Wrecking Ball
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Wrecking Ball is a critically acclaimed 1995 album by Emmylou Harris that marked a bold, atmospheric shift in her sound, blending country, folk, and alternative influences.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wrecking Ball canonical | 5 |
| Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball | 1 |
| Wrecking Ball (album) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2392517 — 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: Wrecking Ball Context triple: [Emmylou Harris, notableWork, Wrecking Ball]
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A.
Wrecking Ball
Wrecking Ball is a 2012 studio album by American rock musician Bruce Springsteen that blends rock, folk, and gospel influences to address themes of economic hardship and social justice.
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B.
Wrecking Ball (song)
"Wrecking Ball" is a 2013 pop ballad by American singer Miley Cyrus, known for its emotional lyrics, powerful vocals, and controversial music video.
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C.
Bring Me Down
"Bring Me Down" is a song by Kanye West featuring Brandy from his critically acclaimed 2005 album *Late Registration*.
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D.
Still Hurting
"Still Hurting" is the emotionally raw opening ballad from the musical *The Last Five Years*, in which Cathy reflects on the painful end of her marriage.
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E.
Fix You
"Fix You" is a widely acclaimed emotional ballad by British rock band Coldplay, known for its gradual build-up, uplifting climax, and themes of comfort and healing.
- 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: Wrecking Ball Target entity description: Wrecking Ball is a critically acclaimed 1995 album by Emmylou Harris that marked a bold, atmospheric shift in her sound, blending country, folk, and alternative influences.
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A.
Wrecking Ball
Wrecking Ball is a 2012 studio album by American rock musician Bruce Springsteen that blends rock, folk, and gospel influences to address themes of economic hardship and social justice.
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B.
Wrecking Ball (song)
"Wrecking Ball" is a 2013 pop ballad by American singer Miley Cyrus, known for its emotional lyrics, powerful vocals, and controversial music video.
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C.
Bring Me Down
"Bring Me Down" is a song by Kanye West featuring Brandy from his critically acclaimed 2005 album *Late Registration*.
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D.
Still Hurting
"Still Hurting" is the emotionally raw opening ballad from the musical *The Last Five Years*, in which Cathy reflects on the painful end of her marriage.
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E.
Fix You
"Fix You" is a widely acclaimed emotional ballad by British rock band Coldplay, known for its gradual build-up, uplifting climax, and themes of comfort and healing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music album
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studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Emmylou Harris ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album ⓘ |
| chronologicallyFollows | Cowgirl's Prayer ⓘ |
| chronologicallyPrecedes | Spyboy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresArtist |
Daniel Lanois
ⓘ
Lucinda Williams ⓘ Neil Young ⓘ Steve Earle ⓘ |
| genre |
Americana
ⓘ
alternative country ⓘ country ⓘ folk ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Americana music scene
ⓘ
alternative country genre ⓘ |
| hasPart |
song "All My Tears"
ⓘ
song "Blackhawk" ⓘ song "Deeper Well" ⓘ song "Every Grain of Sand" ⓘ song "Goin' Back to Harlan" ⓘ song "Goodbye" ⓘ song "May This Be Love" ⓘ
linked to:
May This Be Love
song "Orphan Girl" ⓘ song "Sweet Old World" ⓘ song "Waltz Across Texas Tonight" ⓘ song "Where Will I Be" ⓘ
linked to:
Where Will I Be
title track "Wrecking Ball" ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
atmospheric sound
ⓘ
critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasReception |
considered a landmark Americana album
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praised for Emmylou Harris's vocal performance ⓘ praised for innovative production ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
alternative rock
ⓘ
ambient production ⓘ country music ⓘ folk music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | marking a stylistic shift in Emmylou Harris's music ⓘ |
| partOf | Emmylou Harris discography ⓘ |
| performer | Emmylou Harris ⓘ |
| producer | Daniel Lanois ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1994 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Asylum Records
ⓘ
Elektra Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1995 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Wrecking Ball Description of subject: Wrecking Ball is a critically acclaimed 1995 album by Emmylou Harris that marked a bold, atmospheric shift in her sound, blending country, folk, and alternative influences.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Wrecking Ball
subject linked to:
song "All My Tears"
subject linked to:
song "All My Tears"
linked to: Wrecking Ball