Future Shock
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Future Shock is a 1983 jazz-fusion and electro-funk album by Herbie Hancock that helped pioneer the use of turntablism and electronic sounds in mainstream jazz.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Future Shock canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5349925 — 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: Future Shock Context triple: [Rockit, partOfAlbum, Future Shock]
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A.
Earthshock
Earthshock is a classic 1982 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fifth Doctor, notable for the dramatic return of the Cybermen and the shocking death of companion Adric.
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B.
Shockwave
Shockwave is a now-discontinued multimedia platform and browser plugin developed by Macromedia (later Adobe) for delivering interactive web content, games, and animations.
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C.
Shockwave Supernova
Shockwave Supernova is a 2015 instrumental rock album by virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani, showcasing his signature melodic shredding and sci‑fi themed compositions.
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D.
Journey into Fear
Journey into Fear is a 1943 film noir–style thriller, based on Eric Ambler’s novel, in which Joseph Cotten plays an American engineer targeted by Nazi agents while traveling through wartime Europe.
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E.
Flashpoint
Flashpoint is a major DC Comics crossover storyline centered on the Flash that radically alters the timeline and serves as the catalyst for the New 52 continuity reboot.
- 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: Future Shock Target entity description: Future Shock is a 1983 jazz-fusion and electro-funk album by Herbie Hancock that helped pioneer the use of turntablism and electronic sounds in mainstream jazz.
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A.
Earthshock
Earthshock is a classic 1982 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fifth Doctor, notable for the dramatic return of the Cybermen and the shocking death of companion Adric.
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B.
Shockwave
Shockwave is a now-discontinued multimedia platform and browser plugin developed by Macromedia (later Adobe) for delivering interactive web content, games, and animations.
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C.
Shockwave Supernova
Shockwave Supernova is a 2015 instrumental rock album by virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani, showcasing his signature melodic shredding and sci‑fi themed compositions.
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D.
Journey into Fear
Journey into Fear is a 1943 film noir–style thriller, based on Eric Ambler’s novel, in which Joseph Cotten plays an American engineer targeted by Nazi agents while traveling through wartime Europe.
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E.
Flashpoint
Flashpoint is a major DC Comics crossover storyline centered on the Flash that radically alters the timeline and serves as the catalyst for the New 52 continuity reboot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
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studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel "Future Shock" by Alvin Toffler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributor |
Bill Laswell
NERFINISHED
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Grand Mixer D.ST NERFINISHED ⓘ Material ⓘ Michael Beinhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| duration | approximately 40 minutes ⓘ |
| feature |
drum machines
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electronic instruments ⓘ synthesizers ⓘ turntablism ⓘ |
| followedBy | Sound-System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
electro-funk
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electronic music ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ jazz-funk ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideoFor | Rockit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Autodrive
NERFINISHED
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Earth Beat NERFINISHED ⓘ Future Shock (track) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockit NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockit (single) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rough ⓘ TFS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1983 ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of jazz-rap
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mainstream jazz use of turntables ⓘ use of electronic sounds in jazz ⓘ |
| label | Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | integration of hip hop techniques into jazz ⓘ |
| mediaType | audio ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Herbie Hancock discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Lite Me Up NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Bill Laswell
NERFINISHED
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Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ Material NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1983 ⓘ |
| publicationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1983 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
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: Future Shock Description of subject: Future Shock is a 1983 jazz-fusion and electro-funk album by Herbie Hancock that helped pioneer the use of turntablism and electronic sounds in mainstream jazz.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.