Highwayman (song)
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"Highwayman" is a 1977 Jimmy Webb-written country ballad best known as the signature song of the country supergroup The Highwaymen, showcasing each member singing from the perspective of a different reincarnated soul.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Highwayman (song) canonical | 5 |
| Highwayman | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2354464 — 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: Highwayman (song) Context triple: [The Highwaymen, notableWork, Highwayman (song)]
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A.
God Save the King
"God Save the King" is the national anthem of the United Kingdom, traditionally performed at official ceremonies and royal events to honor the reigning monarch.
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B.
Scotland the Brave
Scotland the Brave is a famous traditional Scottish patriotic song and pipe tune widely regarded as one of Scotland’s unofficial national anthems.
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C.
Rule, Britannia!
"Rule, Britannia!" is a famous British patriotic song, originating from an 18th-century masque, that has become closely associated with national pride and traditional ceremonial occasions.
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D.
Black 47
Black 47 is a 2018 Irish historical revenge thriller film set during the Great Famine, following a deserter from the British Army who returns home to find his family destroyed by starvation and injustice.
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E.
Scots Wha Hae
"Scots Wha Hae" is a patriotic Scottish song and poem by Robert Burns, written as a stirring speech by Robert the Bruce before the Battle of Bannockburn and long regarded as an unofficial national anthem of Scotland.
- 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: Highwayman (song) Target entity description: "Highwayman" is a 1977 Jimmy Webb-written country ballad best known as the signature song of the country supergroup The Highwaymen, showcasing each member singing from the perspective of a different reincarnated soul.
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A.
God Save the King
"God Save the King" is the national anthem of the United Kingdom, traditionally performed at official ceremonies and royal events to honor the reigning monarch.
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B.
Scotland the Brave
Scotland the Brave is a famous traditional Scottish patriotic song and pipe tune widely regarded as one of Scotland’s unofficial national anthems.
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C.
Rule, Britannia!
"Rule, Britannia!" is a famous British patriotic song, originating from an 18th-century masque, that has become closely associated with national pride and traditional ceremonial occasions.
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D.
Black 47
Black 47 is a 2018 Irish historical revenge thriller film set during the Great Famine, following a deserter from the British Army who returns home to find his family destroyed by starvation and injustice.
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E.
Scots Wha Hae
"Scots Wha Hae" is a patriotic Scottish song and poem by Robert Burns, written as a stirring speech by Robert the Bruce before the Battle of Bannockburn and long regarded as an unofficial national anthem of Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Johnny Cash
ⓘ
Kris Kristofferson ⓘ Waylon Jennings ⓘ Willie Nelson ⓘ |
| composer | Jimmy Webb ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describedAs | country ballad about reincarnation ⓘ |
| firstReleaseYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| genre | country ballad ⓘ |
| hasLyricsBy | Jimmy Webb ⓘ |
| hasMusicBy | Jimmy Webb ⓘ |
| hasPart |
verse about a dam builder
ⓘ
verse about a highwayman ⓘ verse about a sailor ⓘ verse about a starship captain ⓘ |
| hasSubject | a soul reincarnated across different eras ⓘ |
| hasVerseCount | 4 ⓘ |
| influenced | perception of The Highwaymen as a supergroup ⓘ |
| isPartOf | repertoire of The Highwaymen ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Jimmy Webb ⓘ |
| musicGenre |
country
ⓘ
outlaw country ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | each member of The Highwaymen singing a different reincarnated character ⓘ |
| notablePeriod | 1980s country music ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy | The Highwaymen ⓘ |
| originalArtist | Jimmy Webb ⓘ |
| originalMedium | studio recording ⓘ |
| performanceFeature | each verse sung by a different vocalist in The Highwaymen version ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| signatureSongOf | The Highwaymen ⓘ |
| structure | four verses sung from perspectives of different reincarnated souls ⓘ |
| theme |
afterlife
ⓘ
death ⓘ reincarnation ⓘ |
| title |
Highwayman
ⓘ
linked to:
Highwayman (song)
|
| writer | Jimmy Webb ⓘ |
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: Highwayman (song) Description of subject: "Highwayman" is a 1977 Jimmy Webb-written country ballad best known as the signature song of the country supergroup The Highwaymen, showcasing each member singing from the perspective of a different reincarnated soul.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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