Onyx
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Onyx is a hardcore hip hop group from Queens, New York, known for its aggressive style and influential 1990s releases.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Onyx canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10049521 — 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: Onyx Context triple: [Fredro Starr, memberOf, Onyx]
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A.
Lapis Niger
Lapis Niger is an ancient black stone shrine and inscribed pavement in Rome’s Forum Romanum, traditionally associated with early Roman religious or funerary practices and sometimes linked to the legendary king Romulus.
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B.
Sapphire
Sapphire is a 1959 British crime drama film that explores racial tensions and prejudice in London through the investigation of a young woman's murder.
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C.
Sapphire
Sapphire is an American author best known for her novel "Push," which was adapted into the acclaimed film "Precious."
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D.
Sapphire
Sapphire is a precious gemstone variety of the mineral corundum, typically blue, valued for its hardness, brilliance, and use in fine jewelry and industrial applications.
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E.
Melian obsidian
Melian obsidian is a volcanic glass from the island of Melos that was a major source of high-quality stone for toolmaking and trade across the Neolithic Aegean.
- 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: Onyx Target entity description: Onyx is a hardcore hip hop group from Queens, New York, known for its aggressive style and influential 1990s releases.
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A.
Lapis Niger
Lapis Niger is an ancient black stone shrine and inscribed pavement in Rome’s Forum Romanum, traditionally associated with early Roman religious or funerary practices and sometimes linked to the legendary king Romulus.
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B.
Sapphire
Sapphire is an American author best known for her novel "Push," which was adapted into the acclaimed film "Precious."
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C.
Sapphire
Sapphire is a 1959 British crime drama film that explores racial tensions and prejudice in London through the investigation of a young woman's murder.
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D.
Sapphire
Sapphire is a precious gemstone variety of the mineral corundum, typically blue, valued for its hardness, brilliance, and use in fine jewelry and industrial applications.
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E.
Melian obsidian
Melian obsidian is a volcanic glass from the island of Melos that was a major source of high-quality stone for toolmaking and trade across the Neolithic Aegean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | hip hop group ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1990s
ⓘ
2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
50 Cent
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
DMX NERFINISHED ⓘ Jam Master Jay NERFINISHED ⓘ M.O.P. NERFINISHED ⓘ Run-D.M.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Wu-Tang Clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award | Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Album nomination for Bacdafucup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartSuccess | Slam reached the Billboard Hot 100 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfOrigin | Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formedIn | early 1990s ⓘ |
| formerMember | Big DS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
East Coast hip hop
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
hardcore hip hop ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | hardcore hip hop aesthetics of the 1990s ⓘ |
| hasSubgenreElements |
boom bap
ⓘ
gangsta rap ⓘ |
| knownFor |
aggressive vocal delivery
ⓘ
energetic live performances ⓘ influential 1990s hardcore hip hop releases ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Big DS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fredro Starr NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonsee NERFINISHED ⓘ Sticky Fingaz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Shiftee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Slam NERFINISHED ⓘ Throw Ya Gunz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All We Got Iz Us
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bacdafucup NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiftee NERFINISHED ⓘ Shut 'Em Down NERFINISHED ⓘ Slam NERFINISHED ⓘ Throw Ya Gunz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatesFromNeighborhood | South Jamaica, Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ Queens, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Def Jam Recordings
ⓘ
Jive Records ⓘ Mad Money Records NERFINISHED ⓘ X-Ray Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | New York 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: Onyx Description of subject: Onyx is a hardcore hip hop group from Queens, New York, known for its aggressive style and influential 1990s releases.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.