The Little Shepherd
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"The Little Shepherd" is a gentle, pastoral piano piece by Claude Debussy, evoking the simple, lyrical world of a young shepherd.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Little Shepherd canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11018943 — 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 Little Shepherd Context triple: [Children’s Corner, movement, The Little Shepherd]
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A.
The Shepherd
The Shepherd is a pastoral painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Abraham Bloemaert, exemplifying his refined treatment of rural subjects and atmospheric landscapes.
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B.
The Lonely Goatherd
"The Lonely Goatherd" is a yodel-filled, folk-style song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, often remembered for its playful puppet-show performance in the film adaptation.
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C.
The Hireling Shepherd
The Hireling Shepherd is an 1851 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s vivid detail, moral symbolism, and intense naturalism in a rural English setting.
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D.
The Gentle Shepherd
The Gentle Shepherd is a celebrated 18th-century Scottish pastoral drama by Allan Ramsay that blends rustic comedy with social commentary and helped shape modern Scottish literary tradition.
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E.
The Plow Boy
The Plow Boy is a 1929 black-and-white Disney animated short film featuring early appearances of Mickey Mouse and Horace Horsecollar in a rural farm setting.
- 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 Little Shepherd Target entity description: "The Little Shepherd" is a gentle, pastoral piano piece by Claude Debussy, evoking the simple, lyrical world of a young shepherd.
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A.
The Shepherd
The Shepherd is a pastoral painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Abraham Bloemaert, exemplifying his refined treatment of rural subjects and atmospheric landscapes.
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B.
The Lonely Goatherd
"The Lonely Goatherd" is a yodel-filled, folk-style song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, often remembered for its playful puppet-show performance in the film adaptation.
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C.
The Hireling Shepherd
The Hireling Shepherd is an 1851 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s vivid detail, moral symbolism, and intense naturalism in a rural English setting.
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D.
The Gentle Shepherd
The Gentle Shepherd is a celebrated 18th-century Scottish pastoral drama by Allan Ramsay that blends rustic comedy with social commentary and helped shape modern Scottish literary tradition.
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E.
The Plow Boy
The Plow Boy is a 1929 black-and-white Disney animated short film featuring early appearances of Mickey Mouse and Horace Horsecollar in a rural farm setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical composition
ⓘ
piano piece ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | short ⓘ |
| character |
gentle
ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ pastoral ⓘ |
| composer | Claude Debussy ⓘ |
| composerNationality | French ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts |
a young shepherd
ⓘ
rural life ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
ⓘ
pastoral music ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
pastoral compositions
ⓘ
solo piano pieces ⓘ works by Claude Debussy ⓘ |
| hasKey | B-flat major (commonly associated) ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| mood |
calm
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ |
| movementOf |
Children's Corner
ⓘ
linked to:
Children’s Corner
|
| originalTitle | Le petit berger ⓘ |
| partOf | piano repertoire ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | fifth piece in the suite "Children's Corner" ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | printed score ⓘ |
| stylePeriod | Impressionism ⓘ |
| texture | delicate ⓘ |
| title | The Little Shepherd ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext |
recital
ⓘ
teaching repertoire ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Little Shepherd Description of subject: "The Little Shepherd" is a gentle, pastoral piano piece by Claude Debussy, evoking the simple, lyrical world of a young shepherd.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.