Capitol Records
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Capitol Records is a major American record label, founded in 1942 and based in Los Angeles, known for signing iconic artists across jazz, pop, and rock.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capitol Records canonical | 1,276 |
| Capitol Records UK | 5 |
| Capitol Records (US) | 3 |
| Capitol Music Group | 2 |
| Capitol Music | 1 |
| Capitol Nashville | 1 |
| Capitol Records (United States) | 1 |
| Capitol Records production team | 1 |
| Capitol Records, Inc. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T171022 — 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: Capitol Records Context triple: [Judy Garland, recordLabel, Capitol Records]
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A.
MCA Records
MCA Records was a major American record label known for releasing music by prominent rock, pop, and country artists throughout the latter half of the 20th century.
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B.
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is a major American record label, one of the oldest in the world, known for signing and releasing music by many influential and commercially successful artists across diverse genres.
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C.
RCA Records
RCA Records is a major American record label, historically influential in popular music and home to numerous iconic artists across genres.
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D.
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is a major American record label known for signing and promoting influential rock, pop, and alternative artists since the 1980s.
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E.
J Records
J Records was an American record label founded by music executive Clive Davis, known for signing major artists such as Alicia Keys and playing a significant role in early 2000s R&B and pop music.
- 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: Capitol Records Target entity description: Capitol Records is a major American record label, founded in 1942 and based in Los Angeles, known for signing iconic artists across jazz, pop, and rock.
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A.
MCA Records
MCA Records was a major American record label known for releasing music by prominent rock, pop, and country artists throughout the latter half of the 20th century.
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B.
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is a major American record label, one of the oldest in the world, known for signing and releasing music by many influential and commercially successful artists across diverse genres.
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C.
RCA Records
RCA Records is a major American record label, historically influential in popular music and home to numerous iconic artists across genres.
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D.
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is a major American record label known for signing and promoting influential rock, pop, and alternative artists since the 1980s.
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E.
J Records
J Records was an American record label founded by music executive Clive Davis, known for signing major artists such as Alicia Keys and playing a significant role in early 2000s R&B and pop music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
record label ⓘ |
| businessModel |
artist signing and development
ⓘ
music publishing (through affiliates) ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributes | recordings ⓘ |
| foundedAs |
Capitol Records
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Capitol Records, Inc.
|
| foundedBy |
Buddy DeSylva
ⓘ
Glenn E. Wallichs ⓘ Johnny Mercer ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| genreFocus |
jazz
ⓘ
pop ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasBuildingNickname | Capitol Tower ⓘ |
| hasCatalogueType |
back catalogue
ⓘ
new releases ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
compact discs
ⓘ
digital downloads ⓘ streaming releases ⓘ vinyl records ⓘ |
| hasLandmarkStatus | Hollywood landmark ⓘ |
| hasLogoType | dome logo ⓘ |
| hasNotableBuildingFeature |
blinking light spelling HOLLYWOOD in Morse code
ⓘ
cylindrical high-rise design ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiaryLabel |
Blue Note Records
ⓘ
Capitol Records self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Capitol Nashville
|
| headquartersCity | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| headquartersLocation | Capitol Records Building ⓘ |
| headquartersState |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| industry |
music industry
ⓘ
recorded music ⓘ |
| languageOfReleases | English ⓘ |
| locatedInNeighborhood | Hollywood ⓘ |
| locationCity | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locationState |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| marketArea | worldwide ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audio
ⓘ
music video ⓘ |
| notableFor |
signing major jazz artists
ⓘ
signing major pop artists ⓘ signing major rock artists ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Universal Music Group ⓘ |
| partOf |
Capitol Records
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Capitol Music Group
|
| produces | music recordings ⓘ |
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
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: Capitol Records Description of subject: Capitol Records is a major American record label, founded in 1942 and based in Los Angeles, known for signing iconic artists across jazz, pop, and rock.
Referenced by (1,291)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
T-Bone Walker
subject surface form:
E.T. (song)
this entity surface form:
Capitol Records UK