The Farmer and the Cowman
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"The Farmer and the Cowman" is a lively ensemble number from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *Oklahoma!* that humorously dramatizes the rivalry and eventual reconciliation between farmers and cowboys on the American frontier.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Farmer and the Cowman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T100272 — 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 Farmer and the Cowman Context triple: [Oklahoma!, notableSong, The Farmer and the Cowman]
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A.
Come to the Stable
Come to the Stable is a 1949 American comedy-drama film about two French nuns trying to build a children's hospital in New England.
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B.
The Old Stagecoach
The Old Stagecoach is a celebrated 19th-century genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson, depicting children playfully transforming an abandoned stagecoach into an imaginative setting for their games.
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C.
Fields Corner
Fields Corner is a rapid transit station in Dorchester, Boston, serving as a key stop on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Red Line.
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D.
The Gaucho
The Gaucho is a 1927 silent adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks as a dashing South American cowboy hero in a tale of romance, action, and redemption.
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E.
The Tender Trap
The Tender Trap is a 1955 romantic comedy film starring Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds, adapted from the Broadway play of the same name.
- 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 Farmer and the Cowman Target entity description: "The Farmer and the Cowman" is a lively ensemble number from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *Oklahoma!* that humorously dramatizes the rivalry and eventual reconciliation between farmers and cowboys on the American frontier.
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A.
Come to the Stable
Come to the Stable is a 1949 American comedy-drama film about two French nuns trying to build a children's hospital in New England.
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B.
The Old Stagecoach
The Old Stagecoach is a celebrated 19th-century genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson, depicting children playfully transforming an abandoned stagecoach into an imaginative setting for their games.
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C.
Fields Corner
Fields Corner is a rapid transit station in Dorchester, Boston, serving as a key stop on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Red Line.
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D.
The Gaucho
The Gaucho is a 1927 silent adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks as a dashing South American cowboy hero in a tale of romance, action, and redemption.
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E.
The Tender Trap
The Tender Trap is a 1955 romantic comedy film starring Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds, adapted from the Broadway play of the same name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ensemble number
ⓘ
musical theatre song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Broadway musical theatre repertoire
ⓘ
Broadway ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Broadway
|
| composer | Richard Rodgers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dramaticContext | community gathering scene ⓘ |
| dramaticRole | advances plot toward community statehood and unity ⓘ |
| features |
call-and-response sections
ⓘ
choral singing ⓘ dance sequence ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceIn |
Oklahoma! (stage production)
ⓘ
surface form:
Oklahoma!
|
| genre |
musical theatre
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
cowmen
ⓘ
farmers ⓘ land use conflict ⓘ ranchers ⓘ |
| includedIn |
film adaptation of Oklahoma!
ⓘ
stage productions of Oklahoma! ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ |
| musicalForm |
chorus number
ⓘ
ensemble chorus with solos ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
depicts rivalry between farmers and cowmen
ⓘ
dramatizes reconciliation between farmers and cowmen ⓘ |
| partOf |
Oklahoma! (stage production)
ⓘ
surface form:
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! (stage production) ⓘ
surface form:
Oklahoma! (musical)
|
| performedBy |
Oklahoma! original Broadway cast
ⓘ
film adaptation cast of Oklahoma! ⓘ various stage revival casts ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 20th century American frontier ⓘ |
| style |
comic
ⓘ
ensemble ⓘ up-tempo ⓘ |
| theatricalSetting |
Oklahoma
ⓘ
surface form:
Oklahoma Territory
|
| theme |
community unity
ⓘ
cooperation ⓘ frontier life ⓘ rural conflict ⓘ |
| tone |
boisterous
ⓘ
humorous ⓘ reconciliatory ⓘ |
| workBy | Rodgers and Hammerstein ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Farmer and the Cowman Description of subject: "The Farmer and the Cowman" is a lively ensemble number from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *Oklahoma!* that humorously dramatizes the rivalry and eventual reconciliation between farmers and cowboys on the American frontier.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Oklahoma!