The Cuckoo
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"The Cuckoo" is a traditional folk song, widely performed in American and British folk music, known for its haunting melody and lyrics about love, fate, and the enigmatic cuckoo bird.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Cuckoo canonical | 3 |
| The Cuckoo Bird | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18186658 — 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 Cuckoo Context triple: [Doc Watson (album), hasTrack, The Cuckoo]
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A.
The Cuckoo
The Cuckoo is a powerful, reality-warping antagonist from Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman series, embodying themes of identity, dreams, and manipulation.
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B.
The Time of the Cuckoo
The Time of the Cuckoo is a romantic stage play by Arthur Laurents about a lonely American woman who finds unexpected love while vacationing in Venice.
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C.
The Sterile Cuckoo
The Sterile Cuckoo is a 1969 romantic drama film directed by Alan J. Pakula, best known for featuring one of Liza Minnelli’s earliest acclaimed screen performances.
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D.
Cuckoo
Cuckoo is a British sitcom in which Taylor Lautner plays one of the lead roles, following the eccentric dynamics of a family disrupted by an unconventional outsider.
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E.
The Swallow
The Swallow is the English title of Giacomo Puccini’s opera "La rondine," a lyrical work that blends elements of opera and operetta.
- 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 Cuckoo Target entity description: "The Cuckoo" is a traditional folk song, widely performed in American and British folk music, known for its haunting melody and lyrics about love, fate, and the enigmatic cuckoo bird.
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A.
The Cuckoo
The Cuckoo is a powerful, reality-warping antagonist from Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman series, embodying themes of identity, dreams, and manipulation.
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B.
The Time of the Cuckoo
The Time of the Cuckoo is a romantic stage play by Arthur Laurents about a lonely American woman who finds unexpected love while vacationing in Venice.
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C.
The Sterile Cuckoo
The Sterile Cuckoo is a 1969 romantic drama film directed by Alan J. Pakula, best known for featuring one of Liza Minnelli’s earliest acclaimed screen performances.
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D.
Cuckoo
Cuckoo is a British sitcom in which Taylor Lautner plays one of the lead roles, following the eccentric dynamics of a family disrupted by an unconventional outsider.
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E.
The Swallow
The Swallow is the English title of Giacomo Puccini’s opera "La rondine," a lyrical work that blends elements of opera and operetta.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "Doc Watson" (1964)
subject linked to:
Ian & Sylvia (debut album)
subject linked to:
album "I Stand Alone"
subject linked to:
album "I Stand Alone"
linked to: The Cuckoo