song "Close to the Edge" (with Yes)
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"Close to the Edge" is an epic, multi-part progressive rock composition by the band Yes, widely regarded as one of their greatest and most influential works.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Close to the Edge (Yessongs live version) | 1 |
| song "Close to the Edge" (with Yes) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6870474 — 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: song "Close to the Edge" (with Yes) Context triple: [John Roy Anderson, notableWork, song "Close to the Edge" (with Yes)]
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album "Close to the Edge" (with Yes)
"Close to the Edge" is a landmark 1972 progressive rock album by the English band Yes, renowned for its complex compositions, virtuosic musicianship, and status as one of the genre’s defining works.
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B.
album "90125" (with Yes)
The album "90125" is a commercially successful and stylistically modernized Yes record, best known for its hit single "Owner of a Lonely Heart" and for revitalizing the band's career in the 1980s.
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C.
album "Going for the One" (with Yes)
"Going for the One" is a 1977 progressive rock album by the English band Yes, noted for its dynamic compositions and the return of keyboardist Rick Wakeman.
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D.
album "Tales from Topographic Oceans" (with Yes)
"Tales from Topographic Oceans" is a 1973 double concept album by the English progressive rock band Yes, noted for its four side-long tracks and ambitious, spiritually themed composition.
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E.
Close to the Edge
Close to the Edge is a landmark 1972 progressive rock album by the band Yes, renowned for its complex compositions and expansive, symphonic sound.
- 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: song "Close to the Edge" (with Yes) Target entity description: "Close to the Edge" is an epic, multi-part progressive rock composition by the band Yes, widely regarded as one of their greatest and most influential works.
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A.
album "Close to the Edge" (with Yes)
"Close to the Edge" is a landmark 1972 progressive rock album by the English band Yes, renowned for its complex compositions, virtuosic musicianship, and status as one of the genre’s defining works.
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B.
album "90125" (with Yes)
The album "90125" is a commercially successful and stylistically modernized Yes record, best known for its hit single "Owner of a Lonely Heart" and for revitalizing the band's career in the 1980s.
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C.
album "Going for the One" (with Yes)
"Going for the One" is a 1977 progressive rock album by the English band Yes, noted for its dynamic compositions and the return of keyboardist Rick Wakeman.
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D.
album "Tales from Topographic Oceans" (with Yes)
"Tales from Topographic Oceans" is a 1973 double concept album by the English progressive rock band Yes, noted for its four side-long tracks and ambitious, spiritually themed composition.
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E.
Close to the Edge
Close to the Edge is a landmark 1972 progressive rock album by the band Yes, renowned for its complex compositions and expansive, symphonic sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yes song
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progressive rock composition ⓘ song ⓘ |
| album | Close to the Edge ⓘ |
| artist | Yes ⓘ |
| composer |
Jon Anderson
ⓘ
Steve Howe ⓘ |
| considered |
a landmark of progressive rock
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one of Yes's greatest works ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
bass guitar
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drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ organ ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| genre |
progressive rock
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symphonic rock ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion |
Close to the Edge (Keys to Ascension live version)
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Close to the Edge (Yessongs live version) ⓘ
linked to:
song "Close to the Edge" (with Yes)
|
| hasPart |
I Get Up I Get Down
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Seasons of Man ⓘ The Solid Time of Change ⓘ Total Mass Retain ⓘ |
| influenced | later progressive rock bands ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Eastern philosophy themes
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classical music ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 18 minutes ⓘ |
| lyricist | Jon Anderson ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex arrangements
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extended length ⓘ frequent time signature changes ⓘ multi-part suite structure ⓘ use of thematic motifs ⓘ |
| originalReleaseDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| partOf |
album Close to the Edge
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linked to:
Close to the Edge
|
| performedBy |
Bill Bruford
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Chris Squire ⓘ Jon Anderson ⓘ Rick Wakeman ⓘ Steve Howe ⓘ |
| performer | Yes ⓘ |
| producer |
Eddie Offord
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Yes ⓘ |
| recordedAt | Advision Studios, London ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1972 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Atlantic Records ⓘ |
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: song "Close to the Edge" (with Yes) Description of subject: "Close to the Edge" is an epic, multi-part progressive rock composition by the band Yes, widely regarded as one of their greatest and most influential works.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
song "Close to the Edge" (with Yes)
linked to: song "Close to the Edge" (with Yes)