Fairport Convention
E442078
Fairport Convention is a pioneering British folk rock band, formed in the late 1960s, known for fusing traditional folk music with rock and for influential albums like "Liege & Lief."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fairport Convention canonical | 9 |
| Fairport Convention Mk II lineup | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4454878 — 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: Fairport Convention Context triple: [1967 Basement Tapes recordings, influencedArtist, Fairport Convention]
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King Cole Trio
The King Cole Trio was a pioneering jazz and pop group led by pianist and vocalist Nat King Cole that helped popularize the piano-guitar-bass trio format in the 1940s.
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B.
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull was an English agricultural pioneer best known for inventing the seed drill and advancing modern farming techniques during the early 18th century.
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C.
The Pogues
The Pogues were an influential Anglo-Irish band known for fusing traditional Celtic folk music with punk rock energy and poetic, often gritty storytelling.
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D.
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers was a pioneering British blues band led by John Mayall that became famous in the 1960s for launching the careers of several legendary rock and blues musicians, including Eric Clapton.
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E.
Mumford & Sons
Mumford & Sons is a British folk-rock band known for its banjo-driven sound, emotive lyrics, and breakthrough success with albums like "Sigh No More" and "Babel."
- 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: Fairport Convention Target entity description: Fairport Convention is a pioneering British folk rock band, formed in the late 1960s, known for fusing traditional folk music with rock and for influential albums like "Liege & Lief."
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A.
King Cole Trio
The King Cole Trio was a pioneering jazz and pop group led by pianist and vocalist Nat King Cole that helped popularize the piano-guitar-bass trio format in the 1940s.
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B.
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull was an English agricultural pioneer best known for inventing the seed drill and advancing modern farming techniques during the early 18th century.
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C.
The Pogues
The Pogues were an influential Anglo-Irish band known for fusing traditional Celtic folk music with punk rock energy and poetic, often gritty storytelling.
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D.
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers was a pioneering British blues band led by John Mayall that became famous in the 1960s for launching the careers of several legendary rock and blues musicians, including Eric Clapton.
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E.
Mumford & Sons
Mumford & Sons is a British folk-rock band known for its banjo-driven sound, emotive lyrics, and breakthrough success with albums like "Sigh No More" and "Babel."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk rock band
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musical group ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1967 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Fairport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Lifetime Achievement Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfFormation | 1967 ⓘ |
| genre |
British folk rock
ⓘ
electric folk ⓘ folk ⓘ folk rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasFormerMember |
Ashley Hutchings
NERFINISHED
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Bruce Rowland NERFINISHED ⓘ Dave Mattacks NERFINISHED ⓘ Dave Swarbrick NERFINISHED ⓘ Iain Matthews NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Donahue NERFINISHED ⓘ Maartin Allcock NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Lamble NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandy Denny NERFINISHED ⓘ Trevor Lucas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Chris Leslie
NERFINISHED
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Dave Pegg NERFINISHED ⓘ Gerry Conway NERFINISHED ⓘ Ric Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Nicol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Albion Band
NERFINISHED
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Fotheringay NERFINISHED ⓘ Steeleye Span NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | British folk rock ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | pioneered the electrification of traditional British folk music ⓘ |
| notableWork |
50:50@50
NERFINISHED
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Angel Delight NERFINISHED ⓘ Babbacombe Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Fairport Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ Festival Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ Full House NERFINISHED ⓘ Gladys’ Leap NERFINISHED ⓘ Gottle O’Geer NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewel in the Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ Liege & Lief NERFINISHED ⓘ Myths and Heroes NERFINISHED ⓘ Nine NERFINISHED ⓘ Over the Next Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Red & Gold NERFINISHED ⓘ Rising for the Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ Sense of Occasion NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuffle and Go NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bonny Bunch of Roses NERFINISHED ⓘ The Five Seasons NERFINISHED ⓘ Tipplers Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ Unhalfbricking NERFINISHED ⓘ What We Did on Our Holidays NERFINISHED ⓘ Who Knows Where the Time Goes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizes | Cropredy Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Fairport Convention Description of subject: Fairport Convention is a pioneering British folk rock band, formed in the late 1960s, known for fusing traditional folk music with rock and for influential albums like "Liege & Lief."
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Richard Thompson
subject surface form:
Richard Thompson
this entity surface form:
Fairport Convention Mk II lineup