Heavy
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"Heavy" is a popular rock song by the American band Collective Soul, known for its driving guitar riff and success on rock radio in the late 1990s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heavy canonical | 4 |
| Heavy Music | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10994335 — 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: Heavy Context triple: [Collective Soul, notableWork, Heavy]
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A.
Heavy
"Heavy" is a 2017 pop-rock single by Linkin Park featuring Kiiara that marked a stylistic shift toward a more minimalist, electronic-influenced sound and sparked mixed reactions from fans and critics.
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B.
Heavy
"Heavy" is a soulful R&B song by American singer SiR, known for its smooth production and introspective lyrics.
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C.
Heavy
Heavy is a 1995 independent drama film known for its quiet, character-driven portrayal of loneliness and unrequited love in a small-town diner setting.
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D.
Heavy D
Heavy D was a Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, and leader of the influential hip hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, known for his smooth delivery and crossover appeal in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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E.
Heavy Stereo
Heavy Stereo was a British alternative rock band from the 1990s fronted by guitarist and songwriter Gem Archer before he joined Oasis.
- 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: Heavy Target entity description: "Heavy" is a popular rock song by the American band Collective Soul, known for its driving guitar riff and success on rock radio in the late 1990s.
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A.
Heavy
"Heavy" is a soulful R&B song by American singer SiR, known for its smooth production and introspective lyrics.
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B.
Heavy
"Heavy" is a 2017 pop-rock single by Linkin Park featuring Kiiara that marked a stylistic shift toward a more minimalist, electronic-influenced sound and sparked mixed reactions from fans and critics.
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C.
Heavy
Heavy is a 1995 independent drama film known for its quiet, character-driven portrayal of loneliness and unrequited love in a small-town diner setting.
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D.
Heavy D
Heavy D was a Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, and leader of the influential hip hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, known for his smooth delivery and crossover appeal in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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E.
Heavy Stereo
Heavy Stereo was a British alternative rock band from the 1990s fronted by guitarist and songwriter Gem Archer before he joined Oasis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| albumBy | Collective Soul ⓘ |
| artist | Collective Soul ⓘ |
| belongsToMusicEra | late 1990s rock ⓘ |
| chartPosition | number 1 on Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks ⓘ |
| chartRun | stayed at number 1 on Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks for multiple weeks ⓘ |
| chartSuccessOn |
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks
ⓘ
linked to:
US Mainstream Rock Tracks
US rock radio ⓘ |
| chronologyInArtistSingles |
follows the single "Run"
ⓘ
precedes the single "Tremble for My Beloved" ⓘ |
| composer | Ed Roland ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| format |
CD single
ⓘ
promo single ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
post-grunge ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| hasLengthCategory | radio-friendly length ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature | driving guitar riff ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Heavy music video ⓘ |
| hasRhythmicFeel | driving rhythm ⓘ |
| hasSubgenreCharacteristic | post-grunge guitar sound ⓘ |
| hasTempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | melodic rock vocals ⓘ |
| includedInTourSetlistsOf | Collective Soul ⓘ |
| isTrackNumberOnAlbum | track on the album Dosage ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Ed Roland ⓘ |
| musicVideoArtist | Collective Soul ⓘ |
| notableFor |
radio airplay in the late 1990s
ⓘ
success on rock radio formats ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Dosage ⓘ |
| performer | Collective Soul ⓘ |
| producer |
Anthony J. Resta
ⓘ
Ed Roland ⓘ |
| recordingArtistNationality | American ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Atlantic Records
ⓘ
Elektra Records ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| writer | Ed Roland ⓘ |
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: Heavy Description of subject: "Heavy" is a popular rock song by the American band Collective Soul, known for its driving guitar riff and success on rock radio in the late 1990s.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Heavy