Cubik
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"Cubik" is a seminal 1990 techno track by British electronic music group 808 State, known for its distinctive synth riff and influence on the early rave scene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cubik canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7966809 — 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: Cubik Context triple: [808 State, notableSong, Cubik]
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A.
Rubix
Rubix is a hip-hop artist known for contributing a guest feature on Talib Kweli’s album "Prisoner of Conscious."
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B.
Gleaming the Cube
Gleaming the Cube is a 1989 cult skateboarding-themed thriller film starring Christian Slater as a rebellious teen who investigates his adopted brother’s mysterious death.
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C.
Kubek
Kubek is the surname of Tony Kubek, a former Major League Baseball shortstop and longtime television sportscaster best known for his years with the New York Yankees.
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D.
Rubik's Cube
Rubik's Cube is a 3D combination puzzle consisting of a cube with colored faces that must be twisted and rotated so each side shows a single uniform color.
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E.
BNA Kubus
BNA Kubus is a prestigious Dutch architecture award presented by the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects (BNA) to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of architecture.
- 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: Cubik Target entity description: "Cubik" is a seminal 1990 techno track by British electronic music group 808 State, known for its distinctive synth riff and influence on the early rave scene.
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A.
Rubix
Rubix is a hip-hop artist known for contributing a guest feature on Talib Kweli’s album "Prisoner of Conscious."
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B.
Gleaming the Cube
Gleaming the Cube is a 1989 cult skateboarding-themed thriller film starring Christian Slater as a rebellious teen who investigates his adopted brother’s mysterious death.
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C.
Kubek
Kubek is the surname of Tony Kubek, a former Major League Baseball shortstop and longtime television sportscaster best known for his years with the New York Yankees.
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D.
Rubik's Cube
Rubik's Cube is a 3D combination puzzle consisting of a cube with colored faces that must be twisted and rotated so each side shows a single uniform color.
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E.
BNA Kubus
BNA Kubus is a prestigious Dutch architecture award presented by the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects (BNA) to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | 808 State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | Madchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithScene | UK rave scene ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Europe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North America NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
CD single ⓘ |
| genre |
acid house
ⓘ
rave ⓘ techno ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtType | single cover artwork ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
driving 4/4 beat
ⓘ
heavy, distorted synth riff ⓘ sample-based production ⓘ |
| hasNoLyrics | true ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Cubik (album version)
ⓘ
Cubik (remix) NERFINISHED ⓘ Cubik (single mix) ⓘ |
| includedOnAlbum | 808:90 ⓘ |
| influenced |
UK techno scene
ⓘ
early 1990s rave music ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Detroit techno
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
acid house ⓘ |
| isSeminalWorkFor | 808 State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | 808 State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive synth riff
ⓘ
influence on early rave scene ⓘ |
| originatedInCity | Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | 808:90 ⓘ |
| performer | 808 State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performingGroupCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | 808 State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | 808 State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | ZTT Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| tempoCategory | uptempo ⓘ |
| writer |
Andrew Barker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Darren Partington NERFINISHED ⓘ Graham Massey NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Cubik Description of subject: "Cubik" is a seminal 1990 techno track by British electronic music group 808 State, known for its distinctive synth riff and influence on the early rave scene.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.