A Tear to a Smile
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A Tear to a Smile is a 1975 jazz-funk and soul album by vibraphonist Roy Ayers, showcasing his smooth grooves, lush arrangements, and early fusion of jazz with R&B influences.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Tear to a Smile canonical | 3 |
| A Tear To A Smile | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3286226 — 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: A Tear to a Smile Context triple: [Roy Ayers, notableAlbum, A Tear to a Smile]
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A.
A Wink and a Smile
"A Wink and a Smile" is a lighthearted jazz-pop song performed by Harry Connick Jr., best known for its prominent inclusion on the soundtrack of the romantic comedy film "Sleepless in Seattle."
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B.
With a Smile and a Song
"With a Smile and a Song" is a cheerful, optimistic musical number sung by Snow White in Disney’s classic animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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C.
Smile Away
"Smile Away" is a rock song by Paul McCartney and Wings, known for its upbeat tempo and playful lyrics.
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D.
Cry to Laugh
"Cry to Laugh" is a song featured on the album *Heigh Ho* by American singer-songwriter Blake Mills.
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E.
Smile Please
"Smile Please" is a song from Stevie Wonder’s acclaimed 1974 soul and R&B album *Fulfillingness' First Finale*.
- 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: A Tear to a Smile Target entity description: A Tear to a Smile is a 1975 jazz-funk and soul album by vibraphonist Roy Ayers, showcasing his smooth grooves, lush arrangements, and early fusion of jazz with R&B influences.
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A.
A Wink and a Smile
"A Wink and a Smile" is a lighthearted jazz-pop song performed by Harry Connick Jr., best known for its prominent inclusion on the soundtrack of the romantic comedy film "Sleepless in Seattle."
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B.
With a Smile and a Song
"With a Smile and a Song" is a cheerful, optimistic musical number sung by Snow White in Disney’s classic animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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C.
Smile Away
"Smile Away" is a rock song by Paul McCartney and Wings, known for its upbeat tempo and playful lyrics.
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D.
Cry to Laugh
"Cry to Laugh" is a song featured on the album *Heigh Ho* by American singer-songwriter Blake Mills.
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E.
Smile Please
"Smile Please" is a song from Stevie Wonder’s acclaimed 1974 soul and R&B album *Fulfillingness' First Finale*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Roy Ayers ⓘ |
| chronology | Roy Ayers albums ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | 1970s jazz-funk ⓘ |
| featuresArtist | Roy Ayers Ubiquity ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ jazz-funk ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
R&B
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
jazz and R&B fusion
ⓘ
lush arrangements ⓘ smooth grooves ⓘ |
| hasType |
jazz-funk album
ⓘ
soul album ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainInstrumentFeatured | vibraphone ⓘ |
| partOf | Roy Ayers discography ⓘ |
| performer | Roy Ayers ⓘ |
| producer | Roy Ayers ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1975 ⓘ |
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: A Tear to a Smile Description of subject: A Tear to a Smile is a 1975 jazz-funk and soul album by vibraphonist Roy Ayers, showcasing his smooth grooves, lush arrangements, and early fusion of jazz with R&B influences.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: A Tear to a Smile