Cleva

E532113

song

"Cleva" is a soulful neo-soul track by Erykah Badu from her acclaimed 2000 album "Mama’s Gun."

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Cleva canonical	4

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5580809 — 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: Cleva
Context triple: [Mama’s Gun, hasTrack, Cleva]

A. Clevian
Clevian is a regional dialect of the South Guelderish variety of Low Franconian spoken in parts of the Lower Rhine area.
B. Clevsin
Clevsin is the ancient Etruscan name for the Italian town of Chiusi, a significant center of Etruscan civilization in central Italy.
C. Vacone
Vacone is a small historic hilltop village in the Lazio region of central Italy, known for its scenic countryside and traditional rural character.
D. Kierling
Kierling is a small locality in Lower Austria best known as the place where writer Franz Kafka spent his final days and died.
E. Broglien
A Broglien is a resident or native of the commune of Broglie in the Eure department of northern France.
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: Cleva
Target entity description: "Cleva" is a soulful neo-soul track by Erykah Badu from her acclaimed 2000 album "Mama’s Gun."

A. Clevian
Clevian is a regional dialect of the South Guelderish variety of Low Franconian spoken in parts of the Lower Rhine area.
B. Clevsin
Clevsin is the ancient Etruscan name for the Italian town of Chiusi, a significant center of Etruscan civilization in central Italy.
C. Vacone
Vacone is a small historic hilltop village in the Lazio region of central Italy, known for its scenic countryside and traditional rural character.
D. Kierling
Kierling is a small locality in Lower Austria best known as the place where writer Franz Kafka spent his final days and died.
E. Broglien
A Broglien is a resident or native of the commune of Broglie in the Eure department of northern France.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	song ⓘ
album	Mama’s Gun ⓘ
artist	Erykah Badu ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
featuresInstrumentation	bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ keyboards ⓘ live band arrangement ⓘ
followsInTrackList	Bag Lady ⓘ
genre	neo soul ⓘ soul ⓘ
hasArtist	Erykah Badu ⓘ
hasChorus	repetitive hook built on the word "cleva" ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle	neo soul ⓘ
hasType	album track ⓘ
hasVocalStyle	soulful vocals ⓘ
includedInAlbum	Mama’s Gun ⓘ
includedInRelease	Mama’s Gun (2000 studio album) ⓘ linked to: Mama’s Gun
isPartOfDiscographyOf	Erykah Badu ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricalTheme	body image ⓘ confidence ⓘ self-acceptance ⓘ
partOf	Mama’s Gun ⓘ
performer	Erykah Badu ⓘ
precedesInTrackList	A.D. 2000 ⓘ
producer	Erykah Badu ⓘ J Dilla ⓘ James Poyser ⓘ
publicationDate	2000 ⓘ
recordLabel	Motown ⓘ Universal Records ⓘ
tempo	mid-tempo ⓘ
vocalist	Erykah Badu ⓘ
writer	Erykah Badu ⓘ Jahmal Cantero ⓘ James Poyser ⓘ