Tommy (rock opera)
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Tommy is a landmark 1969 rock opera by The Who that tells the story of a "deaf, dumb, and blind" boy and helped pioneer the concept album format in rock music.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Who's Tommy | 2 |
| The Who’s Tommy | 1 |
| The Who’s Tommy: The Amazing Journey | 1 |
| Tommy (1975 film) | 1 |
| Tommy (rock opera) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4650009 — 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: Tommy (rock opera) Context triple: [The Who, notableWork, Tommy (rock opera)]
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A.
Sentimental Tommy
Sentimental Tommy is a novel by J. M. Barrie that follows the imaginative and emotionally complex childhood and coming-of-age of a Scottish boy named Tommy Sandys.
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B.
Tommy's Tale
Tommy's Tale is a semi-autobiographical novel by actor and writer Alan Cumming that explores themes of identity, relationships, and self-discovery.
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C.
Tommy
Tommy is a masculine given name, often a diminutive of Thomas, used in various English-speaking countries.
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D.
Toys in the Attic
Toys in the Attic is a darkly comic 1960 play by American dramatist Lillian Hellman that explores greed, family dysfunction, and moral decay in the American South.
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E.
Toys in the Attic
Toys in the Attic is a landmark 1975 hard rock album by Aerosmith that helped establish the band’s mainstream success with hits like “Walk This Way” and “Sweet Emotion.”
- 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: Tommy (rock opera) Target entity description: Tommy is a landmark 1969 rock opera by The Who that tells the story of a "deaf, dumb, and blind" boy and helped pioneer the concept album format in rock music.
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A.
Sentimental Tommy
Sentimental Tommy is a novel by J. M. Barrie that follows the imaginative and emotionally complex childhood and coming-of-age of a Scottish boy named Tommy Sandys.
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B.
Tommy's Tale
Tommy's Tale is a semi-autobiographical novel by actor and writer Alan Cumming that explores themes of identity, relationships, and self-discovery.
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C.
Tommy
Tommy is a masculine given name, often a diminutive of Thomas, used in various English-speaking countries.
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D.
Toys in the Attic
Toys in the Attic is a darkly comic 1960 play by American dramatist Lillian Hellman that explores greed, family dysfunction, and moral decay in the American South.
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E.
Toys in the Attic
Toys in the Attic is a landmark 1975 hard rock album by Aerosmith that helped establish the band’s mainstream success with hits like “Walk This Way” and “Sweet Emotion.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concept album
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rock opera ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Who’s Tommy (stage musical)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tommy (1975 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Hall of Fame Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Pete Townshend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributor |
John Entwistle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Keith Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Daltrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | The Who NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Who’s Next NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
art rock
ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasEdition | Tommy (1972 London Symphony Orchestra version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
1921
ⓘ
Amazing Journey NERFINISHED ⓘ Christmas NERFINISHED ⓘ Cousin Kevin NERFINISHED ⓘ Eyesight to the Blind NERFINISHED ⓘ Go to the Mirror! NERFINISHED ⓘ I’m Free NERFINISHED ⓘ Overture ⓘ Pinball Wizard NERFINISHED ⓘ Sensation NERFINISHED ⓘ Sparks NERFINISHED ⓘ The Acid Queen NERFINISHED ⓘ We’re Not Gonna Take It NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 75 minutes ⓘ |
| listedIn | Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricist | Pete Townshend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterTrait |
blind
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deaf ⓘ dumb ⓘ |
| mediaType | double album ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Tommy Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering the rock opera format
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popularizing the concept album in rock music ⓘ |
| performer | The Who NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Who Sell Out NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Kit Lambert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1969-05-23 ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
1968
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1969 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Decca Records
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Track Records 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: Tommy (rock opera) Description of subject: Tommy is a landmark 1969 rock opera by The Who that tells the story of a "deaf, dumb, and blind" boy and helped pioneer the concept album format in rock music.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Who's Tommy
this entity surface form:
The Who’s Tommy
this entity surface form:
Tommy (1975 film)
this entity surface form:
The Who's Tommy
this entity surface form:
The Who’s Tommy: The Amazing Journey