The 99
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The 99 is a comic book series and media franchise featuring a team of superheroes inspired by the 99 attributes of Allah from Islamic tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The 99 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10648248 — 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 99 Context triple: [Mena Massoud, appearedIn, The 99]
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A.
One-Nine-Nine-Nine
One-Nine-Nine-Nine is a song that follows "All Night Long" in a musical track sequence, likely as part of the same album or release.
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B.
The 901
The 901 is the nickname of Memphis 901 FC, a professional soccer club based in Memphis, Tennessee that competes in the USL Championship.
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C.
Johnny 99
"Johnny 99" is a Bruce Springsteen song from his 1982 album *Nebraska* that tells a stark, narrative tale of economic hardship and crime.
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D.
Nine for IX
Nine for IX is a documentary film series that explores stories of women in sports, created as a companion to ESPN's acclaimed 30 for 30 franchise.
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E.
New Nine
New Nine were the second group of NASA astronauts, selected in 1962, who played key roles in the Gemini and Apollo programs, including several future Moon-landing commanders.
- 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 99 Target entity description: The 99 is a comic book series and media franchise featuring a team of superheroes inspired by the 99 attributes of Allah from Islamic tradition.
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A.
One-Nine-Nine-Nine
One-Nine-Nine-Nine is a song that follows "All Night Long" in a musical track sequence, likely as part of the same album or release.
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B.
The 901
The 901 is the nickname of Memphis 901 FC, a professional soccer club based in Memphis, Tennessee that competes in the USL Championship.
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C.
Johnny 99
"Johnny 99" is a Bruce Springsteen song from his 1982 album *Nebraska* that tells a stark, narrative tale of economic hardship and crime.
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D.
Nine for IX
Nine for IX is a documentary film series that explores stories of women in sports, created as a companion to ESPN's acclaimed 30 for 30 franchise.
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E.
New Nine
New Nine were the second group of NASA astronauts, selected in 1962, who played key roles in the Gemini and Apollo programs, including several future Moon-landing commanders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic book series
ⓘ
media franchise ⓘ |
| awardReceived | UN recognition for promoting intercultural dialogue ⓘ |
| controversy | criticized by some religious authorities ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kuwait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Naif Al-Mutawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Middle East
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| genre |
Islamic comics
ⓘ
superhero fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The 99 (animated series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Aleem the All-Knowing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bari the Healer NERFINISHED ⓘ Batin the Hidden NERFINISHED ⓘ Darr the Afflicter NERFINISHED ⓘ Fattah the Opener NERFINISHED ⓘ Hadya the Guide NERFINISHED ⓘ Hafiz the Preserver NERFINISHED ⓘ Hakeem the Wise NERFINISHED ⓘ Jabbar the Powerful NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaleel the Majestic NERFINISHED ⓘ Jami the Assembler NERFINISHED ⓘ Mughni the Enricher NERFINISHED ⓘ Muhaymin the Protector NERFINISHED ⓘ Mujiba the Responder NERFINISHED ⓘ Mumita the Destroyer NERFINISHED ⓘ Muta‘al the Supreme NERFINISHED ⓘ Noora the Light NERFINISHED ⓘ Nura the Light NERFINISHED ⓘ Rafeeq the Companion NERFINISHED ⓘ Raqib the Watcher NERFINISHED ⓘ Samir the Entertainer NERFINISHED ⓘ Wahid the One NERFINISHED ⓘ Widad the Loving NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacterGroup | The 99 (superhero team) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublisherImprint | Teshkeel Media Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSuperpowerSource | Noor stones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | 99 names of Allah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| medium |
animated television
ⓘ
comic books ⓘ |
| notableFor | using Islamic concepts in a superhero context ⓘ |
| publisher | Teshkeel Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousInspiration | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | fictional global contemporary world ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
young adults ⓘ |
| theme |
cooperation
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intercultural dialogue ⓘ tolerance ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 99 Description of subject: The 99 is a comic book series and media franchise featuring a team of superheroes inspired by the 99 attributes of Allah from Islamic tradition.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.