Stillwater
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Stillwater is the fictional 1970s rock band at the center of Cameron Crowe’s film "Almost Famous," embodying the era’s touring rock culture and its tensions between art and fame.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stillwater canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7950933 — 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: Stillwater Context triple: [Almost Famous, fictionalBand, Stillwater]
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A.
Stillwater
Stillwater is a small town in eastern New York State known for its proximity to historic Revolutionary War sites near the Hudson River.
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B.
Stillwater
Stillwater is a city in north-central Oklahoma known as the home of Oklahoma State University and a center for education, agriculture, and technology in the region.
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C.
Eudora
Eudora is a figure from Greek mythology known as one of the daughters of the Titan Atlas.
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D.
Blue Prairie
"Blue Prairie" is a classic Western song popularized by the Sons of the Pioneers, known for its evocative harmonies and nostalgic frontier imagery.
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E.
Riverbend
Riverbend is a New Orleans neighborhood area known for its riverfront location, historic charm, and lively mix of restaurants, bars, and shops.
- 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: Stillwater Target entity description: Stillwater is the fictional 1970s rock band at the center of Cameron Crowe’s film "Almost Famous," embodying the era’s touring rock culture and its tensions between art and fame.
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A.
Stillwater
Stillwater is a small town in eastern New York State known for its proximity to historic Revolutionary War sites near the Hudson River.
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B.
Stillwater
Stillwater is a city in north-central Oklahoma known as the home of Oklahoma State University and a center for education, agriculture, and technology in the region.
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C.
Eudora
Eudora is a figure from Greek mythology known as one of the daughters of the Titan Atlas.
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D.
Blue Prairie
"Blue Prairie" is a classic Western song popularized by the Sons of the Pioneers, known for its evocative harmonies and nostalgic frontier imagery.
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E.
Riverbend
Riverbend is a New Orleans neighborhood area known for its riverfront location, historic charm, and lively mix of restaurants, bars, and shops.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional rock band ⓘ |
| activeInFictionalYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Almost Famous NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
coming-of-age in rock journalism
ⓘ
tension between art and fame ⓘ touring rock culture ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginInFiction | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Cameron Crowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsSubculture | 1970s American rock scene ⓘ |
| eraDepicted | 1970s ⓘ |
| fictionalBassist | Larry Fellows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalDrummer | Ed Vallencourt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalLeadGuitarist | Russell Hammond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalLeadVocalist | Jeff Bebe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalRecordLabel | Stillwater Records (in some materials) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| genre |
classic rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasFandom | Almost Famous fans ⓘ |
| hasKeyRelationshipWith |
Penny Lane
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ed Vallencourt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeff Bebe NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Fellows NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Hammond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedByInFiction | 1970s arena rock bands ⓘ |
| inspiredByRealWorldActs |
Led Zeppelin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lynyrd Skynyrd NERFINISHED ⓘ The Allman Brothers Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inUniverseSongTitle |
Chance Upon You
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fever Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ Love Comes and Goes NERFINISHED ⓘ Love Thing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inUniverseStatus | rising rock band ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicWrittenForFilmBy |
Cameron Crowe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nancy Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central band in Almost Famous ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Billy Crudup
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jason Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ John Fedevich NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Kozelek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingContext | United States concert circuit ⓘ |
| soundtrackPerformerCredit | Almost Famous soundtrack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tourTypeDepicted | concert tour ⓘ |
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: Stillwater Description of subject: Stillwater is the fictional 1970s rock band at the center of Cameron Crowe’s film "Almost Famous," embodying the era’s touring rock culture and its tensions between art and fame.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Studio One (Doraville, Georgia)