Shadowfax
E458300
Shadowfax was an American world fusion and new-age jazz band known for its innovative blend of global musical influences and atmospheric soundscapes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shadowfax canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4594499 — 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: Shadowfax Context triple: [Windham Hill Records, notableArtist, Shadowfax]
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Baranduin
Baranduin is a major river in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that forms the eastern boundary of the Shire and flows southward to the sea.
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Baradine
Baradine is a small rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known as a gateway to the Pilliga Forest and for its agricultural and forestry activities.
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Narya
Narya is one of the three Elven Rings of Power in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, associated with fire and intended to inspire hope and resistance against tyranny.
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Éomer
Éomer is a valiant warrior of Rohan who becomes its king and plays a crucial role in the War of the Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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Roundthorn
Roundthorn is an area in Greater Manchester, England, known primarily as a business and industrial district near Wythenshawe.
- 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: Shadowfax Target entity description: Shadowfax was an American world fusion and new-age jazz band known for its innovative blend of global musical influences and atmospheric soundscapes.
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A.
Baranduin
Baranduin is a major river in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that forms the eastern boundary of the Shire and flows southward to the sea.
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B.
Baradine
Baradine is a small rural town in New South Wales, Australia, known as a gateway to the Pilliga Forest and for its agricultural and forestry activities.
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C.
Narya
Narya is one of the three Elven Rings of Power in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, associated with fire and intended to inspire hope and resistance against tyranny.
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D.
Éomer
Éomer is a valiant warrior of Rohan who becomes its king and plays a crucial role in the War of the Ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.
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E.
Roundthorn
Roundthorn is an area in Greater Manchester, England, known primarily as a business and industrial district near Wythenshawe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American band
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music group ⓘ new-age jazz band ⓘ world fusion band ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best New Age Performance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | Folksongs for a Nuclear Village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| formedIn | 1972 ⓘ |
| foundedIn |
Chicago
NERFINISHED
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Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | G. E. Stinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
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jazz fusion ⓘ new-age ⓘ progressive rock ⓘ world fusion ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
jazz fusion
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progressive rock ⓘ world music ⓘ |
| member |
Adam Rudolph
NERFINISHED
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Bruce Malament NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Bisharat NERFINISHED ⓘ Chuck Greenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ David Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Emil Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ G. E. Stinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamii Szmadzinski NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Merlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Miroslav Tadić NERFINISHED ⓘ Morris Dollison NERFINISHED ⓘ Phil Maggini NERFINISHED ⓘ Stuart Nevitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric soundscapes
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innovative blend of global musical influences ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Esperanto
NERFINISHED
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Folksongs for a Nuclear Village NERFINISHED ⓘ Live ⓘ Magic Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ Shadowdance NERFINISHED ⓘ Shadowfax NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dreams of Children NERFINISHED ⓘ The Odd Get Even NERFINISHED ⓘ Too Far to Whisper NERFINISHED ⓘ Watercourse Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
ABC Records
NERFINISHED
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EarthBeat! Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Flying Fish Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Passport Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonic Atmospheres NERFINISHED ⓘ Windham Hill Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesInstrument |
Lyricon
NERFINISHED
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guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ percussion ⓘ soprano saxophone ⓘ violin ⓘ |
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: Shadowfax Description of subject: Shadowfax was an American world fusion and new-age jazz band known for its innovative blend of global musical influences and atmospheric soundscapes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.