We’re an American Band
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"We’re an American Band" is a 1973 hard rock album by Grand Funk Railroad, noted for its hit title track that became an anthem of American rock touring life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| We’re an American Band canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10225934 — 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: We’re an American Band Context triple: [Todd Rundgren, producedAlbum, We’re an American Band]
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A.
We Are from Jazz
We Are from Jazz is a Soviet musical comedy film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov that follows young musicians embracing jazz in 1920s Russia despite social and political resistance.
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B.
I’d Rather Lead a Band
"I’d Rather Lead a Band" is a popular 1930s American song best known for its lively, big-band style and association with classic Hollywood musical films.
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C.
Making the Band
Making the Band was a reality television series and music competition franchise that followed the creation and development of pop and hip-hop music groups under the guidance of industry figures like Lou Pearlman and Sean "Diddy" Combs.
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D.
Goin Band
Goin Band is the marching band of Texas Tech University, known for its spirited performances at athletic events and university functions.
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E.
Don’t Tell the Band
Don’t Tell the Band is a studio album by American jam rock band Widespread Panic, showcasing their improvisational Southern rock style.
- 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: We’re an American Band Target entity description: "We’re an American Band" is a 1973 hard rock album by Grand Funk Railroad, noted for its hit title track that became an anthem of American rock touring life.
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A.
We Are from Jazz
We Are from Jazz is a Soviet musical comedy film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov that follows young musicians embracing jazz in 1920s Russia despite social and political resistance.
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B.
I’d Rather Lead a Band
"I’d Rather Lead a Band" is a popular 1930s American song best known for its lively, big-band style and association with classic Hollywood musical films.
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C.
Making the Band
Making the Band was a reality television series and music competition franchise that followed the creation and development of pop and hip-hop music groups under the guidance of industry figures like Lou Pearlman and Sean "Diddy" Combs.
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D.
Goin Band
Goin Band is the marching band of Texas Tech University, known for its spirited performances at athletic events and university functions.
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E.
Don’t Tell the Band
Don’t Tell the Band is a studio album by American jam rock band Widespread Panic, showcasing their improvisational Southern rock style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Grand Funk Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyPosition |
follows Phoenix (Grand Funk Railroad album)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
precedes Shinin’ On NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre | hard rock ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Ain’t Got Nobody
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Black Licorice NERFINISHED ⓘ Creepin’ NERFINISHED ⓘ Loneliest Rider NERFINISHED ⓘ Stop Lookin’ Back NERFINISHED ⓘ The Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ Walk Like a Man NERFINISHED ⓘ We’re an American Band (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | hit title track that became an anthem of American rock touring life ⓘ |
| notableWork | We’re an American Band (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalMedium | vinyl record ⓘ |
| partOf | Grand Funk Railroad discography ⓘ |
| performer |
Craig Frost
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Don Brewer NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Funk Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Farner NERFINISHED ⓘ Mel Schacher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Todd Rundgren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| recordLabel | Capitol Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| titleTrack | We’re an American Band (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: We’re an American Band Description of subject: "We’re an American Band" is a 1973 hard rock album by Grand Funk Railroad, noted for its hit title track that became an anthem of American rock touring life.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.