Opus de Funk
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Opus de Funk is a hard bop jazz composition by pianist Horace Silver, known for its catchy blues-inflected melody and influential role in 1950s modern jazz.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Opus de Funk canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2250865 — 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: Opus de Funk Context triple: [Horace Silver, notableWork, Opus de Funk]
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A.
Funk This
Funk This is a Grammy-winning studio album by American R&B and funk singer Chaka Khan, known for its blend of classic soul, funk, and contemporary production.
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B.
Machine Gun Funk
"Machine Gun Funk" is a track by The Notorious B.I.G. from his landmark debut album "Ready to Die," showcasing his gritty storytelling and smooth, laid-back flow over a funk-influenced beat.
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C.
Queen of Funk
Queen of Funk is the honorific nickname of American singer Chaka Khan, renowned for her powerful vocals and pioneering influence on funk, R&B, and soul music.
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D.
Chingy
Chingy is an American rapper and actor best known for his early-2000s hit singles like "Right Thurr" and his association with the Disturbing tha Peace label.
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E.
Smells Like Funk
"Smells Like Funk" is a track by the Black Eyed Peas from their breakthrough album "Elephunk," showcasing their early 2000s hip hop and funk-influenced sound.
- 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: Opus de Funk Target entity description: Opus de Funk is a hard bop jazz composition by pianist Horace Silver, known for its catchy blues-inflected melody and influential role in 1950s modern jazz.
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A.
Funk This
Funk This is a Grammy-winning studio album by American R&B and funk singer Chaka Khan, known for its blend of classic soul, funk, and contemporary production.
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B.
Machine Gun Funk
"Machine Gun Funk" is a track by The Notorious B.I.G. from his landmark debut album "Ready to Die," showcasing his gritty storytelling and smooth, laid-back flow over a funk-influenced beat.
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C.
Queen of Funk
Queen of Funk is the honorific nickname of American singer Chaka Khan, renowned for her powerful vocals and pioneering influence on funk, R&B, and soul music.
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D.
Chingy
Chingy is an American rapper and actor best known for his early-2000s hit singles like "Right Thurr" and his association with the Disturbing tha Peace label.
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E.
Smells Like Funk
"Smells Like Funk" is a track by the Black Eyed Peas from their breakthrough album "Elephunk," showcasing their early 2000s hip hop and funk-influenced sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hard bop composition
ⓘ
jazz composition ⓘ |
| associatedGenrePioneer | Horace Silver ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ |
| associatedWithSubgenre | soul jazz precursor ⓘ |
| composer | Horace Silver ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| era | 1950s ⓘ |
| genre |
hard bop
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ |
| hasComposerRole | pianist ⓘ |
| hasForm | blues-based form ⓘ |
| hasHarmonicCharacteristic |
bebop-influenced harmony
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blues harmony elements ⓘ |
| hasImprovisation | jazz improvisation sections ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
hard bop repertoire
ⓘ
modern jazz piano writing ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass
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drums ⓘ piano ⓘ saxophone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ |
| hasMelodyCharacteristic | catchy melody ⓘ |
| hasRhythmicCharacteristic | swing feel ⓘ |
| hasTempoCharacteristic | medium-up tempo ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| isStandardIn | jazz repertoire ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| movement | modern jazz ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blues-based melodic material
ⓘ
influential role in 1950s modern jazz ⓘ use of hard bop harmony and rhythm ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Horace Silver ⓘ |
| recordedInDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| style | blues-inflected ⓘ |
| workOf | Horace Silver ⓘ |
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: Opus de Funk Description of subject: Opus de Funk is a hard bop jazz composition by pianist Horace Silver, known for its catchy blues-inflected melody and influential role in 1950s modern jazz.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.