album "Close to the Edge" (with Yes)
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"Close to the Edge" is a landmark 1972 progressive rock album by the English band Yes, renowned for its complex compositions, virtuosic musicianship, and status as one of the genre’s defining works.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| album "Close to the Edge" (with Yes) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6870467 — 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: album "Close to the Edge" (with Yes) Context triple: [John Roy Anderson, notableWork, album "Close to the Edge" (with Yes)]
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A.
album "Venus and Mars" (with Wings)
"Venus and Mars" is a 1975 rock album by Paul McCartney and Wings, known for its melodic pop-rock sound and hit singles like "Listen to What the Man Said."
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B.
album "Back to the Egg" (with Wings)
"Back to the Egg" is a 1979 rock album by Paul McCartney and Wings that blends new wave and rock influences and is known for its ambitious, concept-like structure and prominent guest musicians.
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C.
album "Wings at the Speed of Sound" (with Wings)
"Wings at the Speed of Sound" is a 1976 studio album by Paul McCartney and Wings that features a more democratic band approach, with multiple members taking lead vocals and contributing songs.
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D.
Pink Floyd – A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Pink Floyd – A Momentary Lapse of Reason is the band’s 1987 studio album that marked their first major release after Roger Waters’ departure, featuring a more atmospheric, guitar-driven sound led by David Gilmour.
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E.
The Yes Album
The Yes Album is a 1971 progressive rock record by the English band Yes, widely regarded as their commercial and artistic breakthrough.
- 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: album "Close to the Edge" (with Yes) Target entity description: "Close to the Edge" is a landmark 1972 progressive rock album by the English band Yes, renowned for its complex compositions, virtuosic musicianship, and status as one of the genre’s defining works.
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A.
album "Venus and Mars" (with Wings)
"Venus and Mars" is a 1975 rock album by Paul McCartney and Wings, known for its melodic pop-rock sound and hit singles like "Listen to What the Man Said."
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B.
album "Back to the Egg" (with Wings)
"Back to the Egg" is a 1979 rock album by Paul McCartney and Wings that blends new wave and rock influences and is known for its ambitious, concept-like structure and prominent guest musicians.
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C.
album "Wings at the Speed of Sound" (with Wings)
"Wings at the Speed of Sound" is a 1976 studio album by Paul McCartney and Wings that features a more democratic band approach, with multiple members taking lead vocals and contributing songs.
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D.
Pink Floyd – A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Pink Floyd – A Momentary Lapse of Reason is the band’s 1987 studio album that marked their first major release after Roger Waters’ departure, featuring a more atmospheric, guitar-driven sound led by David Gilmour.
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E.
The Yes Album
The Yes Album is a 1971 progressive rock record by the English band Yes, widely regarded as their commercial and artistic breakthrough.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
progressive rock album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Yes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bassist | Chris Squire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUK | 4 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboard200 | 3 ⓘ |
| considered | one of the greatest progressive rock albums of all time ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtDesigner | Roger Dean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| drummer | Bill Bruford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Tales from Topographic Oceans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
progressive rock
ⓘ
symphonic rock ⓘ |
| guitarist | Steve Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | green gradient landscape design by Roger Dean ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later progressive rock artists ⓘ |
| hasMovement |
I Get Up I Get Down
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seasons of Man NERFINISHED ⓘ The Solid Time of Change NERFINISHED ⓘ Total Mass Retain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
And You and I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Close to the Edge (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ Siberian Khatru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyboardist | Rick Wakeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| labelCatalogNumber |
Atlantic K 50012 (UK)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Atlantic SD 7244 (US) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 37:51 ⓘ |
| mainPerformer |
Bill Bruford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chris Squire NERFINISHED ⓘ Jon Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Rick Wakeman NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex compositions
ⓘ
status as a defining work of progressive rock ⓘ virtuosic musicianship ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 3 ⓘ |
| originalFormat | vinyl record ⓘ |
| performer | Yes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Fragile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Eddie Offord
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1972-09-13 ⓘ |
| recordedIn | Advision Studios, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Atlantic Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| sideOneContains | Close to the Edge (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sideTwoContains |
And You and I
NERFINISHED
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Siberian Khatru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalist | Jon Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: album "Close to the Edge" (with Yes) Description of subject: "Close to the Edge" is a landmark 1972 progressive rock album by the English band Yes, renowned for its complex compositions, virtuosic musicianship, and status as one of the genre’s defining works.
Referenced by (1)
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