Earthworks
E554528
Earthworks is a jazz fusion band led by drummer Bill Bruford, known for its innovative blend of acoustic and electronic elements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Earthworks canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5884511 — 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: Earthworks Context triple: [Bill Bruford, memberOf, Earthworks]
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A.
Foundation and Earth
Foundation and Earth is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that continues his Foundation series, following a quest to rediscover humanity’s long-lost home planet.
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B.
Terra Nostra
Terra Nostra is an ambitious, experimental historical novel by Carlos Fuentes that interweaves myth, history, and fantasy to explore the cultural and political formation of the Spanish-speaking world.
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C.
Dry Diggings
Dry Diggings was the early Gold Rush–era mining camp that later became the city of Placerville, California.
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D.
Scorched Earth
Scorched Earth is a large-scale abstract painting by American artist Mark Bradford that confronts themes of race, history, and urban change through layered, collaged materials and expressive mark-making.
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E.
The Monolith
The Monolith is a towering granite sculpture in Oslo’s Vigeland installation, depicting a writhing column of intertwined human figures symbolizing the cycle of life.
- 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: Earthworks Target entity description: Earthworks is a jazz fusion band led by drummer Bill Bruford, known for its innovative blend of acoustic and electronic elements.
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A.
Foundation and Earth
Foundation and Earth is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov that continues his Foundation series, following a quest to rediscover humanity’s long-lost home planet.
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B.
Terra Nostra
Terra Nostra is an ambitious, experimental historical novel by Carlos Fuentes that interweaves myth, history, and fantasy to explore the cultural and political formation of the Spanish-speaking world.
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C.
Dry Diggings
Dry Diggings was the early Gold Rush–era mining camp that later became the city of Placerville, California.
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D.
Scorched Earth
Scorched Earth is a large-scale abstract painting by American artist Mark Bradford that confronts themes of race, history, and urban change through layered, collaged materials and expressive mark-making.
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E.
The Monolith
The Monolith is a towering granite sculpture in Oslo’s Vigeland installation, depicting a writhing column of intertwined human figures symbolizing the cycle of life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | jazz fusion band ⓘ |
| activeStart | 1986 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Bill Bruford's Earthworks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bruford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King Crimson NERFINISHED ⓘ UK NERFINISHED ⓘ Yes ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Bill Bruford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary jazz
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ progressive jazz ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Alain Caron
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bernie Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ Bill Bruford NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Biscoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Dave Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Django Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ Dudley Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddie Gomez NERFINISHED ⓘ Gwilym Simcock NERFINISHED ⓘ Iain Ballamy NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Locke NERFINISHED ⓘ Julian Arguelles NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenny Wheeler NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Hodgson NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Mondesir NERFINISHED ⓘ Mick Hutton NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Clahar NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Lemer NERFINISHED ⓘ Phil Wachsmann NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Towner NERFINISHED ⓘ Randy Brecker NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Swallow NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Topping NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Garland NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Harries NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Coe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup | Bill Bruford's Earthworks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leader | Bill Bruford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative blend of acoustic and electronic elements
ⓘ
integration of jazz and progressive rock sensibilities ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Part, and Yet Apart
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
All Heaven Broke Loose NERFINISHED ⓘ Bill Bruford's Earthworks (compilation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Dig? NERFINISHED ⓘ Earthworks NERFINISHED ⓘ Footloose and Fancy Free NERFINISHED ⓘ Random Acts of Happiness NERFINISHED ⓘ Stomping Ground NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sound of Surprise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Discipline Global Mobile
NERFINISHED
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EG Records NERFINISHED ⓘ JMS NERFINISHED ⓘ Summerfold Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesInstrument |
acoustic instruments
ⓘ
electronic instruments ⓘ |
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: Earthworks Description of subject: Earthworks is a jazz fusion band led by drummer Bill Bruford, known for its innovative blend of acoustic and electronic elements.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.