"Theme from Shaft"
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"Theme from Shaft" is a 1971 funk and soul song by Isaac Hayes, best known as the iconic, Oscar-winning theme for the film "Shaft."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Theme from Shaft" canonical | 2 |
| Theme from "Shaft" (live performances) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13205562 — 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: "Theme from Shaft" Context triple: [Stax studio, recordedSong, "Theme from Shaft"]
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A.
Erroll's Theme
"Erroll's Theme" is a jazz piano piece associated with pianist Erroll Garner, often used as a signature tune in his performances and recordings.
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B.
Watermelon Man
"Watermelon Man" is a jazz standard composed by Herbie Hancock that became one of his most famous and frequently covered tunes, blending soulful grooves with catchy, accessible melodies.
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C.
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" is a socially conscious soul song by Marvin Gaye that poignantly depicts urban poverty, racial injustice, and emotional despair.
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D.
The Bonnie and Clyde Theme
"The Bonnie and Clyde Theme" is a musical piece by cellist Yo-Yo Ma inspired by the infamous outlaw couple Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.
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E.
Mobster’s Anthem
"Mobster’s Anthem" is a track from Twista’s acclaimed hip-hop album "Adrenaline Rush," known for its rapid-fire delivery and gritty street themes.
- 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: "Theme from Shaft" Target entity description: "Theme from Shaft" is a 1971 funk and soul song by Isaac Hayes, best known as the iconic, Oscar-winning theme for the film "Shaft."
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A.
Erroll's Theme
"Erroll's Theme" is a jazz piano piece associated with pianist Erroll Garner, often used as a signature tune in his performances and recordings.
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B.
Watermelon Man
"Watermelon Man" is a jazz standard composed by Herbie Hancock that became one of his most famous and frequently covered tunes, blending soulful grooves with catchy, accessible melodies.
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C.
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" is a socially conscious soul song by Marvin Gaye that poignantly depicts urban poverty, racial injustice, and emotional despair.
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D.
The Bonnie and Clyde Theme
"The Bonnie and Clyde Theme" is a musical piece by cellist Yo-Yo Ma inspired by the infamous outlaw couple Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.
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E.
Mobster’s Anthem
"Mobster’s Anthem" is a track from Twista’s acclaimed hip-hop album "Adrenaline Rush," known for its rapid-fire delivery and gritty street themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: "Theme from Shaft" Description of subject: "Theme from Shaft" is a 1971 funk and soul song by Isaac Hayes, best known as the iconic, Oscar-winning theme for the film "Shaft."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: "Theme from Shaft"