Oxford Town
E439745
"Oxford Town" is a protest song by Bob Dylan that addresses racial injustice and the integration of the University of Mississippi in the early 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oxford Town canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4452781 — 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: Oxford Town Context triple: [The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, containsSong, Oxford Town]
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Woburn
Woburn is a historic village in Bedfordshire, England, best known for Woburn Abbey and its associated safari park and estate.
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Woburn
Woburn is a residential neighbourhood in the eastern part of Toronto, Ontario, known for its diverse community and mix of high-rise apartments and single-family homes.
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Oxborough
Oxborough is a small rural village in Norfolk, England, noted for its historic Oxburgh Hall and traditional countryside setting.
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Bedford
Bedford is a suburban community within the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada, known for its residential areas and waterfront along the Bedford Basin.
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Bedford
Bedford is a historic market town and the county town of Bedfordshire in eastern England, situated on the River Great Ouse.
- 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: Oxford Town Target entity description: "Oxford Town" is a protest song by Bob Dylan that addresses racial injustice and the integration of the University of Mississippi in the early 1960s.
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A.
Woburn
Woburn is a historic village in Bedfordshire, England, best known for Woburn Abbey and its associated safari park and estate.
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B.
Woburn
Woburn is a residential neighbourhood in the eastern part of Toronto, Ontario, known for its diverse community and mix of high-rise apartments and single-family homes.
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C.
Oxborough
Oxborough is a small rural village in Norfolk, England, noted for its historic Oxburgh Hall and traditional countryside setting.
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D.
Bedford
Bedford is a suburban community within the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada, known for its residential areas and waterfront along the Bedford Basin.
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E.
Bedford
Bedford is a small suburban city located in northeastern Ohio within the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
protest song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| album | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Ole Miss integration crisis ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | James Meredith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicallyFollows | Bob Dylan (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicallyPrecedes | The Times They Are a-Changin' NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ protest song ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | early 1960s United States ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic song ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | protest music of the 1960s ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | acoustic folk ⓘ |
| hasReception | recognized as an important early Dylan protest song ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
racism in the United States
ⓘ
university desegregation ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
federal intervention in civil rights
ⓘ
violence against civil rights activists ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Oxford Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | civil rights song ⓘ |
| includedIn | Bob Dylan discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInCatalogOf | Bob Dylan songs ⓘ |
| isWorkBy | Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| labelImprint | Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| medium | studio recording ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| producer |
John H. Hammond
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tom Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1963 ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1962 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releasedOn | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Oxford, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic |
James Meredith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ integration of the University of Mississippi ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ racial segregation in the United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oxford Town Description of subject: "Oxford Town" is a protest song by Bob Dylan that addresses racial injustice and the integration of the University of Mississippi in the early 1960s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.