Sailing
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"Sailing" is a soft rock ballad by Christopher Cross, widely recognized as one of his signature songs and a defining hit of early 1980s adult contemporary music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sailing canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5281116 — 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: Sailing Context triple: [Christopher Cross, notableWork, Sailing]
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A.
Sailing
"Sailing" is a soft rock ballad popularized by Rod Stewart, known for its emotive vocals and enduring status as one of his signature songs.
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B.
Sail Kampen
Sail Kampen is a major Dutch maritime festival featuring historic sailing ships, nautical demonstrations, and cultural activities along the IJssel River in the city of Kampen.
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C.
Sail Out
Sail Out is Jhené Aiko’s debut EP, a critically acclaimed R&B project that helped establish her introspective, atmospheric musical style.
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D.
Sail Hybrid
Sail Hybrid is an innovative architectural project by Steven Holl Architects that explores sustainable, hybrid building forms integrating light, structure, and environmental performance.
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E.
Sailing Club
Sailing Club is Virgin Voyages’ customer loyalty program that rewards frequent cruisers with exclusive perks, benefits, and member-only experiences.
- 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: Sailing Target entity description: "Sailing" is a soft rock ballad by Christopher Cross, widely recognized as one of his signature songs and a defining hit of early 1980s adult contemporary music.
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A.
Sailing
"Sailing" is a soft rock ballad popularized by Rod Stewart, known for its emotive vocals and enduring status as one of his signature songs.
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B.
Sail Kampen
Sail Kampen is a major Dutch maritime festival featuring historic sailing ships, nautical demonstrations, and cultural activities along the IJssel River in the city of Kampen.
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C.
Sail Out
Sail Out is Jhené Aiko’s debut EP, a critically acclaimed R&B project that helped establish her introspective, atmospheric musical style.
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D.
Sail Hybrid
Sail Hybrid is an innovative architectural project by Steven Holl Architects that explores sustainable, hybrid building forms integrating light, structure, and environmental performance.
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E.
Sailing Club
Sailing Club is Virgin Voyages’ customer loyalty program that rewards frequent cruisers with exclusive perks, benefits, and member-only experiences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | Christopher Cross (album) ⓘ |
| artist | Christopher Cross ⓘ |
| award |
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
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Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ |
| chartAchievement |
hit in Canada
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hit in several international markets ⓘ hit on Billboard Adult Contemporary chart ⓘ number-one on Billboard Hot 100 (United States) ⓘ |
| composer | Christopher Cross ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describedAs | defining hit of early 1980s adult contemporary music ⓘ |
| era | early 1980s ⓘ |
| format |
7-inch single
ⓘ
vinyl record ⓘ |
| genre |
adult contemporary
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soft rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ strings ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| hasMusicalCharacteristic |
lush production
ⓘ
prominent melodic hooks ⓘ smooth vocals ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
escapism
ⓘ
peacefulness ⓘ reflection ⓘ |
| hasType | adult contemporary hit ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Christopher Cross (album) ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Christopher Cross ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 4 minutes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical and commercial success
ⓘ
heavy rotation on adult contemporary radio ⓘ helping define the yacht rock sound for mainstream audiences ⓘ |
| performer | Christopher Cross ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Omartian ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | late 1970s ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| tempo | slow ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | male lead vocal ⓘ |
| writer | Christopher Cross ⓘ |
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: Sailing Description of subject: "Sailing" is a soft rock ballad by Christopher Cross, widely recognized as one of his signature songs and a defining hit of early 1980s adult contemporary music.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.