The Seed (2.0)
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"The Seed (2.0)" is a song by American hip hop band The Roots that blends rap, rock, and soul elements and is widely recognized as one of their signature tracks.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Seed (2.0) canonical | 4 |
| The Seed | 3 |
| The Seed by Cody Chesnutt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T523861 — 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: The Seed (2.0) Context triple: [The Roots, single, The Seed (2.0)]
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A.
Seedley
Seedley is a residential district within the city of Salford in Greater Manchester, England.
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B.
The Garden
The Garden is the famous nickname for Boston Garden, the historic indoor arena in Boston that hosted the NBA’s Celtics, the NHL’s Bruins, and numerous iconic sports and entertainment events.
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C.
The Great Unknown
The Great Unknown is a section of Washington Irving’s 1824 story collection "Tales of a Traveller," comprising a group of tales centered on mystery and the supernatural.
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D.
The Loves of the Plants
The Loves of the Plants is a didactic poem by Erasmus Darwin that personifies plant reproduction to popularize contemporary botanical science.
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E.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
- 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: The Seed (2.0) Target entity description: "The Seed (2.0)" is a song by American hip hop band The Roots that blends rap, rock, and soul elements and is widely recognized as one of their signature tracks.
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A.
Seedley
Seedley is a residential district within the city of Salford in Greater Manchester, England.
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B.
The Garden
The Garden is the famous nickname for Boston Garden, the historic indoor arena in Boston that hosted the NBA’s Celtics, the NHL’s Bruins, and numerous iconic sports and entertainment events.
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C.
The Great Unknown
The Great Unknown is a section of Washington Irving’s 1824 story collection "Tales of a Traveller," comprising a group of tales centered on mystery and the supernatural.
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D.
The Loves of the Plants
The Loves of the Plants is a didactic poem by Erasmus Darwin that personifies plant reproduction to popularize contemporary botanical science.
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E.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Phrenology ⓘ |
| artist | The Roots ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Seed (2.0)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Seed
|
| chartPerformance | charted in multiple countries ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| describedAs | blend of rap, rock, and soul ⓘ |
| featuredArtist | Cody Chesnutt ⓘ |
| genre |
funk rock
ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ neo soul ⓘ rap rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
backing vocals
ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion | The Seed (2.0) live performances ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | The Seed (2.0) music video ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Roots live setlists ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | The Roots ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:27 ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Charles Stone III ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration between The Roots and Cody Chesnutt
ⓘ
crossover rock and hip hop sound ⓘ |
| originalVersionOf |
The Seed (2.0)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Seed
|
| partOf | Phrenology ⓘ |
| performer | The Roots ⓘ |
| producer |
Scott Storch
ⓘ
The Roots ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Geffen Records
ⓘ
MCA Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2002-11-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
relationships
ⓘ
sexual themes ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| vocalist |
Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter
ⓘ
surface form:
Black Thought
Cody Chesnutt ⓘ |
| writer |
Ahmir Thompson
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Cody Chesnutt ⓘ Kirk Douglas ⓘ Leonard Hubbard ⓘ Tariq Trotter ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: The Seed (2.0) Description of subject: "The Seed (2.0)" is a song by American hip hop band The Roots that blends rap, rock, and soul elements and is widely recognized as one of their signature tracks.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Seed
this entity surface form:
The Seed
subject surface form:
The Seed (2.0)
this entity surface form:
The Seed
subject surface form:
The Seed (2.0)
this entity surface form:
The Seed by Cody Chesnutt
subject surface form:
Phrenology
subject surface form:
Phrenology