The Unlocking
E330137
"The Unlocking" is a song by hip hop band The Roots from their influential 1995 album *Do You Want More?!!!??!* that showcases their jazz-rap style and live-instrumentation approach.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Unlocking canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3120372 — 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: The Unlocking Context triple: [Do You Want More?!!!??!, track, The Unlocking]
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A.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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B.
The Originator
The Originator is an honorific nickname for Little Richard, recognizing his pioneering role in shaping rock and roll music.
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C.
The Hidden
The Hidden is a 1987 science fiction horror film about a parasitic alien criminal that possesses human bodies to continue its violent crime spree on Earth.
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D.
The Opening
The Opening is the English title of Surah Al-Fatiha, the first chapter of the Qur’an that serves as a fundamental prayer in Islamic worship.
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E.
The Unknowable
The Unknowable is a philosophical concept denoting aspects of reality or truth that are fundamentally beyond human comprehension or empirical investigation.
- 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: The Unlocking Target entity description: "The Unlocking" is a song by hip hop band The Roots from their influential 1995 album *Do You Want More?!!!??!* that showcases their jazz-rap style and live-instrumentation approach.
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A.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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B.
The Originator
The Originator is an honorific nickname for Little Richard, recognizing his pioneering role in shaping rock and roll music.
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C.
The Hidden
The Hidden is a 1987 science fiction horror film about a parasitic alien criminal that possesses human bodies to continue its violent crime spree on Earth.
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D.
The Opening
The Opening is the English title of Surah Al-Fatiha, the first chapter of the Qur’an that serves as a fundamental prayer in Islamic worship.
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E.
The Unknowable
The Unknowable is a philosophical concept denoting aspects of reality or truth that are fundamentally beyond human comprehension or empirical investigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
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song ⓘ |
| album | Do You Want More?!!!??! ⓘ |
| artist | The Roots ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
hip hop
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jazz rap ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
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keyboards ⓘ live drums ⓘ turntables ⓘ |
| hasMedium | audio recording ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
jazz-influenced production
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live instrumentation ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Roots discography ⓘ |
| isPartOfSeries | The Roots songs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emphasis on live instrumentation
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showcasing The Roots jazz-rap style ⓘ |
| partOf | Do You Want More?!!!??! ⓘ |
| performer | The Roots ⓘ |
| producer | The Roots ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | The Roots ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
DGC Records
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Geffen Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
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: The Unlocking Description of subject: "The Unlocking" is a song by hip hop band The Roots from their influential 1995 album *Do You Want More?!!!??!* that showcases their jazz-rap style and live-instrumentation approach.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.