Idiot Wind
E109680
"Idiot Wind" is a lengthy, emotionally charged Bob Dylan song known for its biting, accusatory lyrics and prominent place on his 1975 album Blood on the Tracks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Idiot Wind canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T932225 — 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: Idiot Wind Context triple: [Blood on the Tracks, hasPart, Idiot Wind]
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A.
Listen! The Wind
"Listen! The Wind" is a 1938 memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting a perilous transatlantic survey flight she made with her husband, aviator Charles Lindbergh.
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B.
Spoonman
"Spoonman" is a Grammy-winning 1994 grunge single by Soundgarden, written by Chris Cornell and inspired by Seattle street performer Artis the Spoonman.
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C.
Song to a Seagull
Song to a Seagull is the 1968 debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, showcasing her early folk sound and poetic lyricism.
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D.
Rid of Me
Rid of Me is a raw, abrasive 1993 album by PJ Harvey, renowned for its intense emotional power and distinctive production.
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E.
It's Bad for Ya
"It's Bad for Ya" is a 2008 stand-up comedy special by George Carlin, known for its sharp social commentary and being his final HBO performance before his death.
- 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: Idiot Wind Target entity description: "Idiot Wind" is a lengthy, emotionally charged Bob Dylan song known for its biting, accusatory lyrics and prominent place on his 1975 album Blood on the Tracks.
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A.
Listen! The Wind
"Listen! The Wind" is a 1938 memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting a perilous transatlantic survey flight she made with her husband, aviator Charles Lindbergh.
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B.
Spoonman
"Spoonman" is a Grammy-winning 1994 grunge single by Soundgarden, written by Chris Cornell and inspired by Seattle street performer Artis the Spoonman.
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C.
Song to a Seagull
Song to a Seagull is the 1968 debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, showcasing her early folk sound and poetic lyricism.
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D.
Rid of Me
Rid of Me is a raw, abrasive 1993 album by PJ Harvey, renowned for its intense emotional power and distinctive production.
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E.
It's Bad for Ya
"It's Bad for Ya" is a 2008 stand-up comedy special by George Carlin, known for its sharp social commentary and being his final HBO performance before his death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
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song ⓘ |
| album | Blood on the Tracks ⓘ |
| appearsOn | The Bootleg Series releases ⓘ |
| artist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod | Bob Dylan's mid-1970s creative resurgence ⓘ |
| composer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| consideredOneOf | Bob Dylan's major 1970s songs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| genre |
folk rock
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rock ⓘ |
| hasAlternateVersion |
Minneapolis album version
ⓘ
New York sessions version ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ organ ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersions | Yes ⓘ |
| hasLyricsCharacteristic |
accusatory
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biting ⓘ emotionally charged ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
anger
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betrayal ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ romantic breakup ⓘ self-reflection ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle |
impassioned
ⓘ
raw ⓘ |
| includedInAlbumReleaseYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| includedInTourRepertoire | Bob Dylan tours in the mid-1970s ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex narrative lyrics
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intense emotional tone ⓘ lengthy duration ⓘ prominent place on Blood on the Tracks ⓘ |
| partOf | Blood on the Tracks ⓘ |
| performer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| trackPositionOnAlbum | side two ⓘ |
| writer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Idiot Wind Description of subject: "Idiot Wind" is a lengthy, emotionally charged Bob Dylan song known for its biting, accusatory lyrics and prominent place on his 1975 album Blood on the Tracks.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.