Hellhound on My Trail
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"Hellhound on My Trail" is a haunting Delta blues song by Robert Johnson, renowned for its evocative lyrics, eerie atmosphere, and central place in his legendary recorded legacy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hellhound on His Trail | 1 |
| Hellhound on My Trail canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7075879 — 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: Hellhound on My Trail Context triple: [Robert Johnson, notableWork, Hellhound on My Trail]
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A.
The Slaughter Pen
The Slaughter Pen is a rocky, boulder-strewn area on the Gettysburg battlefield known for its intense and deadly close-quarters fighting during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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B.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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C.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
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D.
The Devil Horse
"The Devil Horse" is a 1926 silent Western film serial featuring Wheeler Oakman in a prominent role.
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E.
The Hound of Heaven
The Hound of Heaven is a famous late 19th-century religious poem by Francis Thompson that vividly portrays God's relentless pursuit of the human soul.
- 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: Hellhound on My Trail Target entity description: "Hellhound on My Trail" is a haunting Delta blues song by Robert Johnson, renowned for its evocative lyrics, eerie atmosphere, and central place in his legendary recorded legacy.
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A.
The Slaughter Pen
The Slaughter Pen is a rocky, boulder-strewn area on the Gettysburg battlefield known for its intense and deadly close-quarters fighting during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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B.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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C.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
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D.
The Devil Horse
"The Devil Horse" is a 1926 silent Western film serial featuring Wheeler Oakman in a prominent role.
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E.
The Hound of Heaven
The Hound of Heaven is a famous late 19th-century religious poem by Francis Thompson that vividly portrays God's relentless pursuit of the human soul.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Delta blues song
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song ⓘ |
| composer | Robert Johnson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
Delta blues
ⓘ
blues ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
central work in Robert Johnson mythos
ⓘ
iconic example of Delta blues style ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
hellhound
ⓘ
supernatural pursuit ⓘ wandering on the road ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
eerie atmosphere
ⓘ
evocative lyrics ⓘ haunting vocal delivery ⓘ slide guitar playing ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fear
ⓘ
pursuit by supernatural forces ⓘ restlessness ⓘ the devil in blues folklore ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
Chicago blues
ⓘ
electric blues ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Robert Johnson ⓘ |
| partOf | Robert Johnson recorded legacy ⓘ |
| performer | Robert Johnson ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Robert Johnson ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Vocalion Records ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Hellhound on My Trail Description of subject: "Hellhound on My Trail" is a haunting Delta blues song by Robert Johnson, renowned for its evocative lyrics, eerie atmosphere, and central place in his legendary recorded legacy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hellhound on My Trail