Beat of the Future
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Beat of the Future was the futuristic, youth-oriented musical theme featured in the halftime show of Super Bowl XX.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Beat of the Future canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T391828 — 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: Beat of the Future Context triple: [Super Bowl XX, halftimeTheme, Beat of the Future]
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A.
Boom Boom Pow
"Boom Boom Pow" is a 2009 electro-pop and hip-hop single by the Black Eyed Peas that became a global hit and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for multiple weeks.
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B.
Snap the Whip
Snap the Whip is an 1872 painting by American artist Winslow Homer depicting schoolboys playing in a rural field, often celebrated as an iconic image of post–Civil War American childhood and country life.
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C.
I Wanna Be Down
"I Wanna Be Down" is the 1994 debut single by American singer Brandy, a smooth R&B track that became a major hit and helped launch her music career.
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D.
Hypnotize
"Hypnotize" is a 1997 hit single by The Notorious B.I.G., widely recognized as one of his signature songs and a classic of East Coast hip-hop.
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E.
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.
- 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: Beat of the Future Target entity description: Beat of the Future was the futuristic, youth-oriented musical theme featured in the halftime show of Super Bowl XX.
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A.
Boom Boom Pow
"Boom Boom Pow" is a 2009 electro-pop and hip-hop single by the Black Eyed Peas that became a global hit and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for multiple weeks.
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B.
Snap the Whip
Snap the Whip is an 1872 painting by American artist Winslow Homer depicting schoolboys playing in a rural field, often celebrated as an iconic image of post–Civil War American childhood and country life.
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C.
I Wanna Be Down
"I Wanna Be Down" is the 1994 debut single by American singer Brandy, a smooth R&B track that became a major hit and helped launch her music career.
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D.
Hypnotize
"Hypnotize" is a 1997 hit single by The Notorious B.I.G., widely recognized as one of his signature songs and a classic of East Coast hip-hop.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Super Bowl halftime show theme
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live music show ⓘ musical performance ⓘ |
| associatedLeague | National Football League ⓘ |
| associatedWithSport | American football ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | NBC ⓘ |
| city | New Orleans ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| date | 1986-01-26 ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
dancers
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elaborate choreography ⓘ futuristic costumes ⓘ large-scale field formations ⓘ marching bands ⓘ |
| followedByEvent | Super Bowl XX second half ⓘ |
| hasAudience | youth-oriented ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
marching band music
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pop music ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| hasTheme | futuristic ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liveAudienceSizeApprox | over 70,000 ⓘ |
| location | Louisiana Superdome ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| partOfEvent | Super Bowl XX halftime show ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Super Bowl halftime shows ⓘ |
| performedAtEvent | Super Bowl XX ⓘ |
| performedInYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| precededByEvent | Super Bowl XX first half ⓘ |
| state | Louisiana ⓘ |
| targetDemographic |
teenagers
ⓘ
young adults ⓘ |
| televisionAudienceScope |
international
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national ⓘ |
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: Beat of the Future Description of subject: Beat of the Future was the futuristic, youth-oriented musical theme featured in the halftime show of Super Bowl XX.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.