Fotheringay
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Fotheringay was a short-lived early 1970s British folk-rock band formed by singer-songwriter Sandy Denny after her departure from Fairport Convention.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fotheringay canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10012285 — 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: Fotheringay Context triple: [Gerry Conway (musician), memberOf, Fotheringay]
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A.
Gallows Hill
Gallows Hill is the site in Salem, Massachusetts historically associated with the execution of individuals accused during the Salem witch trials of 1692.
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B.
Walton Bridge
Walton Bridge is a road bridge spanning the River Thames in Surrey, England, connecting Walton-on-Thames with Shepperton.
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C.
Wargrave
Wargrave is a historic village in Berkshire, England, situated on the River Thames and known for its traditional architecture and parish community.
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D.
Gallow Hill
Gallow Hill is a minor summit within Scotland’s Sidlaw Hills range, known as part of the rolling agricultural and moorland landscape north of Dundee.
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E.
Fotheringhay Castle
Fotheringhay Castle was a medieval stronghold in Northamptonshire, England, best known as a principal seat of the House of York and the site of Mary, Queen of Scots’ execution.
- 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: Fotheringay Target entity description: Fotheringay was a short-lived early 1970s British folk-rock band formed by singer-songwriter Sandy Denny after her departure from Fairport Convention.
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A.
Gallows Hill
Gallows Hill is the site in Salem, Massachusetts historically associated with the execution of individuals accused during the Salem witch trials of 1692.
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B.
Walton Bridge
Walton Bridge is a road bridge spanning the River Thames in Surrey, England, connecting Walton-on-Thames with Shepperton.
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C.
Wargrave
Wargrave is a historic village in Berkshire, England, situated on the River Thames and known for its traditional architecture and parish community.
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D.
Gallow Hill
Gallow Hill is a minor summit within Scotland’s Sidlaw Hills range, known as part of the rolling agricultural and moorland landscape north of Dundee.
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E.
Fotheringhay Castle
Fotheringhay Castle was a medieval stronghold in Northamptonshire, England, best known as a principal seat of the House of York and the site of Mary, Queen of Scots’ execution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | British folk rock band ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1971 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Eclection
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fairport Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ Plainsong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | Fotheringay (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutAlbumReleaseDate | 1970 ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1971 ⓘ |
| formedAfterDepartureOf | Sandy Denny from Fairport Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Sandy Denny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
British folk rock
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ |
| hasCompilationAlbum | Nothing More: The Collected Fotheringay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiveAlbum | Fotheringay: Essen 1970 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Gerry Conway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jerry Donahue NERFINISHED ⓘ Linda Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat Donaldson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandy Denny NERFINISHED ⓘ Trevor Lucas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1970 ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics | English ⓘ |
| notableSongwriter | Sandy Denny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fotheringay (album)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nothing More NERFINISHED ⓘ Peace in the End NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatedFromBand | Fairport Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedSong |
Banks of the Nile
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nothing More NERFINISHED ⓘ Peace in the End NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ballad of Ned Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ The Way I Feel NERFINISHED ⓘ Too Much of Nothing NERFINISHED ⓘ Winter Winds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForBreakup |
Sandy Denny solo career focus
ⓘ
commercial difficulties ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
A&M Records
ⓘ
Island Records ⓘ |
| secondAlbum | Fotheringay 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondAlbumRecorded |
1970
ⓘ
1971 ⓘ |
| secondAlbumReleaseDate | 2008 ⓘ |
| shortLived | true ⓘ |
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: Fotheringay Description of subject: Fotheringay was a short-lived early 1970s British folk-rock band formed by singer-songwriter Sandy Denny after her departure from Fairport Convention.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.