Shaft in Africa (film score)
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Shaft in Africa (film score) is a 1973 funk- and soul-infused soundtrack composed by Johnny Pate for the blaxploitation film "Shaft in Africa."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shaft in Africa (film score) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9343899 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaft in Africa (film score) Context triple: [Johnny Pate, notableWork, Shaft in Africa (film score)]
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Shaft (soundtrack)
Shaft (soundtrack) is Isaac Hayes's influential 1971 soul and funk film score, best known for its iconic "Theme from Shaft" and its pioneering role in blaxploitation cinema music.
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B.
Malcolm X (film score)
"Malcolm X (film score)" is the original musical soundtrack composed by Terence Blanchard for Spike Lee’s 1992 biographical film about civil rights leader Malcolm X.
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C.
Shaft’s Big Score!
Shaft’s Big Score! is a 1972 blaxploitation crime-action film and the second installment in the Shaft series, following private detective John Shaft as he investigates a deadly feud over a crime boss’s fortune.
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D.
Blood Diamond (film score)
Blood Diamond (film score) is a dramatic and emotionally charged orchestral soundtrack composed by James Newton Howard for the 2006 political war thriller film "Blood Diamond."
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E.
BlacKkKlansman (film score)
BlacKkKlansman (film score) is Terence Blanchard’s acclaimed jazz- and orchestral-driven soundtrack for Spike Lee’s 2018 film, noted for its tense, soulful themes that underscore the movie’s blend of drama and dark satire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaft in Africa (film score) Target entity description: Shaft in Africa (film score) is a 1973 funk- and soul-infused soundtrack composed by Johnny Pate for the blaxploitation film "Shaft in Africa."
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A.
Shaft (soundtrack)
Shaft (soundtrack) is Isaac Hayes's influential 1971 soul and funk film score, best known for its iconic "Theme from Shaft" and its pioneering role in blaxploitation cinema music.
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B.
Malcolm X (film score)
"Malcolm X (film score)" is the original musical soundtrack composed by Terence Blanchard for Spike Lee’s 1992 biographical film about civil rights leader Malcolm X.
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C.
Shaft’s Big Score!
Shaft’s Big Score! is a 1972 blaxploitation crime-action film and the second installment in the Shaft series, following private detective John Shaft as he investigates a deadly feud over a crime boss’s fortune.
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D.
Blood Diamond (film score)
Blood Diamond (film score) is a dramatic and emotionally charged orchestral soundtrack composed by James Newton Howard for the 2006 political war thriller film "Blood Diamond."
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E.
BlacKkKlansman (film score)
BlacKkKlansman (film score) is Terence Blanchard’s acclaimed jazz- and orchestral-driven soundtrack for Spike Lee’s 2018 film, noted for its tense, soulful themes that underscore the movie’s blend of drama and dark satire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film score
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soundtrack album ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre | blaxploitation ⓘ |
| basedOn | Shaft in Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Johnny Pate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| featuresInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drum kit ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ horn section ⓘ percussion ⓘ |
| follows |
Shaft (Isaac Hayes soundtrack)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shaft’s Big Score! (film score) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
funk
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasMusicalCharacteristic |
funk rhythms
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orchestral arrangements ⓘ rhythmic grooves ⓘ soulful melodies ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | blaxploitation film music ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
African setting
ⓘ
action ⓘ crime ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| hasType | original score ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Johnny Pate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Shaft in Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Shaft film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| usedAs | film soundtrack ⓘ |
| usedIn | Shaft in Africa (1973 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Shaft in Africa (film score) Description of subject: Shaft in Africa (film score) is a 1973 funk- and soul-infused soundtrack composed by Johnny Pate for the blaxploitation film "Shaft in Africa."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.