Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
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Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest is a 2019 studio album by American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan, noted for its intimate, reflective folk songs and expansive double-album format.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest canonical | 33 |
| Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (Drag City album) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2958386 — 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: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest Context triple: [Gold Record, follows, Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest]
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A.
Lämmerhirt
Lämmerhirt is a German surname most notably borne by Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt, the mother of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
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B.
Shepherdess with her Flock
Shepherdess with her Flock is a pastoral painting by Jean-François Millet that depicts a solitary young shepherdess tending her sheep in a tranquil rural landscape, emblematic of his focus on peasant life.
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C.
Furs of Valencia
The Furs of Valencia were a medieval legal code that governed the Kingdom of Valencia, blending local customs with influences from other Iberian and European laws.
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D.
The Gentle Shepherd
The Gentle Shepherd is a celebrated 18th-century Scottish pastoral drama by Allan Ramsay that blends rustic comedy with social commentary and helped shape modern Scottish literary tradition.
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E.
Cotton Tail
"Cotton Tail" is a 1940 jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington, celebrated for its up-tempo swing feel and innovative use of the "I Got Rhythm" chord progression.
- 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: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest Target entity description: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest is a 2019 studio album by American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan, noted for its intimate, reflective folk songs and expansive double-album format.
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A.
Lämmerhirt
Lämmerhirt is a German surname most notably borne by Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt, the mother of composer Johann Sebastian Bach.
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B.
Shepherdess with her Flock
Shepherdess with her Flock is a pastoral painting by Jean-François Millet that depicts a solitary young shepherdess tending her sheep in a tranquil rural landscape, emblematic of his focus on peasant life.
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C.
Furs of Valencia
The Furs of Valencia were a medieval legal code that governed the Kingdom of Valencia, blending local customs with influences from other Iberian and European laws.
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D.
The Gentle Shepherd
The Gentle Shepherd is a celebrated 18th-century Scottish pastoral drama by Allan Ramsay that blends rustic comedy with social commentary and helped shape modern Scottish literary tradition.
-
E.
Cotton Tail
"Cotton Tail" is a 1940 jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington, celebrated for its up-tempo swing feel and innovative use of the "I Got Rhythm" chord progression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
double album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Bill Callahan ⓘ |
| composer | Bill Callahan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | widespread acclaim ⓘ |
| followedBy | Gold Record ⓘ |
| format |
digital
ⓘ
double LP ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
indie folk ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“747”
ⓘ
“Angela” ⓘ Black Dog on the Beach ⓘ
surface form:
“Black Dog on the Beach”
Call Me Anything ⓘ
surface form:
“Call Me Anything”
“Camels” ⓘ “Circles” ⓘ Confederate Jasmine ⓘ
surface form:
“Confederate Jasmine”
Faith/Void ⓘ
surface form:
“Faith/Void”
“Lonesome Valley” ⓘ Morning Is My Godmother ⓘ
surface form:
“Morning Is My Godmother”
“Released” ⓘ Shepherd’s Welcome ⓘ
surface form:
“Shepherd’s Welcome”
Son of the Sea ⓘ
surface form:
“Son of the Sea”
The Ballad of the Hulk ⓘ
surface form:
“The Ballad of the Hulk”
The Beast ⓘ
surface form:
“The Beast”
Tugboats and Tumbleweeds ⓘ
surface form:
“Tugboats and Tumbleweeds”
Watch Me Get Married ⓘ
surface form:
“Watch Me Get Married”
“What Comes After Certainty” ⓘ When We Let Go ⓘ
surface form:
“When We Let Go”
“Writing” ⓘ “Young Icarus” ⓘ |
| hasType | full-length album ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bill Callahan ⓘ |
| metacriticScore | 88 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
domestic and family themes
ⓘ
expansive double-album format ⓘ intimate reflective songwriting ⓘ |
| partOf | Bill Callahan discography ⓘ |
| performer | Bill Callahan ⓘ |
| precededBy | Dream River ⓘ |
| producer | Bill Callahan ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Bill Callahan ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Drag City ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2019-06-14 ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 2019 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest Description of subject: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest is a 2019 studio album by American singer-songwriter Bill Callahan, noted for its intimate, reflective folk songs and expansive double-album format.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gold Record
this entity surface form:
Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (Drag City album)