"Deep River" (spiritual)
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"Deep River" is a traditional African American spiritual that expresses a longing for freedom and the promised land, often interpreted both as a religious hymn and a coded song of hope during slavery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "Deep River" (spiritual) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20198496 — 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: "Deep River" (spiritual) Context triple: [Deep River and The Negro Spiritual Speaks of Life and Death, analyzesWork, "Deep River" (spiritual)]
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A.
"Sweet Chariot"
"Sweet Chariot" is a song featured on Emmylou Harris's concept album *The Ballad of Sally Rose*, which blends country and folk influences to tell a cohesive narrative.
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B.
Deep River and The Negro Spiritual Speaks of Life and Death
Deep River and The Negro Spiritual Speaks of Life and Death is a theological and spiritual reflection by Howard Thurman that explores the profound religious, historical, and existential meanings embedded in African American spirituals.
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C.
song "Deep River Blues"
"Deep River Blues" is a classic American folk and country-blues song popularized by Doc Watson, renowned for its intricate fingerstyle guitar arrangement and soulful, laid-back vocal delivery.
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D.
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is a famous African American spiritual song, widely known for its haunting melody and themes of hope, deliverance, and spiritual journey.
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E.
“Go Down, Moses”
“Go Down, Moses” is a 1942 collection of interrelated short stories by William Faulkner that explores the intertwined lives and histories of Black and white families in the American South.
- 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: "Deep River" (spiritual) Target entity description: "Deep River" is a traditional African American spiritual that expresses a longing for freedom and the promised land, often interpreted both as a religious hymn and a coded song of hope during slavery.
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A.
"Sweet Chariot"
"Sweet Chariot" is a song featured on Emmylou Harris's concept album *The Ballad of Sally Rose*, which blends country and folk influences to tell a cohesive narrative.
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B.
Deep River and The Negro Spiritual Speaks of Life and Death
Deep River and The Negro Spiritual Speaks of Life and Death is a theological and spiritual reflection by Howard Thurman that explores the profound religious, historical, and existential meanings embedded in African American spirituals.
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C.
song "Deep River Blues"
"Deep River Blues" is a classic American folk and country-blues song popularized by Doc Watson, renowned for its intricate fingerstyle guitar arrangement and soulful, laid-back vocal delivery.
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D.
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is a famous African American spiritual song, widely known for its haunting melody and themes of hope, deliverance, and spiritual journey.
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E.
“Go Down, Moses”
“Go Down, Moses” is a 1942 collection of interrelated short stories by William Faulkner that explores the intertwined lives and histories of Black and white families in the American South.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Deep River and The Negro Spiritual Speaks of Life and Death
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analyzesWork
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"Deep River" (spiritual)
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