“Broom o’ the Cowdenknowes”
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“Broom o’ the Cowdenknowes” is a traditional Scottish ballad whose title and refrain were adopted as the historic war cry of Clan Irvine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| “Broom o’ the Cowdenknowes” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20133015 — 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: “Broom o’ the Cowdenknowes” Context triple: [Clan Irvine, clanWarCry, “Broom o’ the Cowdenknowes”]
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A.
“The Dowie Dens o Yarrow”
“The Dowie Dens o Yarrow” is a traditional Scottish border ballad telling a tragic story of love, betrayal, and murder set in the Yarrow valley.
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B.
Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon
"Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon" is a well-known Scottish song with lyrics by Robert Burns, celebrating the beauty and bittersweet memories along the River Doon.
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C.
The Lass o' Ballochmyle
"The Lass o' Ballochmyle" is a romantic Scots-language song and poem by Robert Burns, inspired by a chance encounter with a young woman on the Ballochmyle estate in Ayrshire.
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D.
The Lord Home of the Hirsel
The Lord Home of the Hirsel is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom associated with the Scottish aristocratic Home family and their estate, The Hirsel, in Berwickshire.
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E.
O, Whistle, and I'll Come to Ye, My Lad
"O, Whistle, and I'll Come to Ye, My Lad" is a well-known Scottish song with lyrics by Robert Burns, celebrated as part of Scotland’s traditional musical heritage.
- 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: “Broom o’ the Cowdenknowes” Target entity description: “Broom o’ the Cowdenknowes” is a traditional Scottish ballad whose title and refrain were adopted as the historic war cry of Clan Irvine.
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A.
“The Dowie Dens o Yarrow”
“The Dowie Dens o Yarrow” is a traditional Scottish border ballad telling a tragic story of love, betrayal, and murder set in the Yarrow valley.
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B.
Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon
"Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon" is a well-known Scottish song with lyrics by Robert Burns, celebrating the beauty and bittersweet memories along the River Doon.
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C.
The Lass o' Ballochmyle
"The Lass o' Ballochmyle" is a romantic Scots-language song and poem by Robert Burns, inspired by a chance encounter with a young woman on the Ballochmyle estate in Ayrshire.
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D.
The Lord Home of the Hirsel
The Lord Home of the Hirsel is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom associated with the Scottish aristocratic Home family and their estate, The Hirsel, in Berwickshire.
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E.
O, Whistle, and I'll Come to Ye, My Lad
"O, Whistle, and I'll Come to Ye, My Lad" is a well-known Scottish song with lyrics by Robert Burns, celebrated as part of Scotland’s traditional musical heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.