The Weight
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"The Weight" is a classic 1968 rock song by The Band, renowned for its storytelling lyrics and enduring influence on American roots music.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Weight canonical | 13 |
| The Weight by The Band | 1 |
| “The Weight” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4358672 — 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 Weight Context triple: [1974 Bob Dylan and The Band Tour, setListIncludes, The Weight]
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A.
Close to the Edge
Close to the Edge is a landmark 1972 progressive rock album by the band Yes, renowned for its complex compositions and expansive, symphonic sound.
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B.
All Along the Watchtower
"All Along the Watchtower" is a 1967 song by Bob Dylan that became especially famous through Jimi Hendrix's electrified cover and is regarded as one of the most influential rock songs of all time.
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C.
Little Wing
"Little Wing" is Stevie Ray Vaughan's acclaimed instrumental cover of the Jimi Hendrix classic, celebrated for its expressive guitar work and emotional depth.
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D.
Uncle John's Band
"Uncle John's Band" is one of the Grateful Dead's most beloved folk-rock songs, known for its intricate harmonies, acoustic sound, and reflective, storytelling lyrics.
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E.
What's Going On
"What's Going On" is Marvin Gaye's landmark 1971 soul album renowned for its socially conscious themes, lush production, and status as one of the greatest records in popular music history.
- 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 Weight Target entity description: "The Weight" is a classic 1968 rock song by The Band, renowned for its storytelling lyrics and enduring influence on American roots music.
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A.
Close to the Edge
Close to the Edge is a landmark 1972 progressive rock album by the band Yes, renowned for its complex compositions and expansive, symphonic sound.
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B.
All Along the Watchtower
"All Along the Watchtower" is a 1967 song by Bob Dylan that became especially famous through Jimi Hendrix's electrified cover and is regarded as one of the most influential rock songs of all time.
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C.
Little Wing
"Little Wing" is Stevie Ray Vaughan's acclaimed instrumental cover of the Jimi Hendrix classic, celebrated for its expressive guitar work and emotional depth.
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D.
Uncle John's Band
"Uncle John's Band" is one of the Grateful Dead's most beloved folk-rock songs, known for its intricate harmonies, acoustic sound, and reflective, storytelling lyrics.
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E.
What's Going On
"What's Going On" is Marvin Gaye's landmark 1971 soul album renowned for its socially conscious themes, lush production, and status as one of the greatest records in popular music history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
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: The Weight Description of subject: "The Weight" is a classic 1968 rock song by The Band, renowned for its storytelling lyrics and enduring influence on American roots music.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Weight
subject linked to:
The Last Waltz concert by The Band
linked to: The Weight
subject linked to:
Rock of Ages (album)