Cameo
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Cameo is an American funk and R&B band best known for its influential 1980s hits like "Word Up!" and "Candy."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cameo canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7568010 — 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: Cameo Context triple: [Larry Blackmon, notableWork, Cameo]
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A.
Cameo
Cameo is a 1973 soul-pop studio album by British singer Dusty Springfield, noted for its sophisticated production and emotionally expressive vocals.
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B.
Smilin'
"Smilin'" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Gideon, known for its upbeat tone and emotive, melodic pop style.
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C.
Funny Face
Funny Face is a 1957 musical romantic comedy film starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire, celebrated for its fashion-forward Paris setting, iconic dance numbers, and classic songs.
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D.
The Show of Shows
The Show of Shows is a 1929 Warner Bros. all-star revue film from the early sound era, featuring numerous studio contract players in musical and comedy sketches.
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E.
Chairman Dances
"Chairman Dances" is a 1985 orchestral foxtrot by American composer John Adams, often associated with his opera "Nixon in China" and noted for its driving minimalist rhythms and vivid, dance-like energy.
- 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: Cameo Target entity description: Cameo is an American funk and R&B band best known for its influential 1980s hits like "Word Up!" and "Candy."
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A.
Cameo
Cameo is a 1973 soul-pop studio album by British singer Dusty Springfield, noted for its sophisticated production and emotionally expressive vocals.
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B.
Smilin'
"Smilin'" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Gideon, known for its upbeat tone and emotive, melodic pop style.
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C.
Funny Face
Funny Face is a 1957 musical romantic comedy film starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire, celebrated for its fashion-forward Paris setting, iconic dance numbers, and classic songs.
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D.
The Show of Shows
The Show of Shows is a 1929 Warner Bros. all-star revue film from the early sound era, featuring numerous studio contract players in musical and comedy sketches.
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E.
Chairman Dances
"Chairman Dances" is a 1985 orchestral foxtrot by American composer John Adams, often associated with his opera "Nixon in China" and noted for its driving minimalist rhythms and vivid, dance-like energy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (87)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | musical group ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1974 ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
R&B
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dance music ⓘ disco ⓘ electro-funk ⓘ funk ⓘ new jack swing ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Aaron Mills
NERFINISHED
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Anthony Lockett NERFINISHED ⓘ Arnett Leftenant NERFINISHED ⓘ Arthur Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlie Singleton NERFINISHED ⓘ Damon Rentie NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory B. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeryl Bright NERFINISHED ⓘ Julius Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenny Hairston NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenny Moffett NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Kendrick NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Blackman NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Blackmon NERFINISHED ⓘ Melvin Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Burnett NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathan Leftenant NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathan Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathaniel Leftenant NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry Butcher NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomi Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyrone Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ William Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
1980s funk hits
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song Candy ⓘ song Word Up! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSongFeature |
prominent slap bass lines
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synth-heavy funk arrangements ⓘ use of talk box and vocoder effects ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alligator Woman
NERFINISHED
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Alligator Woman (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Attack Me With Your Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Back and Forth NERFINISHED ⓘ Be Yourself NERFINISHED ⓘ Cameosis NERFINISHED ⓘ Candy NERFINISHED ⓘ Cardiac Arrest NERFINISHED ⓘ Emotional Violence NERFINISHED ⓘ Feel Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Flirt NERFINISHED ⓘ Freaky Dancin' NERFINISHED ⓘ I Just Want to Be NERFINISHED ⓘ I Like It NERFINISHED ⓘ In the Face of Funk NERFINISHED ⓘ Keep It Hot NERFINISHED ⓘ Knights of the Sound Table NERFINISHED ⓘ Machismo ⓘ Nasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Real Men… Wear Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Rigor Mortis NERFINISHED ⓘ Room 123 (She's Strange) NERFINISHED ⓘ Secret Omen NERFINISHED ⓘ Shake Your Pants NERFINISHED ⓘ She’s Strange NERFINISHED ⓘ She’s Strange (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Single Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Single Life (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Skin I'm In NERFINISHED ⓘ Sparkle NERFINISHED ⓘ Style ⓘ Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck NERFINISHED ⓘ The Best of Cameo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ugly Ego NERFINISHED ⓘ We All Know Who We Are NERFINISHED ⓘ Why Have I Lost You NERFINISHED ⓘ Word Up! NERFINISHED ⓘ Word Up! (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ You Make Me Work NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Atlanta Artists
NERFINISHED
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Casablanca Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Chocolate City Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury Records ⓘ |
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: Cameo Description of subject: Cameo is an American funk and R&B band best known for its influential 1980s hits like "Word Up!" and "Candy."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.