Doing It to Death
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"Doing It to Death" is a 1973 funk song and album by The J.B.'s, produced and led by James Brown, known for its iconic groove and the catchphrase "Gonna have a funky good time."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Doing It to Death canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9134456 — 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: Doing It to Death Context triple: [The J.B.'s, notableWork, Doing It to Death]
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A.
Rather Die Young
"Rather Die Young" is a soulful R&B ballad by Beyoncé from her 2011 album "4," expressing a passionate, all-or-nothing kind of love.
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B.
Do or Die
"Do or Die" is the historic call to action issued by Mahatma Gandhi during the Quit India Movement of 1942, urging Indians to fight for complete independence from British rule with unwavering resolve.
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C.
Do or Die
Do or Die is a Chicago-based hip hop group known for its smooth, fast-paced rap style and collaborations with fellow Chicago rapper Twista.
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D.
Learning To Die
"Learning To Die" is a song by the American heavy metal band Dust, known for its early 1970s hard rock sound and featuring future Ramones drummer Marky Ramone.
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E.
A Band Called Death
A Band Called Death is a 2012 documentary film that chronicles the rediscovery and legacy of Death, a pioneering but long-overlooked African American proto-punk band from Detroit.
- 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: Doing It to Death Target entity description: "Doing It to Death" is a 1973 funk song and album by The J.B.'s, produced and led by James Brown, known for its iconic groove and the catchphrase "Gonna have a funky good time."
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A.
Rather Die Young
"Rather Die Young" is a soulful R&B ballad by Beyoncé from her 2011 album "4," expressing a passionate, all-or-nothing kind of love.
-
B.
Do or Die
"Do or Die" is the historic call to action issued by Mahatma Gandhi during the Quit India Movement of 1942, urging Indians to fight for complete independence from British rule with unwavering resolve.
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C.
Do or Die
Do or Die is a Chicago-based hip hop group known for its smooth, fast-paced rap style and collaborations with fellow Chicago rapper Twista.
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D.
Learning To Die
"Learning To Die" is a song by the American heavy metal band Dust, known for its early 1970s hard rock sound and featuring future Ramones drummer Marky Ramone.
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E.
A Band Called Death
A Band Called Death is a 2012 documentary film that chronicles the rediscovery and legacy of Death, a pioneering but long-overlooked African American proto-punk band from Detroit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
ⓘ
single ⓘ song ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | Gonna Have a Funky Good Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | The J.B.'s NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
James Brown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| backingBandFor | James Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bandLeader | James Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catchphrase | Gonna have a funky good time ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | classic James Brown funk period ⓘ |
| genre |
funk
ⓘ
funk ⓘ |
| hasChant | Gonna have a funky good time ⓘ |
| hasNotableGroove | iconic funk groove ⓘ |
| hasStyleCharacteristic |
call-and-response vocals
ⓘ
dance-oriented beat ⓘ extended groove-based vamp ⓘ prominent horn section ⓘ syncopated rhythm ⓘ |
| includesSong | Doing It to Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
R&B
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
funk ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
horn section
ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ |
| isTitleTrackOf | Doing It to Death (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| leadVocalist | James Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic funk groove
ⓘ
popularizing the phrase "Gonna have a funky good time" ⓘ |
| performer | The J.B.'s NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
James Brown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | The J.B.'s NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| releaseYear |
1973
ⓘ
1973 ⓘ |
| rhythmicFoundation | bass-driven groove ⓘ |
| title |
Doing It to Death
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Doing It to Death 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: Doing It to Death Description of subject: "Doing It to Death" is a 1973 funk song and album by The J.B.'s, produced and led by James Brown, known for its iconic groove and the catchphrase "Gonna have a funky good time."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.