Mothership Connection
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Mothership Connection is a landmark 1975 Parliament funk album that fused science fiction themes with psychedelic funk and helped define the P-Funk sound and aesthetic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mothership Connection canonical | 3 |
| Mothership Connection (Parliament album) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11301031 — 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: Mothership Connection Context triple: [George Clinton (musician), notableWork, Mothership Connection]
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A.
The Mothership
The Mothership is the iconic, spaceship-like architectural structure of Hampton Coliseum in Virginia, famed for hosting legendary concerts and events.
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B.
The Soul Album
The Soul Album is a 1966 studio record by Otis Redding that showcases his powerful, emotive vocal style across a mix of original soul songs and covers.
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C.
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is Public Enemy’s landmark 1988 hip-hop album, renowned for its politically charged lyrics, dense production, and lasting influence on rap music.
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D.
Songs in the Key of Life
Songs in the Key of Life is a landmark 1976 double album by Stevie Wonder, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential albums in popular music history.
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E.
Innervisions
Innervisions is a critically acclaimed 1973 soul and funk album by Stevie Wonder that blends socially conscious lyrics with innovative, synth-driven production.
- 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: Mothership Connection Target entity description: Mothership Connection is a landmark 1975 Parliament funk album that fused science fiction themes with psychedelic funk and helped define the P-Funk sound and aesthetic.
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A.
The Mothership
The Mothership is the iconic, spaceship-like architectural structure of Hampton Coliseum in Virginia, famed for hosting legendary concerts and events.
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B.
The Soul Album
The Soul Album is a 1966 studio record by Otis Redding that showcases his powerful, emotive vocal style across a mix of original soul songs and covers.
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C.
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is Public Enemy’s landmark 1988 hip-hop album, renowned for its politically charged lyrics, dense production, and lasting influence on rap music.
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D.
Songs in the Key of Life
Songs in the Key of Life is a landmark 1976 double album by Stevie Wonder, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential albums in popular music history.
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E.
Innervisions
Innervisions is a critically acclaimed 1973 soul and funk album by Stevie Wonder that blends socially conscious lyrics with innovative, synth-driven production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concept album
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studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bernie Worrell
NERFINISHED
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Bootsy Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Wesley NERFINISHED ⓘ Maceo Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | P-Funk mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtFeatures |
George Clinton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| describedAs |
defining P-Funk recording
ⓘ
landmark funk album ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Chocolate City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
P-Funk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
funk ⓘ psychedelic funk ⓘ |
| hasAward | Grammy Hall of Fame induction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Dr. Dre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
G-funk ⓘ OutKast NERFINISHED ⓘ Snoop Dogg NERFINISHED ⓘ West Coast hip hop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Handcuffs ⓘ Mothership Connection (Star Child) NERFINISHED ⓘ Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) NERFINISHED ⓘ Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication NERFINISHED ⓘ Unfunky UFO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 37:38 ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Afrofuturism
NERFINISHED
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science fiction ⓘ space travel ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | George Clinton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1975-12-15 ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1975 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Casablanca Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
call-and-response vocals
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elaborate P-Funk mythology narrative ⓘ heavy basslines ⓘ horn arrangements ⓘ |
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: Mothership Connection Description of subject: Mothership Connection is a landmark 1975 Parliament funk album that fused science fiction themes with psychedelic funk and helped define the P-Funk sound and aesthetic.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mothership Connection (Parliament album)