Ventura Highway
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"Ventura Highway" is a 1972 soft rock song by the band America, known for its breezy acoustic sound and evocative, nostalgic lyrics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ventura Highway canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9372134 — 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: Ventura Highway Context triple: [America, notableWork, Ventura Highway]
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A.
Ventura Freeway
Ventura Freeway is a major Southern California freeway corridor, primarily carrying U.S. Route 101 and State Route 134 through Ventura and Los Angeles counties.
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B.
Lasseter Highway
Lasseter Highway is a major road in Australia's Northern Territory that connects the Stuart Highway to the Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park area, serving as the primary access route for visitors to Uluru.
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C.
Mojave Road
Mojave Road is a historic overland route crossing the Mojave Desert in the American Southwest, now popular as a remote off-road and overlanding trail.
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D.
Angeles Forest Highway
Angeles Forest Highway is a scenic mountain roadway in Southern California that winds through the Angeles National Forest, providing access to recreation areas and connecting with other major regional routes.
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E.
Malibu Canyon Road
Malibu Canyon Road is a scenic roadway in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California, known for its winding route through rugged canyons and proximity to hiking trails and natural preserves.
- 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: Ventura Highway Target entity description: "Ventura Highway" is a 1972 soft rock song by the band America, known for its breezy acoustic sound and evocative, nostalgic lyrics.
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A.
Ventura Freeway
Ventura Freeway is a major Southern California freeway corridor, primarily carrying U.S. Route 101 and State Route 134 through Ventura and Los Angeles counties.
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B.
Lasseter Highway
Lasseter Highway is a major road in Australia's Northern Territory that connects the Stuart Highway to the Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park area, serving as the primary access route for visitors to Uluru.
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C.
Mojave Road
Mojave Road is a historic overland route crossing the Mojave Desert in the American Southwest, now popular as a remote off-road and overlanding trail.
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D.
Angeles Forest Highway
Angeles Forest Highway is a scenic mountain roadway in Southern California that winds through the Angeles National Forest, providing access to recreation areas and connecting with other major regional routes.
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E.
Malibu Canyon Road
Malibu Canyon Road is a scenic roadway in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California, known for its winding route through rugged canyons and proximity to hiking trails and natural preserves.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Homecoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | Saturn Nights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles | 3 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 8 ⓘ |
| composer | Dewey Bunnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresInstrument |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ |
| featuresVocalStyle | harmonized vocals ⓘ |
| firstReleaseFormat | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
folk rock
ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | Ventura Highway single cover ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
freedom
ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | no ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
"Alligator lizards in the air"
ⓘ
"Ventura Highway in the sunshine" ⓘ |
| hasStyleCharacteristic |
breezy acoustic sound
ⓘ
evocative lyrics ⓘ melodic guitar riff ⓘ smooth vocal harmonies ⓘ |
| includedIn | various soft rock compilation albums ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Dewey Bunnell's childhood memories of California ⓘ |
| isFollowedBy | Don't Cross the River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPrecededBy | I Need You NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:32 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Dewey Bunnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ventura Freeway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | America discography ⓘ |
| performer | America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performerMember |
Dan Peek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dewey Bunnell NERFINISHED ⓘ Gerry Beckley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Dan Peek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dewey Bunnell NERFINISHED ⓘ Gerry Beckley NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir George Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1972-09 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| writer | Dewey Bunnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ventura Highway Description of subject: "Ventura Highway" is a 1972 soft rock song by the band America, known for its breezy acoustic sound and evocative, nostalgic lyrics.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
America