The Royal Scam
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The Royal Scam is a 1976 jazz-rock album by Steely Dan known for its sophisticated musicianship, darkly satirical lyrics, and complex arrangements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Royal Scam canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5530324 — 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 Royal Scam Context triple: [Steely Dan, notableWork, The Royal Scam]
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A.
The Defrauders
The Defrauders is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Mutaffifin, a chapter of the Qur’an that condemns fraudulent dealings and moral corruption.
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B.
Anatomy of a Scandal
Anatomy of a Scandal is a British psychological thriller television series that explores themes of power, privilege, and consent within the world of politics and the legal system.
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C.
The Fraud
The Fraud is a historical novel by Zadie Smith that intertwines a 19th-century literary household with the infamous Tichborne trial to explore truth, authorship, and identity in Victorian England.
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D.
The Hoax
The Hoax is a book by Clifford Irving recounting his infamous, fabricated autobiography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes and the scandal that followed.
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E.
The Hatton Garden Job
The Hatton Garden Job is a British crime film dramatizing the infamous 2015 Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary carried out by a group of aging career criminals.
- 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 Royal Scam Target entity description: The Royal Scam is a 1976 jazz-rock album by Steely Dan known for its sophisticated musicianship, darkly satirical lyrics, and complex arrangements.
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A.
The Defrauders
The Defrauders is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Mutaffifin, a chapter of the Qur’an that condemns fraudulent dealings and moral corruption.
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B.
Anatomy of a Scandal
Anatomy of a Scandal is a British psychological thriller television series that explores themes of power, privilege, and consent within the world of politics and the legal system.
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C.
The Fraud
The Fraud is a historical novel by Zadie Smith that intertwines a 19th-century literary household with the infamous Tichborne trial to explore truth, authorship, and identity in Victorian England.
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D.
The Hoax
The Hoax is a book by Clifford Irving recounting his infamous, fabricated autobiography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes and the scandal that followed.
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E.
The Hatton Garden Job
The Hatton Garden Job is a British crime film dramatizing the infamous 2015 Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary carried out by a group of aging career criminals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music album
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studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Steely Dan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtDesigner | Larry Zox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
bass guitar
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drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ saxophone ⓘ |
| featuresMusician |
Bernard Purdie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chuck Rainey NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Fagen NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Carlton NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Becker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
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jazz rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
crime
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deception ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ urban alienation ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
Don’t Take Me Alive
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Everything You Did NERFINISHED ⓘ Green Earrings NERFINISHED ⓘ Haitian Divorce NERFINISHED ⓘ Kid Charlemagne NERFINISHED ⓘ Sign In Stranger NERFINISHED ⓘ The Caves of Altamira NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fez NERFINISHED ⓘ The Royal Scam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label | ABC Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nextWork | Aja NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex arrangements
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darkly satirical lyrics ⓘ sophisticated musicianship ⓘ |
| partOf | Steely Dan discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Steely Dan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousWork | Katy Lied NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySongwriters |
Donald Fagen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walter Becker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Gary Katz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
1975
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1976 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1976-05-31 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Royal Scam Description of subject: The Royal Scam is a 1976 jazz-rock album by Steely Dan known for its sophisticated musicianship, darkly satirical lyrics, and complex arrangements.
Referenced by (1)
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