The Unicorn
E491052
"The Unicorn" is a whimsical folk song, popularized by The Irish Rovers, that humorously tells the story of how unicorns missed boarding Noah’s Ark.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Unicorn canonical | 3 |
| The Unicorn (album) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5051578 — 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 Unicorn Context triple: [Shel Silverstein, wroteSong, The Unicorn]
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A.
The Centaur
The Centaur is a 1963 novel by John Updike that blends small-town American life with Greek mythology to explore themes of sacrifice, family, and human frailty.
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B.
Unicorn
Unicorn was a prominent warship of the Royal Scots Navy, remembered as one of its most significant and historic vessels.
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C.
The Lion and the Rose
"The Lion and the Rose" is the infamous Game of Thrones episode centered on King Joffrey Baratheon’s wedding feast and shocking death, often referred to as the "Purple Wedding."
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D.
Silver Horn
Silver Horn is a prestigious award presented at the Kraków Film Festival, typically recognizing outstanding achievements in documentary or short filmmaking.
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E.
The Ebony Horse
The Ebony Horse is a fantastical tale from The Arabian Nights about a magical mechanical steed that can fly its rider to distant lands, blending romance, adventure, and wonder.
- 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 Unicorn Target entity description: "The Unicorn" is a whimsical folk song, popularized by The Irish Rovers, that humorously tells the story of how unicorns missed boarding Noah’s Ark.
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A.
The Centaur
The Centaur is a 1963 novel by John Updike that blends small-town American life with Greek mythology to explore themes of sacrifice, family, and human frailty.
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B.
Unicorn
Unicorn was a prominent warship of the Royal Scots Navy, remembered as one of its most significant and historic vessels.
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C.
The Lion and the Rose
"The Lion and the Rose" is the infamous Game of Thrones episode centered on King Joffrey Baratheon’s wedding feast and shocking death, often referred to as the "Purple Wedding."
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D.
Silver Horn
Silver Horn is a prestigious award presented at the Kraków Film Festival, typically recognizing outstanding achievements in documentary or short filmmaking.
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E.
The Ebony Horse
The Ebony Horse is a fantastical tale from The Arabian Nights about a magical mechanical steed that can fly its rider to distant lands, blending romance, adventure, and wonder.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| artist | The Irish Rovers ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
1960s folk revival
ⓘ
Irish folk music ⓘ |
| basedOn | poem The Unicorn by Shel Silverstein ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
Billboard Hot 100 top 10 (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
Canadian charts hit ⓘ Irish charts hit ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
became signature song of The Irish Rovers
ⓘ
popular in Irish and Celtic folk repertoires ⓘ |
| format | single ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
novelty ⓘ |
| hasChorus | Yes ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersions | Yes ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalElement | unicorns ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum |
The Unicorn (album)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Unicorn
|
| instrumentation | folk band instrumentation ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | The Irish Rovers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Shel Silverstein ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
Noah's Ark
ⓘ
unicorns missing Noah's Ark ⓘ |
| performedLiveBy | The Irish Rovers in concerts ⓘ |
| performer | The Irish Rovers ⓘ |
| recordedBy | The Irish Rovers ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Decca Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| storyType | comic retelling of biblical story ⓘ |
| subject |
biblical flood
ⓘ
mythical creatures ⓘ |
| tempo | moderate ⓘ |
| title | The Unicorn ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
ⓘ
whimsical ⓘ |
| usesHumor | Yes ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | group vocals ⓘ |
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 Unicorn Description of subject: "The Unicorn" is a whimsical folk song, popularized by The Irish Rovers, that humorously tells the story of how unicorns missed boarding Noah’s Ark.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Unicorn
linked to: The Unicorn