Jesus Was a Cross Maker
E451880
"Jesus Was a Cross Maker" is a 1971 folk-rock song by American singer-songwriter Judee Sill, noted for its intricate harmonies, spiritual themes, and enduring influence on later artists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jesus Was a Cross Maker canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4551352 — 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: Jesus Was a Cross Maker Context triple: [Judee Sill, wroteSong, Jesus Was a Cross Maker]
-
A.
Jesus Was an Only Son
"Jesus Was an Only Son" is a contemplative, gospel-tinged ballad by Bruce Springsteen that reflects on the humanity and sacrifice of Jesus and the sorrow of Mary.
-
B.
The Martyrdom of Jesus of Nazareth
The Martyrdom of Jesus of Nazareth is a 19th-century work of biblical criticism by Reform rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise that reinterprets the trial and death of Jesus from a Jewish historical perspective.
-
C.
The Cross of Christ
The Cross of Christ is a widely influential theological book by John Stott that explores the meaning, necessity, and implications of Jesus’ crucifixion for Christian faith and life.
-
D.
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a darkly comic, contemporary play that reimagines a courtroom trial in Purgatory to explore themes of guilt, forgiveness, and redemption through the figure of Judas and other historical and biblical characters.
-
E.
Kingship of Jesus
The Kingship of Jesus is a Christian theological concept that proclaims Jesus Christ as the sovereign, divinely appointed ruler over all creation and the spiritual King of believers.
- 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: Jesus Was a Cross Maker Target entity description: "Jesus Was a Cross Maker" is a 1971 folk-rock song by American singer-songwriter Judee Sill, noted for its intricate harmonies, spiritual themes, and enduring influence on later artists.
-
A.
Jesus Was an Only Son
"Jesus Was an Only Son" is a contemplative, gospel-tinged ballad by Bruce Springsteen that reflects on the humanity and sacrifice of Jesus and the sorrow of Mary.
-
B.
The Martyrdom of Jesus of Nazareth
The Martyrdom of Jesus of Nazareth is a 19th-century work of biblical criticism by Reform rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise that reinterprets the trial and death of Jesus from a Jewish historical perspective.
-
C.
The Cross of Christ
The Cross of Christ is a widely influential theological book by John Stott that explores the meaning, necessity, and implications of Jesus’ crucifixion for Christian faith and life.
-
D.
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a darkly comic, contemporary play that reimagines a courtroom trial in Purgatory to explore themes of guilt, forgiveness, and redemption through the figure of Judas and other historical and biblical characters.
-
E.
Kingship of Jesus
The Kingship of Jesus is a Christian theological concept that proclaims Jesus Christ as the sovereign, divinely appointed ruler over all creation and the spiritual King of believers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Asylum Records early 1970s roster
ⓘ
Los Angeles singer-songwriter scene ⓘ |
| composer | Judee Sill ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion |
Cass Elliot
ⓘ
linked to:
Mama Cass Elliot
Fleet Foxes (live performances) ⓘ
linked to:
Fleet Foxes
Frida Hyvönen ⓘ Rachael Yamagata ⓘ Shawn Colvin ⓘ The Hollies ⓘ Warren Zevon (live performances) ⓘ
linked to:
Warren Zevon
|
| hasCriticalReception |
cult classic
ⓘ
highly acclaimed by music critics ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
contemporary folk-rock musicians
ⓘ
indie folk artists ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
drums
ⓘ
guitar ⓘ orchestral arrangements ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| hasLyricalCharacteristic |
biblical references
ⓘ
metaphorical language ⓘ narrative storytelling ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
baroque pop influences
ⓘ
intricate vocal harmonies ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Christian imagery
ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ love and betrayal ⓘ redemption ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Judee Sill ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent singer-songwriters ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Judee Sill ⓘ |
| notableFor |
enduring influence on later artists
ⓘ
intricate harmonies ⓘ spiritual themes ⓘ |
| partOf | Judee Sill (album) ⓘ |
| performer | Judee Sill ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1971 ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | early 1970s ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Asylum Records ⓘ |
| vocalist | Judee Sill ⓘ |
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: Jesus Was a Cross Maker Description of subject: "Jesus Was a Cross Maker" is a 1971 folk-rock song by American singer-songwriter Judee Sill, noted for its intricate harmonies, spiritual themes, and enduring influence on later artists.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Judith Lynn Sill