America
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"America" is a classic progressive rock song by the band Yes, known for its complex arrangement and virtuosic reinterpretation of the Simon & Garfunkel original.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| America canonical | 24 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8543786 — 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: America Context triple: [Keys to Ascension, containsSong, America]
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America
"America" is a lively, satirical musical number from *West Side Story* that contrasts the promises and prejudices of life in the United States as debated by Puerto Rican immigrants.
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B.
America
"America" is a seminal and politically charged Judge Dredd storyline that explores themes of democracy, authoritarianism, and personal freedom within the dystopian world of Mega-City One.
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C.
America
America is a solid 18-karat gold, fully functional toilet sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan that satirically critiques wealth, excess, and the American dream.
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America
America is the landmass in the Western Hemisphere comprising the continents of North and South America, widely recognized for its vast geographic, cultural, and political diversity.
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E.
America
"America" is a 1979 rock song by Italian singer-songwriter Gianna Nannini that became one of her early signature hits.
- 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: America Target entity description: "America" is a classic progressive rock song by the band Yes, known for its complex arrangement and virtuosic reinterpretation of the Simon & Garfunkel original.
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America
"America" is a 1979 rock song by Italian singer-songwriter Gianna Nannini that became one of her early signature hits.
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B.
America
"America" is a lively, satirical musical number from *West Side Story* that contrasts the promises and prejudices of life in the United States as debated by Puerto Rican immigrants.
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C.
America
"America" is a seminal and politically charged Judge Dredd storyline that explores themes of democracy, authoritarianism, and personal freedom within the dystopian world of Mega-City One.
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America
America is the landmass in the Western Hemisphere comprising the continents of North and South America, widely recognized for its vast geographic, cultural, and political diversity.
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America
America was the Command and Service Module spacecraft used on NASA’s Apollo 17 mission, the final crewed lunar landing of the Apollo program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
progressive rock song
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song ⓘ |
| basedOn | America (Simon & Garfunkel song) ⓘ |
| bassGuitarPerformanceBy | Chris Squire ⓘ |
| composer | Paul Simon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| drumsPerformanceBy | Bill Bruford ⓘ |
| featuresGenreElement |
complex arrangement
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extended instrumental sections ⓘ virtuosic playing ⓘ |
| genre | progressive rock ⓘ |
| guitarPerformanceBy | Steve Howe ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | progressive rock reinterpretation ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacteristic |
includes extended instrumental solos
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often praised by progressive rock critics ⓘ reinterprets a folk rock original in a progressive rock style ⓘ retains original vocal melody and lyrics ⓘ showcases complex rhythm section parts ⓘ showcases virtuosic guitar work ⓘ significantly longer than the Simon & Garfunkel original ⓘ widely cited as a classic Yes track ⓘ |
| hasNotableReception |
frequently included in discussions of Yes’s early 1970s work
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recognized as a standout example of rock reinterpretation of a folk song ⓘ |
| isCoverOf | America (Simon & Garfunkel song) ⓘ |
| keyboardsPerformanceBy | Rick Wakeman ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Paul Simon ⓘ |
| originalArtist | Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ |
| performer | Yes (band) ⓘ |
| performerMember |
Bill Bruford
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Chris Squire ⓘ Jon Anderson ⓘ Rick Wakeman ⓘ Steve Howe ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Yes (band) ⓘ |
| title | America ⓘ |
| vocalPerformanceBy | Jon Anderson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: America Description of subject: "America" is a classic progressive rock song by the band Yes, known for its complex arrangement and virtuosic reinterpretation of the Simon & Garfunkel original.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.