Shapes of Things
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"Shapes of Things" is a rock song most famously associated with the Yardbirds, known for its innovative guitar work and early psychedelic sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shapes of Things canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6379484 — 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: Shapes of Things Context triple: [Victims of the Future, hasTrack, Shapes of Things]
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A.
The Shape I’m In
"The Shape I’m In" is a 1970 rock song by The Band, written by Robbie Robertson and known for its gritty portrayal of emotional turmoil and burnout.
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B.
Other Side of Things
"Other Side of Things" is a track from the album *Evolver*, likely showcasing the band's progressive and experimental rock style.
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C.
Fingertips
"Fingertips" is an early 1960s live-recorded hit single by Stevie Wonder that became his first number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100.
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D.
Everything in Its Right Place
"Everything in Its Right Place" is an experimental, electronic-infused opening track by Radiohead, known for its hypnotic keyboards, fragmented vocals, and role in defining the sound of their album *Kid A*.
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E.
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope is the critically acclaimed 1999 debut studio album by American singer Kelis, known for its innovative fusion of R&B, hip hop, and electronic sounds.
- 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: Shapes of Things Target entity description: "Shapes of Things" is a rock song most famously associated with the Yardbirds, known for its innovative guitar work and early psychedelic sound.
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A.
The Shape I’m In
"The Shape I’m In" is a 1970 rock song by The Band, written by Robbie Robertson and known for its gritty portrayal of emotional turmoil and burnout.
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B.
Other Side of Things
"Other Side of Things" is a track from the album *Evolver*, likely showcasing the band's progressive and experimental rock style.
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C.
Fingertips
"Fingertips" is an early 1960s live-recorded hit single by Stevie Wonder that became his first number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100.
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D.
Everything in Its Right Place
"Everything in Its Right Place" is an experimental, electronic-infused opening track by Radiohead, known for its hypnotic keyboards, fragmented vocals, and role in defining the sound of their album *Kid A*.
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E.
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope is the critically acclaimed 1999 debut studio album by American singer Kelis, known for its innovative fusion of R&B, hip hop, and electronic sounds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | The Yardbirds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanada | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSingles | 3 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 11 ⓘ |
| composer |
Jim McCarty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Keith Relf NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Samwell-Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coveredBy |
David Bowie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gary Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Beck NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Beck Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ harmonica ⓘ |
| genre |
psychedelic rock
ⓘ
raga rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasBassist | Paul Samwell-Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBSide | You’re a Better Man Than I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDrummer | Jim McCarty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGuitarist | Jeff Beck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
environmental concern
ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ war ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
Eastern-influenced guitar solo
ⓘ
feedback guitar ⓘ |
| hasVocalist | Keith Relf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedOn |
Jeff Beck album Truth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
various Yardbirds compilation albums ⓘ |
| influenced |
early heavy rock guitar style
ⓘ
psychedelic rock development ⓘ |
| lyricist | Keith Relf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early psychedelic sound
ⓘ
innovative guitar work ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | The Yardbirds discography ⓘ |
| performer | The Yardbirds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Paul Samwell-Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Simon Napier-Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Epic Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1966-03 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
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: Shapes of Things Description of subject: "Shapes of Things" is a rock song most famously associated with the Yardbirds, known for its innovative guitar work and early psychedelic sound.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.