Starboy
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"Starboy" is a 2016 hit single by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk, known for its dark, moody production and exploration of fame and identity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Starboy canonical | 32 |
| Starboy (song) | 3 |
| Starboy (with Daft Punk) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9880031 — 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: Starboy Context triple: [Cirkut, notableWork, Starboy]
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A.
Starboy
Starboy is the popular stage name and persona of Nigerian Afrobeats singer and songwriter Wizkid, under which he has released several hit songs and projects.
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B.
Another Day
"Another Day" is a track by Kid Cudi from his album "Man on the Moon III: The Chosen," reflecting his signature introspective and melodic hip-hop style.
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C.
Another Day
"Another Day" is a melodic progressive metal ballad by Dream Theater, known for its emotional lyrics, saxophone solo, and prominence on their 1992 album "Images and Words."
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D.
Another Day
"Another Day" is an early single by Irish rock band U2, released in 1980 before they achieved international fame.
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E.
A Head Full of Dreams
A Head Full of Dreams is a colorful, pop-oriented studio album by British rock band Coldplay known for its upbeat, optimistic sound and high-profile collaborations.
- 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: Starboy Target entity description: "Starboy" is a 2016 hit single by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk, known for its dark, moody production and exploration of fame and identity.
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A.
Starboy
Starboy is the popular stage name and persona of Nigerian Afrobeats singer and songwriter Wizkid, under which he has released several hit songs and projects.
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B.
Another Day
"Another Day" is a track by Kid Cudi from his album "Man on the Moon III: The Chosen," reflecting his signature introspective and melodic hip-hop style.
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C.
Another Day
"Another Day" is an early single by Irish rock band U2, released in 1980 before they achieved international fame.
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D.
Another Day
"Another Day" is a melodic progressive metal ballad by Dream Theater, known for its emotional lyrics, saxophone solo, and prominence on their 1992 album "Images and Words."
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E.
A Head Full of Dreams
A Head Full of Dreams is a colorful, pop-oriented studio album by British rock band Coldplay known for its upbeat, optimistic sound and high-profile collaborations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| albumArtist | The Weeknd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | The Weeknd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award | Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album (contributed single) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
Canadian Hot 100 number one
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
UK Singles Chart top ten NERFINISHED ⓘ US Billboard Hot 100 number one NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| featuredArtist | Daft Punk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
drum machine
ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
alternative R&B ⓘ electropop ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | Starboy single cover ⓘ |
| hasISRC | USUG11600954 ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Starboy music video ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Starboy (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label |
Republic Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
XO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadSingleFor | Starboy (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | 3:50 ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Grant Singer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration between The Weeknd and Daft Punk
ⓘ
dark moody production ⓘ |
| partOf | The Weeknd discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Daft Punk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Weeknd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Cirkut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Daft Punk NERFINISHED ⓘ Doc McKinney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 2016 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2016-09-22 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat |
digital download
ⓘ
streaming ⓘ |
| releaseType | lead single ⓘ |
| theme |
celebrity culture
ⓘ
fame ⓘ identity ⓘ materialism ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | melodic singing ⓘ |
| writer |
Abel Tesfaye
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Walter NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin McKinney NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Bangalter 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: Starboy Description of subject: "Starboy" is a 2016 hit single by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk, known for its dark, moody production and exploration of fame and identity.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Starboy (with Daft Punk)
this entity surface form:
Starboy (song)
this entity surface form:
Starboy (song)
this entity surface form:
Starboy (song)