Vice
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"Vice" is a 1987 hip hop single by Melle Mel that showcases his socially conscious lyricism and distinctive old-school rap style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vice canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13028143 — 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: Vice Context triple: [Melle Mel, notableWork, Vice]
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A.
Vice
Vice is a 2018 biographical dark comedy film written and directed by Adam McKay that chronicles the rise and influence of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney.
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B.
The Vice
The Vice is a British television crime drama series that follows a specialized Metropolitan Police unit tackling vice-related offenses in London.
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C.
The Vic
The Vic is the commonly used nickname for Vicarage Road, the home stadium of Watford Football Club in Watford, England.
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D.
Day of the Fico
Day of the Fico is a historic 1822 political event in Brazil when Prince Regent Dom Pedro I refused to return to Portugal, a key step toward Brazilian independence.
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E.
Digerati
Digerati is a book by literary agent and author John H. Brockman that profiles influential thinkers and innovators from the early digital and internet culture.
- 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: Vice Target entity description: "Vice" is a 1987 hip hop single by Melle Mel that showcases his socially conscious lyricism and distinctive old-school rap style.
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A.
Vice
Vice is a 2018 biographical dark comedy film written and directed by Adam McKay that chronicles the rise and influence of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney.
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B.
The Vice
The Vice is a British television crime drama series that follows a specialized Metropolitan Police unit tackling vice-related offenses in London.
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C.
The Vic
The Vic is the commonly used nickname for Vicarage Road, the home stadium of Watford Football Club in Watford, England.
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D.
Day of the Fico
Day of the Fico is a historic 1822 political event in Brazil when Prince Regent Dom Pedro I refused to return to Portugal, a key step toward Brazilian independence.
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E.
Digerati
Digerati is a book by literary agent and author John H. Brockman that profiles influential thinkers and innovators from the early digital and internet culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresArtist | Melle Mel as lead rapper ⓘ |
| genre |
hip hop
ⓘ
old-school hip hop ⓘ |
| hasLyricTheme |
crime
ⓘ
morality ⓘ poverty ⓘ social issues ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| hasMusicalEra | 1980s hip hop ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacteristic |
old-school flow
ⓘ
politically aware content ⓘ social commentary lyrics ⓘ storytelling verses ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricStyle | socially conscious ⓘ |
| musicalArtist | Melle Mel ⓘ |
| performer | Melle Mel ⓘ |
| productionEra | analog recording era ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| rhythmicStyle | boom bap-influenced ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | rap ⓘ |
| vocalType | male vocal ⓘ |
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: Vice Description of subject: "Vice" is a 1987 hip hop single by Melle Mel that showcases his socially conscious lyricism and distinctive old-school rap style.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.