The Kings
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The Kings are a Canadian rock band best known for their early-1980s hit "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Kings canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6686203 — 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 Kings Context triple: [Bob Ezrin, associatedAct, The Kings]
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A.
Kings
Kings is a biblical book in the Hebrew Bible that narrates the history of the Israelite monarchies from Solomon through the fall of Jerusalem.
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B.
Kings
Kings is the common shorthand nickname for the Ryukyu Golden Kings, a professional basketball team based in Okinawa, Japan.
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C.
The Hawks
The Hawks were a Canadian-American rock and roll and R&B backing band that later evolved into the legendary group known as The Band, famed for their collaborations with Bob Dylan.
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D.
The Hawks
The Hawks are a professional basketball team based in the Illawarra region of New South Wales that competes in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL).
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E.
Stockton Kings
The Stockton Kings are a professional basketball team in the NBA G League that serves as the minor-league affiliate of the Sacramento Kings.
- 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 Kings Target entity description: The Kings are a Canadian rock band best known for their early-1980s hit "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide."
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A.
Kings
Kings is a biblical book in the Hebrew Bible that narrates the history of the Israelite monarchies from Solomon through the fall of Jerusalem.
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B.
Kings
Kings is the common shorthand nickname for the Ryukyu Golden Kings, a professional basketball team based in Okinawa, Japan.
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C.
The Hawks
The Hawks were a Canadian-American rock and roll and R&B backing band that later evolved into the legendary group known as The Band, famed for their collaborations with Bob Dylan.
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D.
The Hawks
The Hawks are a professional basketball team based in the Illawarra region of New South Wales that competes in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL).
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E.
Stockton Kings
The Stockton Kings are a professional basketball team in the NBA G League that serves as the minor-league affiliate of the Sacramento Kings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | rock band ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1980s
ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | WhistleKing ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Bob Ezrin ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Ontario, Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Ontario
|
| chartSuccess |
This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide charted in the early 1980s
ⓘ
linked to:
The Beat Goes On
|
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | The Kings Are Here ⓘ |
| formedIn | Oakville, Ontario ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasHitSingle | This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide ⓘ |
| hasMember |
David Diamond
ⓘ
Max Styles ⓘ Mister Zero ⓘ Sonny Keyes ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://thekingsarehere.com/ ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics | English ⓘ |
| notableAlbum | The Kings Are Here ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Switchin' to Glide
ⓘ
This Beat Goes On ⓘ |
| notableWork | This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide ⓘ |
| producer | Bob Ezrin ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Elektra Records ⓘ |
| style | power pop ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Kings Description of subject: The Kings are a Canadian rock band best known for their early-1980s hit "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.