Kendall Band
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Kendall Band is a kinetic public art installation of interactive musical sculptures located in the Kendall/MIT subway station in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kendall Band canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kendall Band Context triple: [Kendall/MIT station, hasArtwork, Kendall Band]
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A.
Sakonnet band
The Sakonnet band was a local group of the Wampanoag people who inhabited the Sakonnet region of what is now southeastern Rhode Island.
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B.
The Irons
The Irons is a popular nickname for West Ham United Football Club, a professional football team based in East London that competes in the English football league system.
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C.
The Hot Band
The Hot Band was Emmylou Harris’s acclaimed backing group in the 1970s, known for its virtuoso country-rock musicians and influential role in shaping her signature sound.
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D.
The Conspirators
The Conspirators is a 1944 World War II-era spy thriller film, often seen as a companion piece to Casablanca, in which Paul Henreid plays a resistance leader entangled in intrigue in Nazi-occupied Europe.
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E.
The Bouncing Souls
The Bouncing Souls are a long-running New Jersey punk rock band known for their energetic anthems, heartfelt lyrics, and influential role in the East Coast punk scene.
- 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: Kendall Band Target entity description: Kendall Band is a kinetic public art installation of interactive musical sculptures located in the Kendall/MIT subway station in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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A.
Sakonnet band
The Sakonnet band was a local group of the Wampanoag people who inhabited the Sakonnet region of what is now southeastern Rhode Island.
-
B.
The Irons
The Irons is a popular nickname for West Ham United Football Club, a professional football team based in East London that competes in the English football league system.
-
C.
The Hot Band
The Hot Band was Emmylou Harris’s acclaimed backing group in the 1970s, known for its virtuoso country-rock musicians and influential role in shaping her signature sound.
-
D.
The Conspirators
The Conspirators is a 1944 World War II-era spy thriller film, often seen as a companion piece to Casablanca, in which Paul Henreid plays a resistance leader entangled in intrigue in Nazi-occupied Europe.
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E.
The Bouncing Souls
The Bouncing Souls are a long-running New Jersey punk rock band known for their energetic anthems, heartfelt lyrics, and influential role in the East Coast punk scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
interactive musical sculpture ensemble
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kinetic public art installation ⓘ public artwork ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| category |
Art in public transport
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Kinetic sculptures in the United States ⓘ Outdoor sculpture in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
MBTA
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surface form:
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
|
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Paul Matisse ⓘ |
| designedFor | subway passengers ⓘ |
| genre |
kinetic art
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sound art ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English (signage and instructions) ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Galileo
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Kepler ⓘ Pythagoras ⓘ three main interactive instruments ⓘ |
| inception | 1987 ⓘ |
| installationSite | subway station platform ⓘ |
| interactionMethod | levers and mechanisms accessible from the platform ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedInTransportFacility | MBTA Red Line station ⓘ |
| location |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Kendall/MIT station ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| maintenance | requires periodic mechanical maintenance ⓘ |
| materialUsed | metal ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kendall/MIT station ⓘ |
| near |
MIT Cambridge campus
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surface form:
MIT campus
|
| operatedBy |
MBTA
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surface form:
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
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| partOf | Kendall/MIT station art program ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| significantType | interactive public art ⓘ |
| soundProduced |
musical notes
ⓘ
percussive tones ⓘ |
| subjectOf | articles about public art in transit systems ⓘ |
| use | interactive musical performance by the public ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Referenced by (2)
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subject surface form:
Kendall/MIT station