Def American
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Def American was a record label founded by producer Rick Rubin, known for its influential releases across rock, hip-hop, and alternative music in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Def American canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11272295 — 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)
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Target entity: Def American Context triple: [The Black Crowes, label, Def American]
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A.
AMERICAN
AMERICAN is the radio callsign used by pilots and air traffic control to identify flights operated by American Airlines.
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B.
All American
"All American" is the nickname and motto of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, reflecting its origins as a unit composed of soldiers from all 48 states.
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C.
All American
All American is a 2018–present American sports drama television series inspired by the life of former NFL player Spencer Paysinger, focusing on a high school football star navigating class, family, and identity.
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D.
American
American refers to a person from or associated with the United States of America, typically holding its citizenship and sharing in its national culture and identity.
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E.
American (in-universe)
American (in-universe) refers to the fictional U.S. nationality attributed to characters like Izzie Stevens within the narrative world of a work such as Grey’s Anatomy.
- 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: Def American Target entity description: Def American was a record label founded by producer Rick Rubin, known for its influential releases across rock, hip-hop, and alternative music in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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A.
AMERICAN
AMERICAN is the radio callsign used by pilots and air traffic control to identify flights operated by American Airlines.
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B.
All American
All American is a 2018–present American sports drama television series inspired by the life of former NFL player Spencer Paysinger, focusing on a high school football star navigating class, family, and identity.
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C.
All American
"All American" is the nickname and motto of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, reflecting its origins as a unit composed of soldiers from all 48 states.
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D.
American
American refers to a person from or associated with the United States of America, typically holding its citizenship and sharing in its national culture and identity.
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E.
American (in-universe)
American (in-universe) refers to the fictional U.S. nationality attributed to characters like Izzie Stevens within the narrative world of a work such as Grey’s Anatomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American record label
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record label ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
early 1990s
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late 1980s ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart | late 1980s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Def American Recordings
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linked to:
American Recordings label
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| associatedWith |
American Recordings
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Rick Rubin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| founder | Rick Rubin ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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hard rock ⓘ heavy metal ⓘ hip hop music ⓘ rap rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor | genre-crossing catalog ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| keyPerson | Rick Rubin ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| notableFor |
influential releases in alternative music
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influential releases in hip hop ⓘ influential releases in rock ⓘ |
| product |
albums
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recorded music ⓘ singles ⓘ |
| specializedIn |
artist-driven hip hop releases
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artist-driven rock releases ⓘ |
| successor | American Recordings ⓘ |
| timeframe | late 1980s and early 1990s ⓘ |
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: Def American Description of subject: Def American was a record label founded by producer Rick Rubin, known for its influential releases across rock, hip-hop, and alternative music in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.