Skylarking
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Skylarking is a critically acclaimed 1986 studio album by the English rock band XTC, known for its lush production and cohesive, concept-like song cycle.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skylarking canonical | 6 |
| Skylarking (CD reissue) | 1 |
| Skylarking (album) | 1 |
| Skylarking (vinyl B-side) | 1 |
| Skylarking 2010 remaster | 1 |
| Skylarking corrected polarity edition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3972404 — 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: Skylarking Context triple: [XTC, notableWork, Skylarking]
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A.
Skylarking
"Skylarking" is a classic roots reggae album by Jamaican singer Horace Andy, renowned for its soulful vocals and socially conscious themes.
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B.
Skylark
"Skylark" is a popular American jazz and pop standard from the early 1940s, known for its wistful melody and evocative, poetic lyrics.
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C.
Pieces of the Sky
Pieces of the Sky is Emmylou Harris's acclaimed 1975 major-label debut album that helped establish her as a leading voice in country and country-rock music.
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D.
The Voice from the Sky
The Voice from the Sky is a 1930 American science fiction adventure film serial, notable as one of the earliest sound serials produced in Hollywood.
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E.
White Heather
"White Heather" is a novel by 19th-century Scottish author William Black, known for its romantic and picturesque depictions of Scottish life and landscapes.
- 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: Skylarking Target entity description: Skylarking is a critically acclaimed 1986 studio album by the English rock band XTC, known for its lush production and cohesive, concept-like song cycle.
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A.
Skylarking
"Skylarking" is a classic roots reggae album by Jamaican singer Horace Andy, renowned for its soulful vocals and socially conscious themes.
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B.
Skylark
"Skylark" is a popular American jazz and pop standard from the early 1940s, known for its wistful melody and evocative, poetic lyrics.
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C.
Pieces of the Sky
Pieces of the Sky is Emmylou Harris's acclaimed 1975 major-label debut album that helped establish her as a leading voice in country and country-rock music.
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D.
The Voice from the Sky
The Voice from the Sky is a 1930 American science fiction adventure film serial, notable as one of the earliest sound serials produced in Hollywood.
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E.
White Heather
"White Heather" is a novel by 19th-century Scottish author William Black, known for its romantic and picturesque depictions of Scottish life and landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concept album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| artist | XTC ⓘ |
| composer |
Andy Partridge
ⓘ
Colin Moulding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalRanking | listed in many best albums of the 1980s lists ⓘ |
| featuresMember |
Andy Partridge
ⓘ
Colin Moulding NERFINISHED ⓘ Dave Gregory ⓘ |
| followedBy | Oranges & Lemons ⓘ |
| follows | The Big Express ⓘ |
| genre |
art pop
ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ psychedelic pop ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtBy |
Alison Wyatt
ⓘ
Nancy Fouts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
1000 Umbrellas
ⓘ
Another Satellite ⓘ Ballet for a Rainy Day ⓘ Big Day ⓘ Dear God ⓘ Dying ⓘ Earn Enough for Us ⓘ Grass ⓘ Mermaid Smiled ⓘ Sacrificial Bonfire ⓘ Season Cycle ⓘ Summer’s Cauldron ⓘ That’s Really Super, Supergirl ⓘ The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul ⓘ The Meeting Place ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
cohesive song cycle
ⓘ
critically acclaimed ⓘ lush production ⓘ |
| hasReissue |
Skylarking
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Skylarking 2010 remaster
Skylarking self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Skylarking corrected polarity edition
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
changing seasons
ⓘ
life cycle ⓘ relationships ⓘ |
| notableFor | inclusion of Dear God on later pressings ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | XTC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalReleaseDate | 1986-10-27 ⓘ |
| partOf |
XTC
ⓘ
surface form:
XTC discography
|
| performer | XTC ONNED1 ⓘ |
| producer | Todd Rundgren ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1986 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Geffen Records
ⓘ
Virgin Records ⓘ |
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: Skylarking Description of subject: Skylarking is a critically acclaimed 1986 studio album by the English rock band XTC, known for its lush production and cohesive, concept-like song cycle.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Skylarking (album)
this entity surface form:
Skylarking 2010 remaster
this entity surface form:
Skylarking corrected polarity edition
this entity surface form:
Skylarking (vinyl B-side)
this entity surface form:
Skylarking (CD reissue)