The Claw
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The Claw was the massive, four-legged central stage structure used on U2's 360° Tour, designed to provide a 360-degree viewing experience for audiences in large stadiums.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Claw canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5766299 — 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 Claw Context triple: [U2 360° Tour, stageNickname, The Claw]
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A.
The Giant Claw
The Giant Claw is a 1957 American science fiction monster film about a gigantic bird-like creature terrorizing the Earth.
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B.
The Curse of the Claw
"The Curse of the Claw" is a comedic adventure parody episode of the British television series *Ripping Yarns*, created by and starring Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
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C.
The Spider
The Spider is the English title of the 29th chapter (Surah Al-Ankabut) of the Qur’an, which addresses themes of faith, trials, and the fragility of relying on anything other than God.
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D.
The Monster
The Monster is the stage name and alter ego of American record producer and rapper Swizz Beatz, under which he has released music and production work.
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E.
The Monster
"The Monster" is a pop/hip-hop song co-written by Jon Bellion that became widely known through its performance by Eminem featuring Rihanna.
- 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 Claw Target entity description: The Claw was the massive, four-legged central stage structure used on U2's 360° Tour, designed to provide a 360-degree viewing experience for audiences in large stadiums.
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A.
The Giant Claw
The Giant Claw is a 1957 American science fiction monster film about a gigantic bird-like creature terrorizing the Earth.
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B.
The Curse of the Claw
"The Curse of the Claw" is a comedic adventure parody episode of the British television series *Ripping Yarns*, created by and starring Michael Palin and Terry Jones.
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C.
The Spider
The Spider is the English title of the 29th chapter (Surah Al-Ankabut) of the Qur’an, which addresses themes of faith, trials, and the fragility of relying on anything other than God.
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D.
The Monster
The Monster is the stage name and alter ego of American record producer and rapper Swizz Beatz, under which he has released music and production work.
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E.
The Monster
"The Monster" is a pop/hip-hop song co-written by Jon Bellion that became widely known through its performance by Eminem featuring Rihanna.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U2 stage design
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concert stage structure ⓘ tour stage ⓘ |
| allowsAudiencePosition | all-around stage ⓘ |
| associatedWithBandMember |
Adam Clayton
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Bono ⓘ Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ The Edge ⓘ |
| designedForArtist | U2 ⓘ |
| designedForVenueType | large stadiums ⓘ |
| hasDesignElement |
circular or elliptical stage platform
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integrated lighting system ⓘ integrated sound system ⓘ radial legs extending to the ground ⓘ towering central pylon ⓘ video screen system ⓘ |
| hasDesignGoal |
create immersive concert experience
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improve sightlines in stadiums ⓘ maximize audience capacity ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
360-degree sightlines
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central circular stage ⓘ four supporting legs ⓘ massive scale ⓘ overhead structure above stage ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfLegs | 4 ⓘ |
| hasShape | four-legged central stage structure ⓘ |
| hasStagePosition | central ⓘ |
| hasTourEndYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| hasTourName | U2 360° Tour ⓘ |
| hasTourStartYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the largest touring stage structures ever built ⓘ |
| partOfTourProduction |
U2 360° Tour production
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linked to:
U2 360° Tour
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| providesViewingExperience | 360-degree viewing ⓘ |
| usedFor |
large-scale rock concerts
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stadium concerts ⓘ |
| usedInCity |
Auckland
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Barcelona ⓘ Chicago ⓘ Dublin ⓘ Johannesburg ⓘ
linked to:
Johannesburg, South Africa
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Los Angeles ⓘ Sydney ⓘ |
| usedInContinent |
Africa
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Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| usedOnTour | U2 360° Tour ⓘ |
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 Claw Description of subject: The Claw was the massive, four-legged central stage structure used on U2's 360° Tour, designed to provide a 360-degree viewing experience for audiences in large stadiums.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.