If (music video)
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"If (music video)" is the visual accompaniment to Janet Jackson's 1993 single "If," noted for its innovative choreography, futuristic club setting, and influential use of video technology and sensual imagery.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| If (music video) canonical | 2 |
| If (song) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3204780 — 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: If (music video) Context triple: [If, hasMusicVideo, If (music video)]
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A.
Formation (music video)
"Formation" (music video) is the politically charged visual accompaniment to Beyoncé's 2016 song, noted for its powerful imagery addressing Black identity, Southern culture, and police brutality.
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B.
MTV Music
MTV Music is a music-focused television brand under the broader MTV network, dedicated primarily to airing music videos and related music programming.
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C.
MV
MV is the vehicle registration code for the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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D.
What A Music
What A Music is a record label founded and run by French DJ and producer David Guetta, primarily focused on electronic dance music releases.
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E.
I Am Music
"I Am Music" is a track by Common from his experimental hip-hop album "Electric Circus."
- 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: If (music video) Target entity description: "If (music video)" is the visual accompaniment to Janet Jackson's 1993 single "If," noted for its innovative choreography, futuristic club setting, and influential use of video technology and sensual imagery.
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A.
Formation (music video)
"Formation" (music video) is the politically charged visual accompaniment to Beyoncé's 2016 song, noted for its powerful imagery addressing Black identity, Southern culture, and police brutality.
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B.
MTV Music
MTV Music is a music-focused television brand under the broader MTV network, dedicated primarily to airing music videos and related music programming.
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C.
MV
MV is the vehicle registration code for the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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D.
What A Music
What A Music is a record label founded and run by French DJ and producer David Guetta, primarily focused on electronic dance music releases.
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E.
I Am Music
"I Am Music" is a track by Common from his experimental hip-hop album "Electric Circus."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music video
ⓘ
short film ⓘ |
| artist | Janet Jackson ⓘ |
| associatedWithAlbum |
Janet
ⓘ
surface form:
janet.
|
| awardRecognition | MTV Video Music Awards nominations ⓘ |
| basedOn | If (song) ⓘ |
| choreographyStyle |
fusion of hip hop and jazz dance
ⓘ
highly synchronized group formations ⓘ |
| costumeStyle |
industrial and clubwear aesthetics
ⓘ
midriff-baring tops and low-slung pants ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
fantasy scenarios
ⓘ
sexual tension ⓘ |
| director | Dominic Sena ⓘ |
| era | early 1990s music video innovation ⓘ |
| features |
chair dance routine
ⓘ
close-up shots of choreography ⓘ elaborate group dance sequences ⓘ floor choreography ⓘ green-tinted color grading ⓘ interactive video screens ⓘ rapid-cut montage ⓘ simulated cybersex interfaces ⓘ split-screen editing ⓘ voyeur audience watching screens ⓘ voyeuristic surveillance imagery ⓘ |
| featuresChoreographyBy |
Janet Jackson
ⓘ
Tina Landon ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B music video
ⓘ
dance music video ⓘ |
| influenced |
later pop and R&B music video choreography
ⓘ
visual language of 1990s dance videos ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Janet Jackson ⓘ |
| notableFor |
futuristic club setting
ⓘ
innovative choreography ⓘ sensual imagery ⓘ use of video technology ⓘ |
| originalNetworkPremiere | MTV ⓘ |
| partOf |
Janet
ⓘ
surface form:
janet. (era)
promotion for the single If ⓘ |
| performer | Janet Jackson ⓘ |
| producer | David Mallet ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| setIn | futuristic Asian-inspired nightclub ⓘ |
| title | If ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
cyberpunk-influenced
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highly choreographed ensemble dancing ⓘ |
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: If (music video) Description of subject: "If (music video)" is the visual accompaniment to Janet Jackson's 1993 single "If," noted for its innovative choreography, futuristic club setting, and influential use of video technology and sensual imagery.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
If (song)
this entity surface form:
If (song)