Single Girl, Married Girl
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"Single Girl, Married Girl" is an early country and Appalachian folk song, famously recorded by the Carter Family and noted for its contrasting portrayal of single and married women's lives.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Single Girl, Married Girl canonical | 2 |
| “Single Girl, Married Girl” | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10841711 — 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: Single Girl, Married Girl Context triple: [1927 Bristol Sessions, recordedSong, Single Girl, Married Girl]
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A.
Every Girl Should Be Married
Every Girl Should Be Married is a 1948 romantic comedy film starring Betsy Drake and Cary Grant, centered on a determined young woman’s elaborate schemes to marry the man she loves.
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B.
Sex and the Single Girl
Sex and the Single Girl is a 1964 romantic comedy film starring Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood, loosely inspired by Helen Gurley Brown’s bestselling book of the same name.
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C.
Two Girls
"Two Girls" is a figurative painting by American artist Isabel Bishop, exemplifying her nuanced depictions of everyday urban women in mid-20th-century New York.
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D.
The Only Girl
The Only Girl is a 1914 Broadway musical comedy with music by Victor Herbert and lyrics by Henry Blossom.
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E.
Many Marriages
Many Marriages is a 1923 novel by American author Sherwood Anderson that explores themes of love, sexuality, and personal liberation in small-town Midwestern life.
- 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: Single Girl, Married Girl Target entity description: "Single Girl, Married Girl" is an early country and Appalachian folk song, famously recorded by the Carter Family and noted for its contrasting portrayal of single and married women's lives.
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A.
Every Girl Should Be Married
Every Girl Should Be Married is a 1948 romantic comedy film starring Betsy Drake and Cary Grant, centered on a determined young woman’s elaborate schemes to marry the man she loves.
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B.
Sex and the Single Girl
Sex and the Single Girl is a 1964 romantic comedy film starring Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood, loosely inspired by Helen Gurley Brown’s bestselling book of the same name.
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C.
Two Girls
"Two Girls" is a figurative painting by American artist Isabel Bishop, exemplifying her nuanced depictions of everyday urban women in mid-20th-century New York.
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D.
The Only Girl
The Only Girl is a 1914 Broadway musical comedy with music by Victor Herbert and lyrics by Henry Blossom.
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E.
Many Marriages
Many Marriages is a 1923 novel by American author Sherwood Anderson that explores themes of love, sexuality, and personal liberation in small-town Midwestern life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Appalachian folk song
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| arrangedBy | A. P. Carter ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Carter Family repertoire
ⓘ
linked to:
The Carter Family
old-time music canon ⓘ |
| basedOn | traditional Appalachian material ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coveredBy | various folk revival artists ⓘ |
| coveredIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| culturalContext | rural Southern United States ⓘ |
| famouslyRecordedBy |
Carter Family
ⓘ
linked to:
The Carter Family
|
| firstRecordedBy |
Carter Family
ⓘ
linked to:
The Carter Family
|
| firstReleaseLabel | Victor ⓘ |
| genre |
Appalachian folk
ⓘ
linked to:
Appalachian music
country ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | female narrator ⓘ |
| includedIn |
American folk song tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
American folk music tradition
|
| influencedGenre |
American folk revival
ⓘ
country ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
contrast between single and married women
ⓘ
domestic labor ⓘ female independence ⓘ marriage ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contrasting portrayal of single and married women
ⓘ
early recorded example of Appalachian folk in country music ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
acoustic instrumentation
ⓘ
vocal harmony ⓘ |
| performedBy |
Carter Family
ⓘ
linked to:
The Carter Family
|
| portrays |
domestic burdens of married women
ⓘ
freedom of single women ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | folk standard ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Appalachia ⓘ |
| structure | strophic ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
gender roles
ⓘ
social expectations of women ⓘ |
| tempo | up-tempo in many versions ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | early 20th century rural life ⓘ |
| vocalistOnNotableRecording |
Maybelle Carter
ⓘ
Sara Carter ⓘ |
| writer | A. P. Carter ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Single Girl, Married Girl Description of subject: "Single Girl, Married Girl" is an early country and Appalachian folk song, famously recorded by the Carter Family and noted for its contrasting portrayal of single and married women's lives.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Single Girl, Married Girl
linked to: Single Girl, Married Girl