Barbara Allen
E471652
"Barbara Allen" is a traditional English/Scottish folk ballad widely recorded and performed in American and British folk music.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barbara Allen canonical | 3 |
| Barbara Allan | 1 |
| Barbara Allen (character) | 1 |
| The Barbara Allen | 1 |
| “Barbara Allen” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4808078 — 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: Barbara Allen Context triple: [Joan Baez, Vol. 2, hasTrack, Barbara Allen]
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A.
Barbara Jo Allen
Barbara Jo Allen was an American actress and comedian best known for her character "Vera Vague" and for her voice work in classic Hollywood films and radio.
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B.
Mary Barstow
Mary Barstow was the second wife of American illustrator Norman Rockwell and the mother of his three sons.
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C.
Mary Ellen
Mary Ellen is a feminine given name of English origin, often used as a compound of "Mary" and "Ellen."
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D.
Maud Younger
Maud Younger was an American suffragist, labor activist, and social reformer who played a prominent role in the women’s rights movement in the early 20th century.
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E.
Margaret Corbin
Margaret Corbin was an American Revolutionary War heroine who took over her fallen husband's cannon during battle, becoming one of the first women to fight in the war and receive a military pension.
- 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: Barbara Allen Target entity description: "Barbara Allen" is a traditional English/Scottish folk ballad widely recorded and performed in American and British folk music.
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A.
Barbara Jo Allen
Barbara Jo Allen was an American actress and comedian best known for her character "Vera Vague" and for her voice work in classic Hollywood films and radio.
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B.
Mary Barstow
Mary Barstow was the second wife of American illustrator Norman Rockwell and the mother of his three sons.
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C.
Mary Ellen
Mary Ellen is a feminine given name of English origin, often used as a compound of "Mary" and "Ellen."
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D.
Maud Younger
Maud Younger was an American suffragist, labor activist, and social reformer who played a prominent role in the women’s rights movement in the early 20th century.
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E.
Margaret Corbin
Margaret Corbin was an American Revolutionary War heroine who took over her fallen husband's cannon during battle, becoming one of the first women to fight in the war and receive a military pension.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative ballad
ⓘ
song ⓘ traditional folk ballad ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn |
Child Ballad 84
ⓘ
linked to:
Child Ballads
Roud Folk Song Index 54 ⓘ |
| collectedIn |
Appalachia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ England ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfOrigin |
England
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | one of the best-known English-language folk ballads ⓘ |
| firstKnownPublicationDate | 17th century ⓘ |
| firstKnownPublicationForm | broadside ballad ⓘ |
| genre |
American folk music
ⓘ
British folk music ⓘ English folk music ⓘ Scottish folk music ⓘ folk music ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Barbara Allen (character)
ⓘ
linked to:
Barbara Allen
young man lover (character) ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
lovers dying of grief
ⓘ
rose and briar growing from graves ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Barb'ry Allen
ⓘ
Barbara Allan ⓘ
linked to:
Barbara Allen
Barbara Ellen ⓘ Barbra Allen ⓘ Barbry Allen ⓘ |
| influenced | later Anglo-American love ballads ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
death
ⓘ
remorse ⓘ tragic romance ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| notableCollector |
Alan Lomax
ⓘ
Cecil Sharp ⓘ Francis James Child ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
often performed with simple folk accompaniment
ⓘ
often sung unaccompanied ⓘ |
| performedInTradition |
American folk revival
ⓘ
linked to:
American folk music revival
Anglo-American folk tradition ⓘ British folk revival ⓘ |
| typicalMeter | ballad meter ⓘ |
| typicalSetting | British Isles ⓘ |
| typicalStructure | strophic form ⓘ |
| widelyRecordedIn |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Barbara Allen Description of subject: "Barbara Allen" is a traditional English/Scottish folk ballad widely recorded and performed in American and British folk music.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "Joan Baez, Vol. 2"
subject linked to:
album "I Stand Alone"
linked to: Barbara Allen
linked to: Barbara Allen
linked to: Barbara Allen
linked to: Barbara Allen