The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy (documentary film)
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The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy is a documentary film chronicling the personal and musical journey of Irish folk singer Liam Clancy, a key member of The Clancy Brothers.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4373267 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy (documentary film) Context triple: [Liam Clancy, subjectOf, The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy (documentary film)]
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Liam Clancy
Liam Clancy was an Irish folk singer and member of The Clancy Brothers, renowned for popularizing traditional Irish music internationally.
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 historical war drama film directed by Ken Loach, depicting the Irish War of Independence and ensuing civil war through the story of two brothers who join the IRA.
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An Gorta Mór
An Gorta Mór is the Irish name for the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, a catastrophic period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration that profoundly reshaped Ireland’s population and history.
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D.
The Clancy Brothers
The Clancy Brothers were an influential Irish folk group whose energetic performances and recordings in the 1950s and 1960s helped popularize Irish and folk music internationally, particularly in the United States.
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E.
Free Derry Corner
Free Derry Corner is an iconic civil rights monument in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, best known for its gable wall bearing the slogan "You are now entering Free Derry."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy (documentary film) Target entity description: The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy is a documentary film chronicling the personal and musical journey of Irish folk singer Liam Clancy, a key member of The Clancy Brothers.
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A.
Liam Clancy
Liam Clancy was an Irish folk singer and member of The Clancy Brothers, renowned for popularizing traditional Irish music internationally.
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B.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 historical war drama film directed by Ken Loach, depicting the Irish War of Independence and ensuing civil war through the story of two brothers who join the IRA.
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C.
An Gorta Mór
An Gorta Mór is the Irish name for the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, a catastrophic period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration that profoundly reshaped Ireland’s population and history.
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D.
The Clancy Brothers
The Clancy Brothers were an influential Irish folk group whose energetic performances and recordings in the 1950s and 1960s helped popularize Irish and folk music internationally, particularly in the United States.
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E.
Free Derry Corner
Free Derry Corner is an iconic civil rights monument in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, best known for its gable wall bearing the slogan "You are now entering Free Derry."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | documentary film ⓘ |
| about |
Irish folk music
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The Clancy Brothers ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Irish folk revival
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The Clancy Brothers ⓘ |
| chronicles |
life of Liam Clancy
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musical journey of Liam Clancy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| depicts | Liam Clancy ⓘ |
| focusesOn | role of Liam Clancy in The Clancy Brothers ⓘ |
| follows |
musical career of Liam Clancy
ⓘ
personal life of Liam Clancy ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
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music documentary ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Irish folk singer
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Liam Clancy as member of The Clancy Brothers ⓘ |
| hasSubtitle | The Life and Times of Liam Clancy ⓘ |
| hasWorkTitle |
The Yellow Bittern
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linked to:
Eurasian bittern
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| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Liam Clancy ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| portrays |
Irish folk scene of the 20th century
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career highs and lows of Liam Clancy ⓘ personal struggles of Liam Clancy ⓘ |
| title | The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy (documentary film) Description of subject: The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy is a documentary film chronicling the personal and musical journey of Irish folk singer Liam Clancy, a key member of The Clancy Brothers.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Liam Clancy
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subjectOf
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The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy (documentary film)
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The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy
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title
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The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy
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subject linked to:
The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy (documentary film)
linked to: The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy (documentary film)
The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy
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hasSubtitle
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The Life and Times of Liam Clancy
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subject linked to:
The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy (documentary film)
linked to: The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy (documentary film)