The Ballad of Jed Clampett
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"The Ballad of Jed Clampett" is a bluegrass-style country song by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs that narrates the rags-to-riches story of the Clampett family and serves as the iconic theme for the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Ballad of Jed Clampett canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9829532 — 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: The Ballad of Jed Clampett Context triple: [The Beverly Hillbillies, openingTheme, The Ballad of Jed Clampett]
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A.
Home on the Range
"Home on the Range" is a classic American folk song celebrating the peaceful, wide-open landscapes of the Western frontier.
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B.
The Singing Buckaroo
The Singing Buckaroo is a 1937 American Western musical film featuring a singing cowboy hero and co-starring actress Joan Barclay.
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C.
Rhythm on the Range
Rhythm on the Range is a 1936 American musical Western film starring Bing Crosby and Frances Farmer, known for its blend of cowboy romance and popular songs.
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D.
Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty
Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty is a 1965 studio album showcasing British singer Dusty Springfield's blend of pop, soul, and dramatic ballads at the height of her early career.
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E.
Song of the Dusty Trail
"Song of the Dusty Trail" is a Western-themed song featured in the 1938 singing-cowboy film *Under Western Stars*, starring Roy Rogers.
- 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: The Ballad of Jed Clampett Target entity description: "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" is a bluegrass-style country song by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs that narrates the rags-to-riches story of the Clampett family and serves as the iconic theme for the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies.
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A.
Home on the Range
"Home on the Range" is a classic American folk song celebrating the peaceful, wide-open landscapes of the Western frontier.
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B.
The Singing Buckaroo
The Singing Buckaroo is a 1937 American Western musical film featuring a singing cowboy hero and co-starring actress Joan Barclay.
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C.
Rhythm on the Range
Rhythm on the Range is a 1936 American musical Western film starring Bing Crosby and Frances Farmer, known for its blend of cowboy romance and popular songs.
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D.
Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty
Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty is a 1965 studio album showcasing British singer Dusty Springfield's blend of pop, soul, and dramatic ballads at the height of her early career.
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E.
Song of the Dusty Trail
"Song of the Dusty Trail" is a Western-themed song featured in the 1938 singing-cowboy film *Under Western Stars*, starring Roy Rogers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
song
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television theme song ⓘ |
| associatedGenre | television music ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Elly May Clampett
NERFINISHED
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Granny Clampett NERFINISHED ⓘ Jed Clampett NERFINISHED ⓘ Jethro Bodine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithWork | The Beverly Hillbillies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnSetting |
Beverly Hills, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
rural American South ⓘ |
| composer | Earl Scruggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole | iconic TV theme song ⓘ |
| describes |
discovery of oil
ⓘ
move from rural area to Beverly Hills ⓘ rags-to-riches story ⓘ |
| genre |
bluegrass
ⓘ
country ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme |
rural identity in urban setting
ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ unexpected fortune ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person omniscient ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
banjo accompaniment
ⓘ
narrated vocal delivery ⓘ storytelling lyrics ⓘ |
| hasNotableInstrumentation |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
banjo ⓘ upright bass ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Jed Clampett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Paul Henning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| musicStyle | traditional bluegrass ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Clampett family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jed Clampett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetworkContext | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | The Beverly Hillbillies franchise ⓘ |
| performer |
Earl Scruggs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flatt and Scruggs NERFINISHED ⓘ Lester Flatt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | bluegrass-style country ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
culture clash between rural life and Beverly Hills
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sudden wealth from oil discovery ⓘ |
| usedAsThemeFor | The Beverly Hillbillies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInClosingCreditsOf | The Beverly Hillbillies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInOpeningCreditsOf | The Beverly Hillbillies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Ballad of Jed Clampett Description of subject: "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" is a bluegrass-style country song by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs that narrates the rags-to-riches story of the Clampett family and serves as the iconic theme for the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Beverly Hillbillies