The Bargain Store
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"The Bargain Store" is a 1975 country song by Dolly Parton, known for its metaphorical lyrics comparing a woman's emotional scars to discounted goods in a thrift shop.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Bargain Store canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9110051 — 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: The Bargain Store Context triple: [Love Is Like a Butterfly, followedBy, The Bargain Store]
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A.
The Big Store
The Big Store is a 1941 Marx Brothers comedy film featuring their trademark slapstick, wordplay, and musical numbers set in a chaotic department store.
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B.
The Shop
The Shop is a secretive, government-linked organization in Stephen King’s works, known for conducting unethical experiments and covert operations involving individuals with paranormal abilities.
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C.
The Shop
The Shop is the historic Royal Military Academy in Woolwich, London, which served as the British Army’s principal training institution for artillery and engineering officers.
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D.
The Grocer’s Shop
The Grocer’s Shop is a finely detailed 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gerrit Dou, exemplifying his meticulous Leiden fijnschilder style in depicting a shop interior and everyday life.
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E.
Mallrat
Mallrat is an Australian indie-pop singer and songwriter known for her dreamy, introspective tracks and rising international profile.
- 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: The Bargain Store Target entity description: "The Bargain Store" is a 1975 country song by Dolly Parton, known for its metaphorical lyrics comparing a woman's emotional scars to discounted goods in a thrift shop.
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A.
The Big Store
The Big Store is a 1941 Marx Brothers comedy film featuring their trademark slapstick, wordplay, and musical numbers set in a chaotic department store.
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B.
The Shop
The Shop is a secretive, government-linked organization in Stephen King’s works, known for conducting unethical experiments and covert operations involving individuals with paranormal abilities.
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C.
The Shop
The Shop is the historic Royal Military Academy in Woolwich, London, which served as the British Army’s principal training institution for artillery and engineering officers.
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D.
The Grocer’s Shop
The Grocer’s Shop is a finely detailed 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gerrit Dou, exemplifying his meticulous Leiden fijnschilder style in depicting a shop interior and everyday life.
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E.
Mallrat
Mallrat is an Australian indie-pop singer and songwriter known for her dreamy, introspective tracks and rising international profile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Dolly Parton ⓘ |
| chart |
Billboard Hot Country Singles
ⓘ
linked to:
Billboard Country chart
|
| chartCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| chartPerformance | reached number 1 on Billboard Hot Country Singles chart ⓘ |
| chartPosition | 1 ⓘ |
| composer | Dolly Parton ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| decade | 1970s ⓘ |
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre | country music ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
bass ⓘ drums ⓘ fiddle ⓘ piano ⓘ steel guitar ⓘ |
| hasLyricalDevice | extended metaphor of a thrift shop ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
emotional vulnerability
ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ |
| hasMetaphoricalTheme | emotional scars compared to discounted goods ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | traditional country ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
lyrics were considered suggestive by some radio programmers
ⓘ
some country radio stations temporarily dropped the song from playlists ⓘ |
| hasSubject | a woman with emotional damage ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | The Bargain Store ⓘ |
| isFollowedBy | single “Say Forever You’ll Be Mine” ⓘ |
| isPartOfArtistCareerPhase | Dolly Parton mid-1970s commercial peak ⓘ |
| isPrecededBy |
single “Love Is Like a Butterfly”
ⓘ
linked to:
Love Is Like a Butterfly
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Dolly Parton ⓘ |
| metaphoricallyRepresents | a woman as a bargain store ⓘ |
| partOf | Dolly Parton discography ⓘ |
| performer | Dolly Parton ⓘ |
| producer | Bob Ferguson ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1974 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | RCA Victor ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1975 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| tempo | moderate ⓘ |
| titleTrackOf | The Bargain Store ⓘ |
| vocalType | solo female vocal ⓘ |
| writer | Dolly Parton ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Bargain Store Description of subject: "The Bargain Store" is a 1975 country song by Dolly Parton, known for its metaphorical lyrics comparing a woman's emotional scars to discounted goods in a thrift shop.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.