Winterland Ballroom
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Winterland Ballroom was a famous San Francisco music venue renowned for hosting legendary rock concerts and historic performances in the 1960s and 1970s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Winterland Ballroom canonical | 4 |
| Avalon Ballroom | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4649887 — 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: Winterland Ballroom Context triple: [Bill Graham Presents, operatedVenue, Winterland Ballroom]
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A.
Wonder Ballroom
Wonder Ballroom is a historic live music venue in Portland, Oregon, known for hosting a wide range of concerts and cultural events.
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B.
Seawell Ballroom
Seawell Ballroom is a prominent event and performance venue within Denver’s downtown arts complex, known for hosting galas, concerts, and special events.
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C.
Blossom Ballroom
Blossom Ballroom is a historic, opulent event and ballroom space within the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, renowned for hosting glamorous Hollywood gatherings and ceremonies.
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D.
Barrowland Ballroom
Barrowland Ballroom is a famous Glasgow music venue and dance hall renowned for its distinctive neon signage and historic role in the city's live music scene.
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E.
Beacon Theatre
The Beacon Theatre is a historic, ornately designed performing arts venue in New York City, renowned for hosting major concerts, theatrical productions, and high-profile entertainment events.
- 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: Winterland Ballroom Target entity description: Winterland Ballroom was a famous San Francisco music venue renowned for hosting legendary rock concerts and historic performances in the 1960s and 1970s.
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A.
Wonder Ballroom
Wonder Ballroom is a historic live music venue in Portland, Oregon, known for hosting a wide range of concerts and cultural events.
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B.
Seawell Ballroom
Seawell Ballroom is a prominent event and performance venue within Denver’s downtown arts complex, known for hosting galas, concerts, and special events.
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C.
Blossom Ballroom
Blossom Ballroom is a historic, opulent event and ballroom space within the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, renowned for hosting glamorous Hollywood gatherings and ceremonies.
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D.
Barrowland Ballroom
Barrowland Ballroom is a famous Glasgow music venue and dance hall renowned for its distinctive neon signage and historic role in the city's live music scene.
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E.
Beacon Theatre
The Beacon Theatre is a historic, ornately designed performing arts venue in New York City, renowned for hosting major concerts, theatrical productions, and high-profile entertainment events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concert hall
ⓘ
indoor arena ⓘ music venue ⓘ |
| capacity | approximately 5400 ⓘ |
| closed | 1978 ⓘ |
| convertedToMusicVenue | 1960s ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfEvent |
Sex Pistols final show – 1978-01-14
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Last Waltz – 1976-11-25 ⓘ |
| demolished | 1985 ⓘ |
| eraOfProminence |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ |
| famousFor |
New Year’s Eve concerts
ⓘ
live album recordings ⓘ rock concerts ⓘ |
| featuredInFilm | The Last Waltz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredInRecording |
Live at Winterland (Jimi Hendrix album)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Winterland 1973 (Grateful Dead recordings) NERFINISHED ⓘ Winterland 1977 (Grateful Dead recordings) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalConcert | Grateful Dead New Year’s Eve 1978 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalShowDate | 1978-12-31 ⓘ |
| formerName | New Dreamland Auditorium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostedPerformanceBy |
Bob Dylan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen NERFINISHED ⓘ Cream NERFINISHED ⓘ Janis Joplin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jefferson Airplane NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimi Hendrix NERFINISHED ⓘ Led Zeppelin NERFINISHED ⓘ Patti Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Frampton NERFINISHED ⓘ Santana NERFINISHED ⓘ Sex Pistols NERFINISHED ⓘ The Band NERFINISHED ⓘ The Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ The Who NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| location | San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Western Addition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Grateful Dead New Year’s Eve concerts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sex Pistols final show of original lineup ⓘ The Band farewell concert The Last Waltz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedAsWinterland | 1928 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Bill Graham Presents NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalOpeningYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| originalUse | ice skating rink ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Bill Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Winterland Ballroom Description of subject: Winterland Ballroom was a famous San Francisco music venue renowned for hosting legendary rock concerts and historic performances in the 1960s and 1970s.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Last Waltz (concert)
this entity surface form:
Avalon Ballroom