The Escape of Old John Webb
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"The Escape of Old John Webb" is a traditional American folk ballad that tells the story of an old man's daring and often humorous jailbreak and flight from the law.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Escape of Old John Webb canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19199243 — 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: The Escape of Old John Webb Context triple: [String Along, hasPart, The Escape of Old John Webb]
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Of the Coming of John
"Of the Coming of John" is a poignant short story chapter in W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk that explores the tragic consequences of racism through the parallel lives of a Black and a white John in the post-Reconstruction South.
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B.
My Son John
My Son John is a 1952 American drama film about anti-communist paranoia and family conflict, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Leo McCarey.
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C.
The Desperate Man
The Desperate Man is a famous early self-portrait by French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, known for its intense, wide-eyed expression and dramatic depiction of psychological turmoil.
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D.
Mad John’s Escape
"Mad John’s Escape" is a whimsical, psychedelic folk-pop song by Donovan, featured on his 1967 double album *A Gift from a Flower to a Garden*.
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E.
The Old Man Parker
The Old Man Parker is the gruff, temperamental yet ultimately loving father character from the classic holiday film "A Christmas Story."
- 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: The Escape of Old John Webb Target entity description: "The Escape of Old John Webb" is a traditional American folk ballad that tells the story of an old man's daring and often humorous jailbreak and flight from the law.
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A.
Of the Coming of John
"Of the Coming of John" is a poignant short story chapter in W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk that explores the tragic consequences of racism through the parallel lives of a Black and a white John in the post-Reconstruction South.
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B.
My Son John
My Son John is a 1952 American drama film about anti-communist paranoia and family conflict, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Leo McCarey.
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C.
The Desperate Man
The Desperate Man is a famous early self-portrait by French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, known for its intense, wide-eyed expression and dramatic depiction of psychological turmoil.
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D.
Mad John’s Escape
"Mad John’s Escape" is a whimsical, psychedelic folk-pop song by Donovan, featured on his 1967 double album *A Gift from a Flower to a Garden*.
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E.
The Old Man Parker
The Old Man Parker is the gruff, temperamental yet ultimately loving father character from the classic holiday film "A Christmas Story."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.