Hawkwind
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Hawkwind is a pioneering English space rock band known for their heavy, psychedelic sound and influential role in the development of hard rock and heavy metal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hawkwind canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8938878 — 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: Hawkwind Context triple: [Charisma Records, notableArtist, Hawkwind]
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A.
Wishbone Ash
Wishbone Ash is a British rock band formed in the late 1960s, renowned for pioneering twin lead guitar harmonies and influencing the development of hard rock and progressive rock.
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B.
Uriah Heep
Uriah Heep is a famously obsequious and manipulative clerk-turned-villain in Charles Dickens’s novel "David Copperfield."
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C.
Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant was a British progressive rock band known for its complex compositions, intricate vocal harmonies, and experimental approach during the 1970s.
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D.
Marillion
Marillion is a British progressive rock band, formed in 1979, known for its neo-progressive sound and influential albums like "Misplaced Childhood."
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E.
Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a pioneering German electronic music group known for their influential ambient and synthesizer-based soundtracks and albums since the late 1960s.
- 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: Hawkwind Target entity description: Hawkwind is a pioneering English space rock band known for their heavy, psychedelic sound and influential role in the development of hard rock and heavy metal.
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A.
Wishbone Ash
Wishbone Ash is a British rock band formed in the late 1960s, renowned for pioneering twin lead guitar harmonies and influencing the development of hard rock and progressive rock.
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B.
Uriah Heep
Uriah Heep is a famously obsequious and manipulative clerk-turned-villain in Charles Dickens’s novel "David Copperfield."
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C.
Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant was a British progressive rock band known for its complex compositions, intricate vocal harmonies, and experimental approach during the 1970s.
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D.
Marillion
Marillion is a British progressive rock band, formed in 1979, known for its neo-progressive sound and influential albums like "Misplaced Childhood."
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E.
Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a pioneering German electronic music group known for their influential ambient and synthesizer-based soundtracks and albums since the late 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rock band
ⓘ
space rock band ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Hawklords
ⓘ
Inner City Unit ⓘ Motörhead ⓘ Robert Calvert (solo) ⓘ
linked to:
Robert Calvert
Space Ritual (band) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| formedIn |
England
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| genre |
acid rock
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hard rock ⓘ heavy metal ⓘ krautrock-influenced rock ⓘ progressive rock ⓘ proto-punk ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ space rock ⓘ |
| hasLongTermMember | Dave Brock ⓘ |
| hasNotableCollaborator |
Barney Bubbles
ⓘ
Michael Moorcock ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Alan Davey
ⓘ
Dave Brock ⓘ Ginger Baker ⓘ Huw Lloyd-Langton ⓘ Lemmy Kilmister ⓘ Nik Turner ⓘ Robert Calvert ⓘ Simon House ⓘ Simon King ⓘ |
| hasNotableStyle |
extended improvisational jams
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heavy psychedelic sound ⓘ space-themed lyrics and imagery ⓘ use of science fiction themes ⓘ use of synthesizers and electronics ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
doom metal
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hard rock ⓘ heavy metal ⓘ industrial rock ⓘ punk rock ⓘ space rock ⓘ stoner rock ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaborations with science fiction writers
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elaborate light shows and stage productions ⓘ influential role in development of hard rock ⓘ influential role in development of heavy metal ⓘ pioneering space rock ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics | English ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Doremi Fasol Latido
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Hall of the Mountain Grill ⓘ In Search of Space ⓘ Levitation ⓘ Quark, Strangeness and Charm ⓘ Space Ritual ⓘ Warrior on the Edge of Time ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brainstorm
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Master of the Universe ⓘ Silver Machine ⓘ Sonic Attack ⓘ |
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: Hawkwind Description of subject: Hawkwind is a pioneering English space rock band known for their heavy, psychedelic sound and influential role in the development of hard rock and heavy metal.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.