murder ballad
C25534
concept
A murder ballad is a narrative song or poem that recounts the events, motives, and often the moral implications of a homicide, typically in a dark, dramatic, and folkloric style.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| murder ballad canonical | 6 |
| traditional American murder ballad | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: murder ballad
Generated description
A murder ballad is a narrative song or poem that recounts the events, motives, and often the moral implications of a homicide, typically in a dark, dramatic, and folkloric style.
Instances (7)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
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Jesse James (folk ballad)
linked to:
Jesse James
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| Banks of the Ohio | traditional American murder ballad |
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Stagger Lee
linked to:
"Stagger Lee"
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| Little Sadie | — |
| Cocaine Blues | — |
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Geordie
linked to:
“Geordie”
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— |
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Matty Groves
linked to:
“Matty Groves”
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