The Closing of Winterland
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The Closing of Winterland is a famous 1978 New Year’s Eve concert by the Grateful Dead at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom, widely celebrated and released as a landmark live album and video.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Closing of Winterland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6009461 — 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 Closing of Winterland Context triple: [Bertha, hasNotableLiveAlbumAppearance, The Closing of Winterland]
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A.
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" is a soulful, horn-driven rock song by Bruce Springsteen that tells the story of the formation of the E Street Band.
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B.
Year Without a Summer
The Year Without a Summer was the unusually cold, crop-failing year of 1816, marked by severe climate anomalies and widespread food shortages across the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
A Night in the Show
A Night in the Show is a 1915 silent comedy film starring Charlie Chaplin as a bumbling theater patron causing chaos in a music-hall performance.
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D.
The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party was an influential Australian post-punk band known for its dark, chaotic sound and as the early vehicle for singer-songwriter Nick Cave.
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E.
The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party is a landmark absurdist play by Harold Pinter, known for its menacing atmosphere, ambiguous characters, and exploration of power and identity.
- 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 Closing of Winterland Target entity description: The Closing of Winterland is a famous 1978 New Year’s Eve concert by the Grateful Dead at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom, widely celebrated and released as a landmark live album and video.
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A.
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" is a soulful, horn-driven rock song by Bruce Springsteen that tells the story of the formation of the E Street Band.
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B.
Year Without a Summer
The Year Without a Summer was the unusually cold, crop-failing year of 1816, marked by severe climate anomalies and widespread food shortages across the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
A Night in the Show
A Night in the Show is a 1915 silent comedy film starring Charlie Chaplin as a bumbling theater patron causing chaos in a music-hall performance.
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D.
The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party was an influential Australian post-punk band known for its dark, chaotic sound and as the early vehicle for singer-songwriter Nick Cave.
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E.
The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party is a landmark absurdist play by Harold Pinter, known for its menacing atmosphere, ambiguous characters, and exploration of power and identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concert
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concert film ⓘ live album ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Closing of Winterland: December 31, 1978 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | San Francisco ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | 1978-12-31 ⓘ |
| featuresPerformer |
Bill Kreutzmann
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bob Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ Donna Jean Godchaux NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Garcia NERFINISHED ⓘ Keith Godchaux NERFINISHED ⓘ Mickey Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ Phil Lesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsInSeries | Grateful Dead live archival releases ⓘ |
| genre |
jam band
ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasLiveAudience | true ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Encore
NERFINISHED
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Set 1 ⓘ Set 2 ⓘ Set 3 ⓘ |
| includesSong |
Around and Around
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Casey Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Dark Star NERFINISHED ⓘ Fire on the Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Good Lovin' NERFINISHED ⓘ Not Fade Away NERFINISHED ⓘ Scarlet Begonias NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ Sugar Magnolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Terrapin Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
classic live rock performance
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landmark Grateful Dead concert ⓘ |
| isNewYearsEveShow | true ⓘ |
| label |
Grateful Dead Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rhino Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | Winterland Ballroom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainArtist | Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ audio CD ⓘ |
| performer | Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedOn | 1978-12-31 ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
|
| venueClosedAfterEvent | Winterland Ballroom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Closing of Winterland Description of subject: The Closing of Winterland is a famous 1978 New Year’s Eve concert by the Grateful Dead at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom, widely celebrated and released as a landmark live album and video.
Referenced by (1)
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