Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
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"Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" is a breakthrough late-1990s hip-hop single by Jay-Z that famously samples the musical Annie and helped cement his mainstream popularity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) canonical | 4 |
| It’s the Hard Knock Life | 3 |
| It’s the Hard-Knock Life | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1155953 — 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: Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) Context triple: [Jay-Z, notableSong, Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)]
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A.
Ain't No Other Man
"Ain't No Other Man" is a 2006 funk- and soul-influenced pop single by Christina Aguilera that served as the lead track from her album "Back to Basics" and earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
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B.
Big Poppa
Big Poppa is a famous nickname of The Notorious B.I.G., the influential 1990s Brooklyn rapper known for his smooth flow, vivid storytelling, and major impact on East Coast hip hop.
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C.
Gotta Have It
"Gotta Have It" is a high-energy hip hop track by Jay-Z and Kanye West from their collaborative album *Watch the Throne*, known for its dense sampling and rapid-fire back-and-forth verses.
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D.
All Er Nuthin'
"All Er Nuthin'" is a comic duet from the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *Oklahoma!* in which Ado Annie and Will Parker argue about fidelity and commitment.
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E.
Drop It Like It's Hot
"Drop It Like It's Hot" is a 2004 hip hop single by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams, known for its minimalist production, catchy tongue-click beat, and widespread commercial success.
- 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: Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) Target entity description: "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" is a breakthrough late-1990s hip-hop single by Jay-Z that famously samples the musical Annie and helped cement his mainstream popularity.
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A.
Ain't No Other Man
"Ain't No Other Man" is a 2006 funk- and soul-influenced pop single by Christina Aguilera that served as the lead track from her album "Back to Basics" and earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
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B.
Big Poppa
Big Poppa is a famous nickname of The Notorious B.I.G., the influential 1990s Brooklyn rapper known for his smooth flow, vivid storytelling, and major impact on East Coast hip hop.
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C.
Gotta Have It
"Gotta Have It" is a high-energy hip hop track by Jay-Z and Kanye West from their collaborative album *Watch the Throne*, known for its dense sampling and rapid-fire back-and-forth verses.
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D.
All Er Nuthin'
"All Er Nuthin'" is a comic duet from the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *Oklahoma!* in which Ado Annie and Will Parker argue about fidelity and commitment.
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E.
Drop It Like It's Hot
"Drop It Like It's Hot" is a 2004 hip hop single by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams, known for its minimalist production, catchy tongue-click beat, and widespread commercial success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
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: Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) Description of subject: "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" is a breakthrough late-1990s hip-hop single by Jay-Z that famously samples the musical Annie and helped cement his mainstream popularity.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
It’s the Hard-Knock Life
this entity surface form:
It’s the Hard Knock Life
Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
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Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
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this entity surface form:
It’s the Hard Knock Life
Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
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this entity surface form:
It’s the Hard Knock Life
this entity surface form:
It’s the Hard-Knock Life
subject surface form:
You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile
this entity surface form:
It’s the Hard-Knock Life