Shall We Gather at the River?
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"Shall We Gather at the River?" is a 19th-century American Christian hymn, widely sung at baptisms, funerals, and religious gatherings for its hopeful imagery of believers meeting by the river of life in heaven.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shall We Gather at the River? canonical | 3 |
| Shall We Gather at the River | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18297114 — 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: Shall We Gather at the River? Context triple: [Robert Lowry (hymn writer), notableWork, Shall We Gather at the River?]
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A.
Shall We Gather at the River
"Shall We Gather at the River" is a celebrated poem by American poet James Wright, known for its lyrical meditation on memory, loss, and the Midwestern landscape.
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B.
Abide with Me
Abide with Me is a novel by Elizabeth Strout that explores faith, grief, and community life in a small New England town during the 1950s.
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C.
The Cool, Cool River
"The Cool, Cool River" is a song by Paul Simon from his 1990 album *The Rhythm of the Saints*, noted for its complex rhythms and evocative, poetic lyrics.
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D.
How Great Thou Art
"How Great Thou Art" is a renowned Christian hymn of praise that exalts God's majesty and saving power.
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E.
Holy Willie's Prayer
"Holy Willie's Prayer" is a satirical Scots-language poem by Robert Burns that mocks religious hypocrisy and self-righteous Calvinism through the dramatic monologue of a sanctimonious church elder.
- 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: Shall We Gather at the River? Target entity description: "Shall We Gather at the River?" is a 19th-century American Christian hymn, widely sung at baptisms, funerals, and religious gatherings for its hopeful imagery of believers meeting by the river of life in heaven.
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A.
Shall We Gather at the River
"Shall We Gather at the River" is a celebrated poem by American poet James Wright, known for its lyrical meditation on memory, loss, and the Midwestern landscape.
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B.
Abide with Me
Abide with Me is a novel by Elizabeth Strout that explores faith, grief, and community life in a small New England town during the 1950s.
-
C.
The Cool, Cool River
"The Cool, Cool River" is a song by Paul Simon from his 1990 album *The Rhythm of the Saints*, noted for its complex rhythms and evocative, poetic lyrics.
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D.
How Great Thou Art
"How Great Thou Art" is a renowned Christian hymn of praise that exalts God's majesty and saving power.
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E.
Holy Willie's Prayer
"Holy Willie's Prayer" is a satirical Scots-language poem by Robert Burns that mocks religious hypocrisy and self-righteous Calvinism through the dramatic monologue of a sanctimonious church elder.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shall We Gather at the River?