The Ballad of Jesse James
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"The Ballad of Jesse James" is a traditional American folk song that recounts and mythologizes the life and death of the outlaw Jesse James.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Ballad of Jesse James canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9040818 — 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 Ballad of Jesse James Context triple: [Chapter and Verse, featuresSong, The Ballad of Jesse James]
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A.
The Return of Jesse James
The Return of Jesse James is a 1950 American Western film that follows an outlaw gang’s attempt to exploit the legend of the deceased Jesse James by using his look-alike as a stand-in.
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B.
Defeat of Jesse James Days
Defeat of Jesse James Days is an annual festival in Northfield, Minnesota, commemorating the town’s 1876 armed resistance to an attempted bank robbery by the James-Younger Gang.
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C.
The Return of Frank James
The Return of Frank James is a 1940 Western film that follows Frank James’s quest for justice after the death of his infamous outlaw brother Jesse James.
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D.
Lonesome Jim
Lonesome Jim is an independent dramedy film about a young man returning to his small hometown and struggling with aimlessness, family tensions, and unexpected romance.
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E.
The Outlaw
The Outlaw is a 1943 Western film famous for its controversial sexual content and for helping launch the career of actress Jane Russell.
- 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 Ballad of Jesse James Target entity description: "The Ballad of Jesse James" is a traditional American folk song that recounts and mythologizes the life and death of the outlaw Jesse James.
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A.
The Return of Jesse James
The Return of Jesse James is a 1950 American Western film that follows an outlaw gang’s attempt to exploit the legend of the deceased Jesse James by using his look-alike as a stand-in.
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B.
Defeat of Jesse James Days
Defeat of Jesse James Days is an annual festival in Northfield, Minnesota, commemorating the town’s 1876 armed resistance to an attempted bank robbery by the James-Younger Gang.
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C.
The Return of Frank James
The Return of Frank James is a 1940 Western film that follows Frank James’s quest for justice after the death of his infamous outlaw brother Jesse James.
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D.
Lonesome Jim
Lonesome Jim is an independent dramedy film about a young man returning to his small hometown and struggling with aimlessness, family tensions, and unexpected romance.
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E.
The Outlaw
The Outlaw is a 1943 Western film famous for its controversial sexual content and for helping launch the career of actress Jane Russell.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | folk song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Old West folklore
ⓘ
outlaw folklore ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical events in the life of Jesse James ⓘ |
| characterizes | Robert Ford as a coward ⓘ |
| collectedIn | American folk song tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describes |
death of Jesse James
ⓘ
killing of Jesse James by Robert Ford ⓘ life of Jesse James ⓘ |
| firstLineVariant |
Jesse James was a lad that killed many a man
ⓘ
Jesse James was a man who killed many a man ⓘ |
| genre |
American folk
ⓘ
folk ⓘ outlaw ballad ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic ballad ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecordingBy |
Bruce Springsteen
ⓘ
Johnny Cash ⓘ Pete Seeger ⓘ The Kingston Trio ⓘ Van Morrison ⓘ Woody Guthrie ⓘ |
| influenced | later outlaw country songs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mentions | Robert Ford ⓘ |
| meter | common ballad meter ⓘ |
| mythologizes | Jesse James ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Jesse James ⓘ |
| portrays |
Jesse James as a victim of betrayal
ⓘ
linked to:
The True Story of Jesse James
Jesse James as sympathetic ⓘ |
| portraysAs | Jesse James as a Robin Hood figure ⓘ |
| refrainVariant |
For he’d killed many a man
ⓘ
That dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard ⓘ |
| setting |
American Midwest
ⓘ
linked to:
Midwestern United States
|
| subject |
James–Younger Gang
ⓘ
bank robbery ⓘ train robbery ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
ⓘ
crime ⓘ outlaw mythology ⓘ social injustice ⓘ vengeance ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfOrigin | late 19th century ⓘ |
| transmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
| usedIn | American folk revival repertoire ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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