Survival of the Fittest
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"Survival of the Fittest" is a gritty, hardcore hip-hop track by Mobb Deep that became one of their signature songs and a defining anthem of 1990s East Coast rap.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Survival of the Fittest canonical | 4 |
| Survival of the Fittest (unreleased version) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5699447 — 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: Survival of the Fittest Context triple: [Mobb Deep, notableSong, Survival of the Fittest]
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A.
Survival of the Fittest
"Survival of the Fittest" is a jazz composition by pianist Herbie Hancock, featured on his influential 1965 album *Maiden Voyage*.
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B.
Ever Since Darwin
Ever Since Darwin is a collection of essays by evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould that explores evolution, natural history, and the history and philosophy of science.
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C.
Only the Strong Survive
Only the Strong Survive is a 2022 studio album by Bruce Springsteen consisting primarily of soul and R&B covers.
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D.
التكاثر
التكاثر هي سورة مكية قصيرة في القرآن الكريم تتناول انشغال الناس بالتكاثر في المال والأولاد حتى يغفلوا عن الآخرة.
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E.
The Race
The Race is the historic annual rowing regatta between Harvard and Yale Universities, renowned as the oldest intercollegiate sporting event in the United States.
- 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: Survival of the Fittest Target entity description: "Survival of the Fittest" is a gritty, hardcore hip-hop track by Mobb Deep that became one of their signature songs and a defining anthem of 1990s East Coast rap.
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A.
Survival of the Fittest
"Survival of the Fittest" is a jazz composition by pianist Herbie Hancock, featured on his influential 1965 album *Maiden Voyage*.
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B.
Ever Since Darwin
Ever Since Darwin is a collection of essays by evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould that explores evolution, natural history, and the history and philosophy of science.
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C.
Only the Strong Survive
Only the Strong Survive is a 2022 studio album by Bruce Springsteen consisting primarily of soul and R&B covers.
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D.
التكاثر
التكاثر هي سورة مكية قصيرة في القرآن الكريم تتناول انشغال الناس بالتكاثر في المال والأولاد حتى يغفلوا عن الآخرة.
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E.
The Race
The Race is the historic annual rowing regatta between Harvard and Yale Universities, renowned as the oldest intercollegiate sporting event in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | The Infamous ⓘ |
| artist | Mobb Deep ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
Golden Age hip hop
ⓘ
linked to:
Golden Age of hip hop
|
| associatedScene | Queensbridge hip hop ⓘ |
| associatedWith | The Infamous era of Mobb Deep ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed by hip-hop critics ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | classic 1990s hip-hop track ⓘ |
| decade | 1990s ⓘ |
| era | mid-1990s East Coast rap ⓘ |
| genre |
East Coast hip hop
ⓘ
hardcore hip hop ⓘ |
| hasChorusLine | There’s a war going on outside no man is safe from ⓘ |
| hasHookType | memorable, quotable chorus ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass-heavy production
ⓘ
heavy drums ⓘ looped piano sample ⓘ |
| hasMood | grim and tense ⓘ |
| hasSubgenreCharacteristic |
dark, minimalist production style
ⓘ
raw, introspective lyricism ⓘ |
| includedIn | best-of 1990s hip-hop song lists ⓘ |
| influenced | later East Coast street-rap artists ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | hardcore hip hop ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalPerspective | first-person street narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a defining anthem of 1990s East Coast rap
ⓘ
dark, ominous production ⓘ gritty street narratives ⓘ |
| partOf | The Infamous ⓘ |
| performer | Mobb Deep ⓘ |
| performerName | Mobb Deep ⓘ |
| producer | Havoc ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Loud Records
ⓘ
RCA Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| setting | Queensbridge, New York City ⓘ |
| signatureSongOf | Mobb Deep ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| theme |
paranoia and distrust
ⓘ
street violence ⓘ urban survival ⓘ |
| writer |
Havoc
ⓘ
Prodigy ⓘ |
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: Survival of the Fittest Description of subject: "Survival of the Fittest" is a gritty, hardcore hip-hop track by Mobb Deep that became one of their signature songs and a defining anthem of 1990s East Coast rap.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Survival of the Fittest