Cloud Nine
E292572
"Cloud Nine" is a pioneering 1968 psychedelic soul song by The Temptations that marked a major stylistic shift for the group and helped define the late-1960s Motown sound.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cloud Nine canonical | 11 |
| Cloud Nine (song) | 1 |
| “Cloud Nine” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2731746 — 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: Cloud Nine Context triple: [The Temptations, notableWork, Cloud Nine]
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A.
Cloud Nine
Cloud Nine is a modern music and event hall located within the TivoliVredenburg cultural complex in Utrecht, Netherlands.
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B.
FlyAway
FlyAway is a shuttle bus service that provides direct transportation between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and various locations in the Los Angeles area.
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C.
Luft
Luft is a surname most notably associated with Sid Luft, the American film producer and third husband of entertainer Judy Garland.
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D.
Swoop
Swoop is the Philadelphia Eagles’ official bald eagle mascot, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
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E.
Swoop
Swoop is the red-tailed hawk mascot representing the University of Utah’s athletic teams.
- 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: Cloud Nine Target entity description: "Cloud Nine" is a pioneering 1968 psychedelic soul song by The Temptations that marked a major stylistic shift for the group and helped define the late-1960s Motown sound.
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A.
Cloud Nine
Cloud Nine is a modern music and event hall located within the TivoliVredenburg cultural complex in Utrecht, Netherlands.
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B.
FlyAway
FlyAway is a shuttle bus service that provides direct transportation between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and various locations in the Los Angeles area.
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C.
Luft
Luft is a surname most notably associated with Sid Luft, the American film producer and third husband of entertainer Judy Garland.
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D.
Swoop
Swoop is the Philadelphia Eagles’ official bald eagle mascot, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
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E.
Swoop
Swoop is the red-tailed hawk mascot representing the University of Utah’s athletic teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
psychedelic soul song
ⓘ
single ⓘ song ⓘ |
| album | Cloud Nine ⓘ |
| albumArtist | The Temptations ⓘ |
| artist | The Temptations ⓘ |
| award | Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental ⓘ |
| backingBand | The Funk Brothers ⓘ |
| bSide | Why Did She Have to Leave Me (Why Did She Have to Go) ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
Billboard Hot 100 top 10 single
ⓘ
Billboard R&B chart hit ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| followedBySingle |
Run Away Child, Running Wild
ⓘ
linked to:
Runaway Child, Running Wild
|
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
funk
ⓘ
psychedelic soul ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
multi-lead vocals
ⓘ
prominent bass line ⓘ psychedelic production techniques ⓘ wah-wah guitar ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Sly and the Family Stone
ⓘ
linked to:
Sly & the Family Stone
|
| isPartOf |
Motown catalog
ⓘ
linked to:
Motown
The Temptations discography ⓘ |
| labelImprint | Gordy Records ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalist |
Dennis Edwards
ⓘ
Eddie Kendricks ⓘ Melvin Franklin ⓘ Otis Williams ⓘ Paul Williams ⓘ |
| length | 3:27 ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
escapism
ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ urban hardship ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping define the late-1960s Motown sound
ⓘ
marking a major stylistic shift for The Temptations toward psychedelic soul ⓘ |
| performer | The Temptations ⓘ |
| precededBySingle | Please Return Your Love to Me ⓘ |
| producer | Norman Whitfield ⓘ |
| recordingYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Gordy
ⓘ
Motown ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1968-10-25 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| songwriter |
Barrett Strong
ⓘ
Norman Whitfield ⓘ |
| title | Cloud Nine ⓘ |
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: Cloud Nine Description of subject: "Cloud Nine" is a pioneering 1968 psychedelic soul song by The Temptations that marked a major stylistic shift for the group and helped define the late-1960s Motown sound.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cloud Nine
linked to: Cloud Nine