Nickel Creek (self-titled album)
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Nickel Creek (self-titled album) is the 2000 breakthrough progressive bluegrass record by the trio Nickel Creek, produced by Alison Krauss and noted for its innovative blend of bluegrass, folk, and pop influences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nickel Creek (self-titled album) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7726984 — 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)
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Target entity: Nickel Creek (self-titled album) Context triple: [Sean Watkins, notableWork, Nickel Creek (self-titled album)]
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A.
Inner Bluegrass
Inner Bluegrass is a fertile, historically significant subregion of Kentucky’s Bluegrass area, known for its rolling pastures, horse farms, and central role in the state’s agricultural and cultural identity.
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B.
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire was an American band led by violinist and songwriter Andrew Bird, known for its eclectic blend of jazz, swing, folk, and indie rock in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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C.
King of Newgrass
King of Newgrass is the celebrated nickname of Sam Bush, a pioneering American mandolinist and bandleader known for helping create and popularize the progressive bluegrass subgenre called "newgrass."
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D.
"Appalachian Journey" album
"Appalachian Journey" is a collaborative album by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Mark O’Connor, and bassist Edgar Meyer that blends classical, folk, and American roots music.
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E.
"The Goat Rodeo Sessions" album
"The Goat Rodeo Sessions" is a genre-blending collaborative album featuring Yo-Yo Ma and other virtuoso musicians, combining classical, bluegrass, and folk influences.
- 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: Nickel Creek (self-titled album) Target entity description: Nickel Creek (self-titled album) is the 2000 breakthrough progressive bluegrass record by the trio Nickel Creek, produced by Alison Krauss and noted for its innovative blend of bluegrass, folk, and pop influences.
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A.
Inner Bluegrass
Inner Bluegrass is a fertile, historically significant subregion of Kentucky’s Bluegrass area, known for its rolling pastures, horse farms, and central role in the state’s agricultural and cultural identity.
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B.
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire was an American band led by violinist and songwriter Andrew Bird, known for its eclectic blend of jazz, swing, folk, and indie rock in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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C.
King of Newgrass
King of Newgrass is the celebrated nickname of Sam Bush, a pioneering American mandolinist and bandleader known for helping create and popularize the progressive bluegrass subgenre called "newgrass."
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D.
"Appalachian Journey" album
"Appalachian Journey" is a collaborative album by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Mark O’Connor, and bassist Edgar Meyer that blends classical, folk, and American roots music.
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E.
"The Goat Rodeo Sessions" album
"The Goat Rodeo Sessions" is a genre-blending collaborative album featuring Yo-Yo Ma and other virtuoso musicians, combining classical, bluegrass, and folk influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
progressive bluegrass album
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studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Nickel Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyNext | This Side (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyPrevious | Here to There (Nickel Creek album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed by critics ⓘ |
| describedAs |
progressive bluegrass record
ⓘ
self-titled album ⓘ |
| genre |
bluegrass
ⓘ
folk ⓘ pop ⓘ progressive bluegrass ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek (album cover).jpg ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
contemporary bluegrass
ⓘ
progressive acoustic music ⓘ |
| hasSingle |
The Lighthouse’s Tale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
When You Come Back Down NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
Cuckoo’s Nest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Tom Bombadil NERFINISHED ⓘ In the House of Tom Bombadil NERFINISHED ⓘ Ode to a Butterfly NERFINISHED ⓘ Out of the Woods ⓘ Pastures New NERFINISHED ⓘ Reasons Why NERFINISHED ⓘ Robin and Marian NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweet Afton NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hand Song ⓘ The Lighthouse’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ When You Come Back Down NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrumentationIncludes |
bass
ⓘ
fiddle ⓘ guitar ⓘ mandolin ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 48 minutes ⓘ |
| name | Nickel Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
breakthrough success for Nickel Creek
ⓘ
innovative blend of bluegrass, folk, and pop influences ⓘ |
| performer | Nickel Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performerOnRecording |
Chris Thile
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sara Watkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Sean Watkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Alison Krauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| recordLabel | Sugar Hill Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2000-03-21 ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 2000 ⓘ |
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: Nickel Creek (self-titled album) Description of subject: Nickel Creek (self-titled album) is the 2000 breakthrough progressive bluegrass record by the trio Nickel Creek, produced by Alison Krauss and noted for its innovative blend of bluegrass, folk, and pop influences.
Referenced by (1)
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