The Distance
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"The Distance" is a 1982 rock album by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger, featuring a polished heartland rock sound and several hit singles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Distance canonical | 5 |
| The Distance (as backing band) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6477212 — 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 Distance Context triple: [Bob Seger discography, includesAlbum, The Distance]
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A.
From a Distance
"From a Distance" is a popular ballad best known through Bette Midler’s Grammy-winning 1990 recording, which became an international hit and an emblematic peace-themed song.
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B.
The Distance Between You and Me
"The Distance Between You and Me" is a song featured on Dwight Yoakam’s 1990 country album "If There Was a Way."
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C.
Far Away
"Far Away" is a song featured in the Japanese musical production "Leave It to Me!"
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D.
Far Away
"Far Away" is a melancholic folk-rock song by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright, known for its intimate vocals and emotionally raw lyrics.
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E.
So Far
So Far is a 1974 compilation album by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young featuring many of their most popular songs from earlier releases.
- 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 Distance Target entity description: "The Distance" is a 1982 rock album by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger, featuring a polished heartland rock sound and several hit singles.
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A.
From a Distance
"From a Distance" is a popular ballad best known through Bette Midler’s Grammy-winning 1990 recording, which became an international hit and an emblematic peace-themed song.
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B.
The Distance Between You and Me
"The Distance Between You and Me" is a song featured on Dwight Yoakam’s 1990 country album "If There Was a Way."
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C.
Far Away
"Far Away" is a song featured in the Japanese musical production "Leave It to Me!"
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D.
Far Away
"Far Away" is a melancholic folk-rock song by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright, known for its intimate vocals and emotionally raw lyrics.
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E.
So Far
So Far is a 1974 compilation album by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young featuring many of their most popular songs from earlier releases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rock album
ⓘ
studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Bob Seger ⓘ |
| chronologyNext | Like a Rock ⓘ |
| chronologyPrevious | Against the Wind ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creditedTo |
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
ⓘ
linked to:
Bob Seger
|
| genre |
heartland rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Boomtown Blues
ⓘ
Comin’ Home ⓘ Even Now ⓘ House Behind a House ⓘ Little Victories ⓘ Love’s the Last to Know ⓘ Makin’ Thunderbirds ⓘ Roll Me Away ⓘ Shame on the Moon ⓘ |
| hasType | LP ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainPerformer | Bob Seger ⓘ |
| notableSingle |
Even Now
ⓘ
Roll Me Away ⓘ Shame on the Moon ⓘ |
| originalMedium |
audio cassette
ⓘ
phonograph record ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| performer |
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
ⓘ
linked to:
Bob Seger
The Silver Bullet Band ⓘ
linked to:
Silver Bullet Band
|
| producer |
Bob Seger
ⓘ
Jimmy Iovine ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Capitol
ⓘ
Capitol Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1982-12-01 ⓘ |
| style | polished heartland rock sound ⓘ |
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 Distance Description of subject: "The Distance" is a 1982 rock album by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger, featuring a polished heartland rock sound and several hit singles.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Distance