American Ballads and Folk Songs
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American Ballads and Folk Songs is a seminal 1934 anthology of traditional American folk music compiled by folklorists John and Alan Lomax, influential in preserving and popularizing the nation’s folk song heritage.
All labels observed (1)
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| American Ballads and Folk Songs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18352671 — 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: American Ballads and Folk Songs Context triple: [John Lomax, notableWork, American Ballads and Folk Songs]
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A.
Anthology of American Folk Music
Anthology of American Folk Music is a landmark 1952 compilation of early 20th-century American folk, blues, and country recordings that profoundly influenced the 1960s folk revival and subsequent popular music.
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Archive of American Folk Song
The Archive of American Folk Song is a pioneering collection at the Library of Congress that preserves and documents traditional music, stories, and oral histories from across the United States.
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C.
Dust Bowl ballads (cycle)
Dust Bowl Ballads is a cycle of folk songs, popularized by Woody Guthrie, that chronicle the hardships and experiences of people living through the Dust Bowl era in the American Great Plains.
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D.
Bar-Room Ballads
Bar-Room Ballads is a collection of narrative poems by Robert W. Service that captures rugged frontier life and colorful characters in a lively, often humorous ballad style.
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E.
Songs, Legends and Ballads
Songs, Legends and Ballads is a collection of poetry by Irish-born writer and activist John Boyle O'Reilly, reflecting his nationalist sentiments and lyrical storytelling.
- 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: American Ballads and Folk Songs Target entity description: American Ballads and Folk Songs is a seminal 1934 anthology of traditional American folk music compiled by folklorists John and Alan Lomax, influential in preserving and popularizing the nation’s folk song heritage.
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A.
Anthology of American Folk Music
Anthology of American Folk Music is a landmark 1952 compilation of early 20th-century American folk, blues, and country recordings that profoundly influenced the 1960s folk revival and subsequent popular music.
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B.
Archive of American Folk Song
The Archive of American Folk Song is a pioneering collection at the Library of Congress that preserves and documents traditional music, stories, and oral histories from across the United States.
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C.
Dust Bowl ballads (cycle)
Dust Bowl Ballads is a cycle of folk songs, popularized by Woody Guthrie, that chronicle the hardships and experiences of people living through the Dust Bowl era in the American Great Plains.
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D.
Bar-Room Ballads
Bar-Room Ballads is a collection of narrative poems by Robert W. Service that captures rugged frontier life and colorful characters in a lively, often humorous ballad style.
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E.
Songs, Legends and Ballads
Songs, Legends and Ballads is a collection of poetry by Irish-born writer and activist John Boyle O'Reilly, reflecting his nationalist sentiments and lyrical storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
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