The Corner
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"The Corner" is a song by Common from his 2005 album "Be," known for its vivid portrayal of urban street life and collaboration with producer Kanye West and spoken-word group The Last Poets.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Corner canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T523695 — 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 Corner Context triple: [Be, includesTrack, The Corner]
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A.
Seven Corners
Seven Corners is a densely developed commercial and residential area in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, known for its major road junction and large shopping centers.
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B.
Vecherniy Kvartal
Vecherniy Kvartal is a popular Ukrainian comedy and satirical TV show known for its sketches, political humor, and live performances.
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C.
Asylum Hill
Asylum Hill is a historic neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut, known for its Victorian architecture, major insurance company headquarters, and cultural institutions.
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D.
Art on the Avenue
Art on the Avenue is an annual multicultural arts and music festival held in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, featuring local artists, live performances, food, and community activities.
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E.
Howard Beach
Howard Beach is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern part of Queens, New York City, known for its proximity to JFK Airport and its waterfront location along Jamaica Bay.
- 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 Corner Target entity description: "The Corner" is a song by Common from his 2005 album "Be," known for its vivid portrayal of urban street life and collaboration with producer Kanye West and spoken-word group The Last Poets.
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A.
Seven Corners
Seven Corners is a densely developed commercial and residential area in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, known for its major road junction and large shopping centers.
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B.
Vecherniy Kvartal
Vecherniy Kvartal is a popular Ukrainian comedy and satirical TV show known for its sketches, political humor, and live performances.
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C.
Asylum Hill
Asylum Hill is a historic neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut, known for its Victorian architecture, major insurance company headquarters, and cultural institutions.
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D.
Art on the Avenue
Art on the Avenue is an annual multicultural arts and music festival held in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, featuring local artists, live performances, food, and community activities.
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E.
Howard Beach
Howard Beach is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern part of Queens, New York City, known for its proximity to JFK Airport and its waterfront location along Jamaica Bay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Be ⓘ |
| artist | Common ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
City of Chicago
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
|
| chronology | Common singles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuredArtist | The Last Poets ⓘ |
| genre | hip hop ⓘ |
| hasElement |
sample-based production
ⓘ
spoken word interludes ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | soul-influenced hip hop production ⓘ |
| includedIn | track listing of the album Be ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
inner-city struggles
ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ urban street life ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration between Common and Kanye West
ⓘ
featuring spoken-word elements by The Last Poets ⓘ vivid portrayal of life on the street corners of Chicago ⓘ |
| partOf | discography of Common ⓘ |
| performer | Common ⓘ |
| producer | Kanye West ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
GOOD Music
ⓘ
Geffen Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| vocalContributionBy | The Last Poets ⓘ |
| writer |
Common
ⓘ
Kanye West ⓘ The Last Poets ⓘ |
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: The Corner Description of subject: "The Corner" is a song by Common from his 2005 album "Be," known for its vivid portrayal of urban street life and collaboration with producer Kanye West and spoken-word group The Last Poets.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Be
subject surface form:
Be
subject surface form:
Be