Outa-Space
E917057
Outa-Space is a 1971 instrumental funk hit by Billy Preston, distinguished by its prominent clavinet sound and spacey effects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Outa-Space canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11305292 — 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: Outa-Space Context triple: [Billy Preston, notableWork, Outa-Space]
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A.
Another Space
"Another Space" is a musical work by Canadian pianist and composer Frank Mills, known for his easy-listening and instrumental pop style.
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B.
Zingaro Space
Zingaro Space is a contemporary art gallery associated with Takashi Murakami’s Kaikai Kiki collective, known for showcasing cutting-edge and pop-influenced works in Japan.
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C.
Spaceways
Spaceways is a 1953 British science fiction film about early space travel and personal intrigue, directed by Terence Fisher and associated with editor-turned-director Harmon Jones.
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D.
Islands of Space
Islands of Space is a pioneering early science fiction novel by John W. Campbell Jr. that helped popularize themes of interstellar travel and advanced technology.
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E.
Junkspace
Junkspace is Rem Koolhaas’s critical concept describing the sprawling, formless, and homogenized spaces produced by contemporary capitalism and globalized development, such as malls, airports, and other generic commercial environments.
- 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: Outa-Space Target entity description: Outa-Space is a 1971 instrumental funk hit by Billy Preston, distinguished by its prominent clavinet sound and spacey effects.
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A.
Another Space
"Another Space" is a musical work by Canadian pianist and composer Frank Mills, known for his easy-listening and instrumental pop style.
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B.
Zingaro Space
Zingaro Space is a contemporary art gallery associated with Takashi Murakami’s Kaikai Kiki collective, known for showcasing cutting-edge and pop-influenced works in Japan.
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C.
Spaceways
Spaceways is a 1953 British science fiction film about early space travel and personal intrigue, directed by Terence Fisher and associated with editor-turned-director Harmon Jones.
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D.
Islands of Space
Islands of Space is a pioneering early science fiction novel by John W. Campbell Jr. that helped popularize themes of interstellar travel and advanced technology.
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E.
Junkspace
Junkspace is Rem Koolhaas’s critical concept describing the sprawling, formless, and homogenized spaces produced by contemporary capitalism and globalized development, such as malls, airports, and other generic commercial environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
instrumental composition
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song ⓘ |
| artist | Billy Preston ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| composer | Billy Preston ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| format | single ⓘ |
| genre |
funk
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasBSide | I Wrote a Simple Song ⓘ |
| hasChartSuccess | hit single ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature | spacey sound effects ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | groove-oriented funk ⓘ |
| hasProminentInstrument | clavinet ⓘ |
| hasRecordingType | studio recording ⓘ |
| includedOnAlbum | I Wrote a Simple Song ⓘ |
| isInstrumental | true ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| length | approximately 4 minutes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative use of clavinet in funk music
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space-themed sound effects ⓘ |
| performedBy | Billy Preston and his band ⓘ |
| performer | Billy Preston ⓘ |
| producer |
Billy Preston
ⓘ
David T. Walker ⓘ |
| recordLabel | A&M Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| usesEffect |
phase shifter
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wah-wah pedal ⓘ |
| usesInstrument |
Hohner clavinet
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linked to:
clavinet
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| wonAward | Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance ⓘ |
| writer | Billy Preston ⓘ |
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: Outa-Space Description of subject: Outa-Space is a 1971 instrumental funk hit by Billy Preston, distinguished by its prominent clavinet sound and spacey effects.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.