Qwest Records
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Qwest Records is a record label founded by legendary music producer Quincy Jones, known for releasing influential R&B, jazz, and pop recordings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Qwest Records canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3102301 — 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: Qwest Records Context triple: [Quincy Jones, recordLabel, Qwest Records]
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A.
Streamline Records
Streamline Records is a record label associated with major pop acts, notably helping launch the early career of American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga.
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B.
Rykodisc
Rykodisc was an influential independent record label known for pioneering the compact disc format and releasing a diverse catalog of alternative and rock artists.
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C.
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is a prominent record label best known for signing and promoting influential heavy metal and hard rock artists worldwide.
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D.
NPG Records
NPG Records is an independent record label founded by Prince, known for releasing his music and that of associated artists.
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E.
Wilbury Records
Wilbury Records was the boutique label created to release the work of the supergroup Traveling Wilburys, featuring members like George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne.
- 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: Qwest Records Target entity description: Qwest Records is a record label founded by legendary music producer Quincy Jones, known for releasing influential R&B, jazz, and pop recordings.
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A.
Streamline Records
Streamline Records is a record label associated with major pop acts, notably helping launch the early career of American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga.
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B.
Rykodisc
Rykodisc was an influential independent record label known for pioneering the compact disc format and releasing a diverse catalog of alternative and rock artists.
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C.
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is a prominent record label best known for signing and promoting influential heavy metal and hard rock artists worldwide.
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D.
NPG Records
NPG Records is an independent record label founded by Prince, known for releasing his music and that of associated artists.
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E.
Wilbury Records
Wilbury Records was the boutique label created to release the work of the supergroup Traveling Wilburys, featuring members like George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | record label ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Qwest Communications (name similarity only) ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributes | Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| focusesOn | African-American music ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Quincy Jones ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ pop music ⓘ |
| hasNotableRelease |
albums by George Benson
ⓘ
albums by James Ingram ⓘ albums by New Order ⓘ albums by Quincy Jones ⓘ albums by Tamia ⓘ albums by Tevin Campbell ⓘ |
| hasType | imprint label ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| medium |
cassette
ⓘ
compact disc ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Quincy Jones Enterprises (Qwest brand)
ⓘ
linked to:
Quincy Jones Entertainment
|
| notableArtist |
Frank Sinatra
ⓘ
George Benson ⓘ James Ingram ⓘ New Order ⓘ Quincy Jones ⓘ Tamia ⓘ Tevin Campbell ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Warner Music Group ⓘ |
| partOf |
Warner Bros. Records label group
ⓘ
linked to:
Warner Bros. Records
|
| product | recorded music ⓘ |
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: Qwest Records Description of subject: Qwest Records is a record label founded by legendary music producer Quincy Jones, known for releasing influential R&B, jazz, and pop recordings.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.