by Jean-Paul Sartre that explores moral ambiguity, revolutionary ethics, and the conflict between ideology and personal responsibility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
song
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traditional blues song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Broke and Hungry
NERFINISHED
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Ragged and Dirty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEra | pre-war blues ⓘ |
| coveredBy |
Bob Dylan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Furry Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Son Joe NERFINISHED ⓘ Sleepy John Estes NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
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country blues ⓘ |
| hasForm | vocal blues ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
guitar
ⓘ
voice ⓘ |
| hasLyricalStyle |
first-person narrative
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repetitive verse structure ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerformer |
Bob Dylan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Furry Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Son Joe NERFINISHED ⓘ Sleepy John Estes NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecording |
Ragged & Dirty by Bob Dylan
NERFINISHED
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Ragged & Dirty by Sleepy John Estes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
hardship
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personal struggle ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Ragged & Dirty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedArtist | Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
contemporary folk
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folk rock ⓘ |
| isPublicDomain | likely ⓘ |
| isTraditional | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| originCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| partOfTradition | American folk-blues tradition ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Sleepy John Estes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Bob Dylan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Furry Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Son Joe NERFINISHED ⓘ Sleepy John Estes NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Ragged & Dirty Description of subject: "Ragged & Dirty" is a traditional blues song popularized by artists like Sleepy John Estes and later covered by Bob Dylan.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.