Alison Krauss
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Alison Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer and fiddler renowned for her pure vocals, virtuosic musicianship, and multiple Grammy-winning recordings both solo and with her band Union Station.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alison Krauss canonical | 24 |
| Alison Krauss & Union Station | 4 |
| Alison Krauss and Union Station | 1 |
| Alison Krauss – Nickel Creek (2000) | 1 |
| Alison Maria Krauss | 1 |
| Allison Krauss | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1525055 — 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: Alison Krauss Context triple: [Appalachian Journey, featuresGuestArtist, Alison Krauss]
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A.
Norah Jones
Norah Jones is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist known for her mellow blend of jazz, pop, and country, and for her multi–Grammy Award-winning debut album "Come Away with Me."
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B.
Sara Watkins
Sara Watkins is an American singer-songwriter and fiddler best known as a founding member of the progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek and for her solo and collaborative folk projects.
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C.
Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith was an American singer-songwriter known for her delicate vocals and narrative-driven blend of folk and country music, highlighted by songs like "Love at the Five and Dime" and "From a Distance."
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D.
Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile is an American singer-songwriter known for her powerful vocals, emotionally resonant folk-rock music, and acclaimed albums such as "By the Way, I Forgive You."
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E.
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter celebrated for her influential work in country and folk music, renowned harmonies, and numerous Grammy-winning recordings.
- 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: Alison Krauss Target entity description: Alison Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer and fiddler renowned for her pure vocals, virtuosic musicianship, and multiple Grammy-winning recordings both solo and with her band Union Station.
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A.
Norah Jones
Norah Jones is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist known for her mellow blend of jazz, pop, and country, and for her multi–Grammy Award-winning debut album "Come Away with Me."
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B.
Sara Watkins
Sara Watkins is an American singer-songwriter and fiddler best known as a founding member of the progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek and for her solo and collaborative folk projects.
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C.
Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith was an American singer-songwriter known for her delicate vocals and narrative-driven blend of folk and country music, highlighted by songs like "Love at the Five and Dime" and "From a Distance."
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D.
Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile is an American singer-songwriter known for her powerful vocals, emotionally resonant folk-rock music, and acclaimed albums such as "By the Way, I Forgive You."
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E.
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter celebrated for her influential work in country and folk music, renowned harmonies, and numerous Grammy-winning recordings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bluegrass musician
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country musician ⓘ fiddler ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| associatedBand |
Alison Krauss
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Alison Krauss & Union Station
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| awardReceived |
Country Music Association Award
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Grammy Award ⓘ International Bluegrass Music Association Award ⓘ |
| birthName |
Alison Krauss
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Alison Maria Krauss
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| collaboratedWith |
Brad Paisley
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James Taylor ⓘ Robert Plant ⓘ Union Station ⓘ Yo-Yo Ma ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1971-07-23 ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | "Too Late to Cry" ⓘ |
| debutAlbumReleaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| genre |
Americana
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bluegrass ⓘ country ⓘ |
| instrument |
fiddle
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violin ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bluegrass-country crossover success
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pure vocal tone ⓘ virtuosic fiddle playing ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Alison Krauss
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Alison Krauss & Union Station
|
| name | Alison Krauss self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | one of the most awarded female artists in Grammy history ⓘ |
| notableWork |
album "Forget About It"
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album "Lonely Runs Both Ways" ⓘ album "New Favorite" ⓘ album "Now That I've Found You: A Collection" ⓘ album "Paper Airplane" ⓘ album "Raising Sand" ⓘ album "So Long So Wrong" ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
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record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Decatur, Illinois
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surface form:
Decatur, Illinois, United States
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| recordLabel |
Decca Records
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Rounder Records ⓘ |
| residence |
Nashville
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surface form:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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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: Alison Krauss Description of subject: Alison Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer and fiddler renowned for her pure vocals, virtuosic musicianship, and multiple Grammy-winning recordings both solo and with her band Union Station.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Appalachian Journey
subject surface form:
Appalachian Journey
subject surface form:
Songs of Joy & Peace
this entity surface form:
Alison Krauss and Union Station
this entity surface form:
Alison Krauss – Nickel Creek (2000)
this entity surface form:
Alison Krauss & Union Station
this entity surface form:
Allison Krauss
this entity surface form:
Alison Maria Krauss
this entity surface form:
Alison Krauss & Union Station
this entity surface form:
Alison Krauss & Union Station
this entity surface form:
Alison Krauss & Union Station