Alice's Restaurant Massacree
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"Alice's Restaurant Massacree" is a satirical, narrative folk song by Arlo Guthrie that humorously critiques bureaucracy and the Vietnam War draft, becoming a counterculture anthem of the 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alice's Restaurant Massacree canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9198857 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alice's Restaurant Massacree Context triple: [Arlo Guthrie, notableWork, Alice's Restaurant Massacree]
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A.
Red Carpet Massacre
Red Carpet Massacre is a 2007 studio album by English new wave band Duran Duran that features a more contemporary pop and electronic sound, including collaborations with producers like Timbaland and Justin Timberlake.
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B.
The Town That Was Murdered
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C.
The Massacre
The Massacre is a 2005 hip hop album by 50 Cent that features hit singles like "Candy Shop" and "Just a Lil Bit" and solidified his mainstream commercial success.
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D.
Act of Violence
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E.
Blue Murder
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alice's Restaurant Massacree Target entity description: "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" is a satirical, narrative folk song by Arlo Guthrie that humorously critiques bureaucracy and the Vietnam War draft, becoming a counterculture anthem of the 1960s.
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A.
Red Carpet Massacre
Red Carpet Massacre is a 2007 studio album by English new wave band Duran Duran that features a more contemporary pop and electronic sound, including collaborations with producers like Timbaland and Justin Timberlake.
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B.
The Town That Was Murdered
The Town That Was Murdered is a 1939 political and social history book by British Labour politician Ellen Wilkinson about the decline and destruction of the shipbuilding town of Jarrow and the wider injustices of interwar unemployment.
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C.
The Massacre
The Massacre is a 2005 hip hop album by 50 Cent that features hit singles like "Candy Shop" and "Just a Lil Bit" and solidified his mainstream commercial success.
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D.
Act of Violence
Act of Violence is a 1948 American film noir thriller about a World War II veteran haunted by his past, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Fred Zinnemann.
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E.
Blue Murder
Blue Murder is a British hard rock band formed in the late 1980s by former Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes, known for its melodic yet heavy sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
satirical song
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song ⓘ |
| basedOn | real-life events involving Arlo Guthrie ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Arlo Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiques |
Vietnam War draft
ⓘ
government bureaucracy ⓘ |
| culturalPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| describedAs | counterculture anthem of the 1960s ⓘ |
| firstPerformedBy | Arlo Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPersonNarrator | Arlo Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
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satire ⓘ talking blues ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Alice's Restaurant (1969 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChorus | Alice's Restaurant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | Alice's Restaurant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
criminal record and draft classification
ⓘ
littering arrest ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
anti-bureaucracy
ⓘ
anti-war ⓘ civil disobedience ⓘ individual vs. state ⓘ |
| influenced |
1960s counterculture
ⓘ
protest music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 18 minutes ⓘ |
| movement | American counterculture ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Vietnam War draft
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bureaucracy ⓘ counterculture ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Thanksgiving radio broadcasts
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humorous social commentary ⓘ lengthy spoken-word storytelling ⓘ |
| originallyReleasedOnAlbum | Alice's Restaurant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parodies |
law enforcement bureaucracy
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military bureaucracy ⓘ |
| performer | Arlo Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Reprise Records ⓘ |
| refrain | You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant ⓘ |
| setting |
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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United States draft office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | spoken monologue with musical refrains ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Alice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alice's Restaurant Massacree Description of subject: "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" is a satirical, narrative folk song by Arlo Guthrie that humorously critiques bureaucracy and the Vietnam War draft, becoming a counterculture anthem of the 1960s.
Referenced by (1)
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