“Matty Groves”
E515343
“Matty Groves” is a traditional English folk ballad, widely performed and recorded in the folk revival, that tells a tragic story of adultery and violent revenge.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matty Groves (a young man) | 1 |
| “Matty Groves” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5374705 — 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: “Matty Groves” Context triple: [Joan Baez in Concert, hasPart, “Matty Groves”]
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A.
Mattye
Mattye is a feminine given name derived from the masculine name Matthew.
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B.
Matty
Matty is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name Matthew.
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C.
Matty
Matty is the famous nickname of Christy Mathewson, one of early baseball’s greatest pitchers and a Hall of Famer for the New York Giants.
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D.
Grier
Grier is the surname of Pam Grier, an influential American actress renowned for her groundbreaking roles in 1970s blaxploitation films.
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E.
Gaven
Gaven is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, known for its semi-rural character and proximity to major transport routes.
- 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: “Matty Groves” Target entity description: “Matty Groves” is a traditional English folk ballad, widely performed and recorded in the folk revival, that tells a tragic story of adultery and violent revenge.
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A.
Mattye
Mattye is a feminine given name derived from the masculine name Matthew.
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B.
Matty
Matty is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name Matthew.
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C.
Matty
Matty is the famous nickname of Christy Mathewson, one of early baseball’s greatest pitchers and a Hall of Famer for the New York Giants.
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D.
Grier
Grier is the surname of Pam Grier, an influential American actress renowned for her groundbreaking roles in 1970s blaxploitation films.
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E.
Gaven
Gaven is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, known for its semi-rural character and proximity to major transport routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
murder ballad
ⓘ
traditional English folk ballad ⓘ traditional song ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Matty Groves (a young man)
ⓘ
linked to:
“Matty Groves”
a lord or noble husband ⓘ a nobleman’s wife ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Little Musgrave
ⓘ
Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard ⓘ |
| hasForm | narrative ballad ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
ballad
ⓘ
folk music ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMoralElement |
warning about consequences of jealousy
ⓘ
warning against adultery ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerformer |
Doc Watson
ⓘ
Fairport Convention ⓘ Joan Baez ⓘ Martin Carthy ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecording | Fairport Convention’s 1969 recording on the album "Liege & Lief" ⓘ |
| hasRoudNumber | Roud 52 ⓘ |
| hasStructure | strophic form ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adultery
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class conflict ⓘ infidelity ⓘ jealousy ⓘ violent revenge ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
versions with altered ending
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versions with different names for the lord ⓘ versions with different settings ⓘ |
| influenced | later interpretations of murder ballads in the folk revival ⓘ |
| isCataloguedAs |
Child Ballad 81
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linked to:
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads
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| isCataloguedBy | Francis James Child ⓘ |
| isPartOfTradition |
British folk music tradition
ⓘ
English folk song tradition ⓘ |
| isPerformedIn | various melodic variants ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn | folk song scholarship ⓘ |
| isTransmittedBy | oral tradition ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
duel between lover and husband
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tragic love affair ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | England ⓘ |
| plotEvent |
adulterous affair is discovered
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death of Matty Groves ⓘ death of the lady ⓘ duel between Matty and the lord ⓘ |
| wasCollectedIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| wasPopularizedDuring | 20th-century folk revival ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “Matty Groves” Description of subject: “Matty Groves” is a traditional English folk ballad, widely performed and recorded in the folk revival, that tells a tragic story of adultery and violent revenge.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "Joan Baez in Concert"
subject linked to:
“Matty Groves”
linked to: “Matty Groves”