The Shoals of Herring (song performance)
E434860
"The Shoals of Herring" (song performance) is a celebrated rendition of Ewan MacColl’s folk ballad about North Sea herring fishermen, popularized by Irish folk singer Liam Clancy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Shoals of Herring (song performance) canonical | 1 |
| The Shoals of Herring (song) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4373255 — 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: The Shoals of Herring (song performance) Context triple: [Liam Clancy, notableWork, The Shoals of Herring (song performance)]
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A.
Parade of Sail
Parade of Sail is a maritime event featuring a procession of ships and boats, often showcasing historic or tall ships in a celebratory harbor display.
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B.
Down to the Sea in Ships (suite)
Down to the Sea in Ships is an orchestral suite by American composer and arranger Robert Russell Bennett, inspired by maritime themes and known for its vivid, cinematic depiction of the sea.
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C.
A Song
"A Song" is a track by Greek composer Vangelis featured on his 1979 electronic music album "Earth."
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D.
Spirit on the Water
"Spirit on the Water" is a reflective, blues-inflected song by Bob Dylan from his 2006 album *Modern Times*, noted for its laid-back groove and lyrical blend of romance, humor, and spiritual allusion.
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E.
Shoremen
Shoremen is the nickname for the men's athletic teams representing Washington College in intercollegiate sports.
- 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: The Shoals of Herring (song performance) Target entity description: "The Shoals of Herring" (song performance) is a celebrated rendition of Ewan MacColl’s folk ballad about North Sea herring fishermen, popularized by Irish folk singer Liam Clancy.
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A.
Parade of Sail
Parade of Sail is a maritime event featuring a procession of ships and boats, often showcasing historic or tall ships in a celebratory harbor display.
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B.
Down to the Sea in Ships (suite)
Down to the Sea in Ships is an orchestral suite by American composer and arranger Robert Russell Bennett, inspired by maritime themes and known for its vivid, cinematic depiction of the sea.
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C.
A Song
"A Song" is a track by Greek composer Vangelis featured on his 1979 electronic music album "Earth."
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D.
Spirit on the Water
"Spirit on the Water" is a reflective, blues-inflected song by Bob Dylan from his 2006 album *Modern Times*, noted for its laid-back groove and lyrical blend of romance, humor, and spiritual allusion.
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E.
Shoremen
Shoremen is the nickname for the men's athletic teams representing Washington College in intercollegiate sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work performance
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song performance ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Irish folk revival
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Liam Clancy’s solo repertoire ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Shoals of Herring (song)
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linked to:
The Shoals of Herring (song performance)
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| composerOfUnderlyingWork | Ewan MacColl ⓘ |
| countryOfPopularization | Ireland ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | British and Irish folk tradition ⓘ |
| describes | herring fishing voyages ⓘ |
| genre |
Irish folk music
ⓘ
folk music ⓘ |
| hasLyricsBy | Ewan MacColl ⓘ |
| hasMusicBy | Ewan MacColl ⓘ |
| hasSetting | North Sea ⓘ |
| hasSubject | North Sea fishing communities ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | folk music listeners ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
North Sea herring fishermen
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fishing industry ⓘ |
| musicalStyle |
ballad
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narrative song ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
life at sea
ⓘ
maritime labor ⓘ working-class experience ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interpretive vocal delivery by Liam Clancy
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popularizing Ewan MacColl’s ballad to wider audiences ⓘ |
| performer | Liam Clancy ⓘ |
| portrays |
camaraderie among crew members
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hardships of fishermen ⓘ |
| vocalType | solo male vocal ⓘ |
| workType | vocal performance ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: The Shoals of Herring (song performance) Description of subject: "The Shoals of Herring" (song performance) is a celebrated rendition of Ewan MacColl’s folk ballad about North Sea herring fishermen, popularized by Irish folk singer Liam Clancy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Shoals of Herring (song performance)