Close to the Borderline
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"Close to the Borderline" is a rock song by Billy Joel from his 1980 album "Glass Houses," known for its edgier, guitar-driven sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Close to the Borderline canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12905327 — 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: Close to the Borderline Context triple: [You May Be Right, hasBside, Close to the Borderline]
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A.
Across the Borderline
Across the Borderline is a studio album by American country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson, known for its mix of contemporary covers and collaborations with artists like Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and Bonnie Raitt.
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B.
Living on the Edge
"Living on the Edge" is a rock song co-written and produced by hitmaker Desmond Child, best known for its socially conscious lyrics and association with Aerosmith.
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C.
Rough Edges
Rough Edges is a song featured on the album "Barking at Airplanes" by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes.
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D.
On the Edge
"On the Edge" is a work by British science popularizer and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis, likely exploring scientific or historical topics in his accessible, engaging style.
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E.
Over the Edge
"Over the Edge" is a song by the American punk rock band Freedom.
- 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: Close to the Borderline Target entity description: "Close to the Borderline" is a rock song by Billy Joel from his 1980 album "Glass Houses," known for its edgier, guitar-driven sound.
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A.
Across the Borderline
Across the Borderline is a studio album by American country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson, known for its mix of contemporary covers and collaborations with artists like Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and Bonnie Raitt.
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B.
Living on the Edge
"Living on the Edge" is a rock song co-written and produced by hitmaker Desmond Child, best known for its socially conscious lyrics and association with Aerosmith.
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C.
Rough Edges
Rough Edges is a song featured on the album "Barking at Airplanes" by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes.
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D.
On the Edge
"On the Edge" is a work by British science popularizer and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis, likely exploring scientific or historical topics in his accessible, engaging style.
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E.
Over the Edge
"Over the Edge" is a song by the American punk rock band Freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rock song
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Glass Houses ⓘ |
| artist | Billy Joel ⓘ |
| composer | Billy Joel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
hard rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| hasSoundCharacteristic |
edgier sound
ⓘ
guitar-driven sound ⓘ |
| includedIn | studio album ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Billy Joel ⓘ |
| medium |
audio cassette
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compact disc ⓘ digital audio file ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| partOf | Glass Houses ⓘ |
| performer | Billy Joel ⓘ |
| performerInstrument |
Billy Joel – keyboards
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Billy Joel – vocals ⓘ |
| producer | Phil Ramone ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Billy Joel ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Billy Joel ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | lead vocals ⓘ |
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: Close to the Borderline Description of subject: "Close to the Borderline" is a rock song by Billy Joel from his 1980 album "Glass Houses," known for its edgier, guitar-driven sound.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.