Freddie’s Dead
E290796
"Freddie’s Dead" is a socially conscious soul and funk song by Curtis Mayfield, best known as one of the key tracks from the 1972 film soundtrack "Super Fly."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Freddie’s Dead canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2701386 — 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: Freddie’s Dead Context triple: [Curtis Mayfield, notableWork, Freddie’s Dead]
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A.
The House that Freddy Built
"The House that Freddy Built" is a nickname for New Line Cinema, highlighting how the success of the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, featuring Freddy Krueger, was pivotal in establishing and growing the studio.
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B.
Funeral
"Funeral" is a 2020 studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne that showcases his rapid-fire lyricism over a diverse range of modern trap and melodic production.
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C.
Funeral
"Funeral" is the critically acclaimed 2004 debut studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, known for its emotional intensity and orchestral, anthemic sound.
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D.
Freak Power
Freak Power was a 1990s British band that blended acid jazz, funk, and soul, best known for their hit single "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out."
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E.
Big Black
Big Black was an influential American noise rock band of the 1980s known for its abrasive sound, drum machines, and confrontational lyrics, led by guitarist and vocalist Steve Albini.
- 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: Freddie’s Dead Target entity description: "Freddie’s Dead" is a socially conscious soul and funk song by Curtis Mayfield, best known as one of the key tracks from the 1972 film soundtrack "Super Fly."
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A.
The House that Freddy Built
"The House that Freddy Built" is a nickname for New Line Cinema, highlighting how the success of the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, featuring Freddy Krueger, was pivotal in establishing and growing the studio.
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B.
Funeral
"Funeral" is a 2020 studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne that showcases his rapid-fire lyricism over a diverse range of modern trap and melodic production.
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C.
Funeral
"Funeral" is the critically acclaimed 2004 debut studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, known for its emotional intensity and orchestral, anthemic sound.
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D.
Freak Power
Freak Power was a 1990s British band that blended acid jazz, funk, and soul, best known for their hit single "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out."
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E.
Big Black
Big Black was an influential American noise rock band of the 1980s known for its abrasive sound, drum machines, and confrontational lyrics, led by guitarist and vocalist Steve Albini.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Curtis Mayfield ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Curtis Mayfield
ⓘ
surface form:
Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions
|
| associatedGenreMovement | blaxploitation film soundtracks ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
African-American urban experience in the early 1970s
ⓘ
War on Drugs era commentary ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit
ⓘ
Billboard R&B chart hit ⓘ |
| composer | Curtis Mayfield ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalImpact | regarded as a classic of socially conscious soul music ⓘ |
| era | 1970s soul music ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
funk
ⓘ
psychedelic soul ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersions | multiple artists ⓘ |
| hasHook | repeated refrain "Freddie’s dead" ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ horn section ⓘ strings ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Chicago soul ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
drug culture
ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| medium |
film soundtrack
ⓘ
studio recording ⓘ |
| narrativeConnection | character Freddie in Super Fly ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a key track on the Super Fly soundtrack
ⓘ
socially conscious lyrics ⓘ |
| partOf |
Super Fly
ⓘ
surface form:
Super Fly (soundtrack)
|
| partOfSoundtrack | Super Fly ⓘ |
| performer | Curtis Mayfield ⓘ |
| producer | Curtis Mayfield ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Curtom Records ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| soundtrackReleaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| usedIn | Super Fly (1972 film) ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | lead male vocal ⓘ |
| writer | Curtis Mayfield ⓘ |
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: Freddie’s Dead Description of subject: "Freddie’s Dead" is a socially conscious soul and funk song by Curtis Mayfield, best known as one of the key tracks from the 1972 film soundtrack "Super Fly."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.