the Rockets
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The Rockets were a late-1960s American rock band best known as the precursor to Neil Young’s backing group Crazy Horse.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Rockets | 3 |
| the Rockets canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19668652 — 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: the Rockets Context triple: [Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets), associatedAct, the Rockets]
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Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets are a professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas, competing in the NBA and known for multiple championships and star players such as Hakeem Olajuwon and James Harden.
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Bayi Rockets
The Bayi Rockets were a storied Chinese professional basketball team historically affiliated with the People's Liberation Army and one of the founding and most successful clubs in the Chinese Basketball Association.
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Chicago Rockets
The Chicago Rockets were a professional American football team based in Chicago that competed in the short-lived All-America Football Conference in the late 1940s.
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Rockets
"Rockets" is a song by British singer-songwriter Ella Henderson.
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E.
Rockets
Rockets is a common team nickname in American sports, often associated with fast-paced, high-energy play and space-themed branding.
- 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: the Rockets Target entity description: The Rockets were a late-1960s American rock band best known as the precursor to Neil Young’s backing group Crazy Horse.
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A.
Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets are a professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas, competing in the NBA and known for multiple championships and star players such as Hakeem Olajuwon and James Harden.
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B.
Bayi Rockets
The Bayi Rockets were a storied Chinese professional basketball team historically affiliated with the People's Liberation Army and one of the founding and most successful clubs in the Chinese Basketball Association.
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C.
Chicago Rockets
The Chicago Rockets were a professional American football team based in Chicago that competed in the short-lived All-America Football Conference in the late 1940s.
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D.
Rockets
"Rockets" is a song by British singer-songwriter Ella Henderson.
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E.
Rockets
Rockets is a common team nickname in American sports, often associated with fast-paced, high-energy play and space-themed branding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: the Rockets
linked to: the Rockets
linked to: the Rockets