Farther Up the Road
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"Farther Up the Road" is a classic 1957 Texas blues song, best known through Bobby "Blue" Bland's hit recording and its lasting influence on blues and rock guitarists.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Farther Up the Road canonical | 4 |
| Further On Up the Road | 2 |
| "Farther Up the Road" | 1 |
| "Further On Up the Road" | 1 |
| Further Up the Road | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1343029 — 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: Farther Up the Road Context triple: [Bobby Bland, notableWork, Farther Up the Road]
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A.
Thunder Road
Thunder Road is a critically acclaimed 1975 rock song by Bruce Springsteen that opens his album "Born to Run" and is celebrated for its cinematic storytelling and anthemic sound.
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B.
On the Road Again
"On the Road Again" is a classic country song by Willie Nelson, widely recognized as one of his signature hits and an enduring anthem about life as a touring musician.
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C.
Road of Life
The Road of Life was the vital transport route across Lake Ladoga that sustained besieged Leningrad with food and supplies during World War II.
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D.
Ramblin'
"Ramblin'" is a folk album by The New Christy Minstrels that showcases the group's signature 1960s American folk revival sound and harmonies.
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E.
I Am the Highway
"I Am the Highway" is a reflective, mid-tempo rock ballad by Audioslave known for its introspective lyrics and Chris Cornell's powerful vocal performance.
- 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: Farther Up the Road Target entity description: "Farther Up the Road" is a classic 1957 Texas blues song, best known through Bobby "Blue" Bland's hit recording and its lasting influence on blues and rock guitarists.
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A.
Thunder Road
Thunder Road is a critically acclaimed 1975 rock song by Bruce Springsteen that opens his album "Born to Run" and is celebrated for its cinematic storytelling and anthemic sound.
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B.
On the Road Again
"On the Road Again" is a classic country song by Willie Nelson, widely recognized as one of his signature hits and an enduring anthem about life as a touring musician.
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C.
Road of Life
The Road of Life was the vital transport route across Lake Ladoga that sustained besieged Leningrad with food and supplies during World War II.
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D.
Ramblin'
"Ramblin'" is a folk album by The New Christy Minstrels that showcases the group's signature 1960s American folk revival sound and harmonies.
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E.
I Am the Highway
"I Am the Highway" is a reflective, mid-tempo rock ballad by Audioslave known for its introspective lyrics and Chris Cornell's powerful vocal performance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Texas blues song
ⓘ
blues song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Further On Up the Road
ⓘ
linked to:
Farther Up the Road
Further Up the Road ⓘ
linked to:
Farther Up the Road
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
Texas blues
ⓘ
blues ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalPerformer |
Bobby "Blue" Bland
ⓘ
linked to:
Bobby Bland
|
| hasCoverVersionBy |
Eric Clapton
ⓘ
Jeff Beck ⓘ Johnny Winter ⓘ Roy Buchanan ⓘ The Band ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOnGenre |
blues rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
betrayal
ⓘ
karma ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| hasSubgenreCharacteristic | 12-bar blues structure ⓘ |
| musicalKey | A major ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Bobby "Blue" Bland hit recording
ⓘ
influence on blues guitarists ⓘ influence on rock guitarists ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| performer |
Bobby "Blue" Bland
ⓘ
linked to:
Bobby Bland
|
| publicationDate | 1957 ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Bobby "Blue" Bland
ⓘ
linked to:
Bobby Bland
|
| vocalist |
Bobby "Blue" Bland
ⓘ
linked to:
Bobby Bland
|
| yearOfRelease | 1957 ⓘ |
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: Farther Up the Road Description of subject: "Farther Up the Road" is a classic 1957 Texas blues song, best known through Bobby "Blue" Bland's hit recording and its lasting influence on blues and rock guitarists.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Farther Up the Road
linked to: Farther Up the Road
linked to: Farther Up the Road
subject linked to:
being the birthplace of Bobby "Blue" Bland
linked to: Farther Up the Road
linked to: Farther Up the Road