“Goodbye Old Paint”
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“Goodbye Old Paint” is a traditional American cowboy song, widely associated with the Old West and often linked to frontier figures and cattle-driving culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “Goodbye Old Paint” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8567169 — 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: “Goodbye Old Paint” Context triple: [Billy the Kid, usesMelody, “Goodbye Old Paint”]
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A.
When I Was a Painter
"When I Was a Painter" is a song featured on the album "Pod" by the alternative rock band The Breeders.
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B.
My Old Man
"My Old Man" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1971 album *Blue*, exploring themes of love, independence, and emotional vulnerability.
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C.
The Good Old Song
The Good Old Song is the traditional alma mater-style anthem of the University of Virginia, famously sung by fans and students at Virginia Cavaliers sporting events.
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D.
Same Old Man
"Same Old Man" is a song by Joanna Newsom from her 2010 album *Have One on Me*, known for its intricate lyrics and distinctive harp-driven folk sound.
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E.
Old & In the Way
Old & In the Way was a 1970s American bluegrass supergroup known for popularizing progressive bluegrass through its virtuosic playing and influential live recordings.
- 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: “Goodbye Old Paint” Target entity description: “Goodbye Old Paint” is a traditional American cowboy song, widely associated with the Old West and often linked to frontier figures and cattle-driving culture.
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A.
When I Was a Painter
"When I Was a Painter" is a song featured on the album "Pod" by the alternative rock band The Breeders.
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B.
My Old Man
"My Old Man" is a reflective folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1971 album *Blue*, exploring themes of love, independence, and emotional vulnerability.
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C.
The Good Old Song
The Good Old Song is the traditional alma mater-style anthem of the University of Virginia, famously sung by fans and students at Virginia Cavaliers sporting events.
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D.
Same Old Man
"Same Old Man" is a song by Joanna Newsom from her 2010 album *Have One on Me*, known for its intricate lyrics and distinctive harp-driven folk sound.
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E.
Old & In the Way
Old & In the Way was a 1970s American bluegrass supergroup known for popularizing progressive bluegrass through its virtuosic playing and influential live recordings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk song
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traditional American cowboy song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Old West
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linked to:
Old West
cattle-driving culture ⓘ cowboys ⓘ frontier life ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
American folk music
ⓘ
Western music ⓘ cowboy song ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | representation of cowboy and cattle-driving heritage ⓘ |
| isPartOf | American cowboy song tradition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
lyrics reference a horse named Old Paint
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widely regarded as a classic cowboy song ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
Western music concerts
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cattle drives ⓘ ranch gatherings ⓘ |
| periodOfOrigin | late 19th century ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
American West
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linked to:
Old West
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| theme |
horse
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parting ⓘ ranch life ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| transmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
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: “Goodbye Old Paint” Description of subject: “Goodbye Old Paint” is a traditional American cowboy song, widely associated with the Old West and often linked to frontier figures and cattle-driving culture.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.