Against the Wind
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"Against the Wind" is a 1980 rock song and album by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, known for its reflective lyrics and enduring popularity in classic rock.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Against the Wind canonical | 19 |
| Against the Wind (album) | 1 |
| Against the Wind (as backing band) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6477110 — 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: Against the Wind Context triple: [Bob Seger, notableWork, Against the Wind]
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A.
Catch the Wind
Catch the Wind is a 1965 folk song by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan, known for its gentle acoustic style and introspective lyrics that helped establish his early career.
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B.
Listen! The Wind
"Listen! The Wind" is a 1938 memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting a perilous transatlantic survey flight she made with her husband, aviator Charles Lindbergh.
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C.
Let the Wind Carry Me
"Let the Wind Carry Me" is a reflective folk-jazz song by Joni Mitchell from her 1972 album *For the Roses*, noted for its introspective lyrics and intricate musical arrangement.
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D.
Blown Away
Blown Away is a 2012 country and pop-influenced studio album by American singer Carrie Underwood, noted for its dramatic storytelling and crossover success.
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E.
Blown Away
"Blown Away" is a song featured on the album "Year of the Dog... Again" by DMX.
- 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: Against the Wind Target entity description: "Against the Wind" is a 1980 rock song and album by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, known for its reflective lyrics and enduring popularity in classic rock.
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A.
Catch the Wind
Catch the Wind is a 1965 folk song by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan, known for its gentle acoustic style and introspective lyrics that helped establish his early career.
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B.
Listen! The Wind
"Listen! The Wind" is a 1938 memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting a perilous transatlantic survey flight she made with her husband, aviator Charles Lindbergh.
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C.
Let the Wind Carry Me
"Let the Wind Carry Me" is a reflective folk-jazz song by Joni Mitchell from her 1972 album *For the Roses*, noted for its introspective lyrics and intricate musical arrangement.
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D.
Blown Away
Blown Away is a 2012 country and pop-influenced studio album by American singer Carrie Underwood, noted for its dramatic storytelling and crossover success.
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E.
Blown Away
"Blown Away" is a song featured on the album "Year of the Dog... Again" by DMX.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
ⓘ
single ⓘ song ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| album | Against the Wind ⓘ |
| artist |
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
ⓘ
linked to:
Bob Seger
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ⓘ
linked to:
Bob Seger
|
| backingBand |
The Silver Bullet Band
ⓘ
linked to:
Silver Bullet Band
|
| chartCategory |
Billboard Hot 100
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
|
| chartedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| composer | Bob Seger ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
heartland rock
ⓘ
heartland rock ⓘ rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasLyricsTheme |
freedom
ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ passing of time ⓘ personal growth ⓘ reflection on aging ⓘ |
| hasTitleTrackOf |
Against the Wind (album)
ⓘ
linked to:
Against the Wind
|
| isClassicRockStaple | true ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bob Seger ⓘ |
| medium | studio recording ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commercial success
ⓘ
containing the hit song "Against the Wind" ⓘ enduring popularity ⓘ introspective tone ⓘ reflective lyrics ⓘ |
| performedBy | Bob Seger ⓘ |
| performer |
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
ⓘ
linked to:
Bob Seger
|
| radioFormat |
adult contemporary
ⓘ
classic rock ⓘ |
| recordingArtist |
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
ⓘ
linked to:
Bob Seger
|
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| releaseYear |
1980
ⓘ
1980 ⓘ |
| titleTrack | Against the Wind ⓘ |
| vocalist | Bob Seger ⓘ |
| writer | Bob Seger ⓘ |
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: Against the Wind Description of subject: "Against the Wind" is a 1980 rock song and album by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, known for its reflective lyrics and enduring popularity in classic rock.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.