The Streetbeater
E173476
"The Streetbeater" is the funky, jazz-infused instrumental theme song composed by Quincy Jones for the 1970s American sitcom Sanford and Son.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Streetbeater canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1528980 — 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 Streetbeater Context triple: [Sanford and Son, openingTheme, The Streetbeater]
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A.
Sideswipe
Sideswipe is an Autobot warrior from the Transformers franchise, typically portrayed as a sleek, high-speed combat specialist.
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B.
Freerider
Freerider is a famous big-wall free climbing route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, renowned for its difficulty and for being the line Alex Honnold soloed in the film "Free Solo."
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C.
Westy
Westy was the widely used nickname of General William Westmoreland, the U.S. Army officer who commanded American forces during the Vietnam War.
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D.
The Street
The Street is a British television drama series known for its gritty, character-driven stories set in a working-class neighborhood.
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E.
Streets of Woodfield
Streets of Woodfield is a large outdoor shopping and entertainment center located in Schaumburg, Illinois, featuring a mix of retail stores, restaurants, and leisure venues.
- 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 Streetbeater Target entity description: "The Streetbeater" is the funky, jazz-infused instrumental theme song composed by Quincy Jones for the 1970s American sitcom Sanford and Son.
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A.
Sideswipe
Sideswipe is an Autobot warrior from the Transformers franchise, typically portrayed as a sleek, high-speed combat specialist.
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B.
Freerider
Freerider is a famous big-wall free climbing route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, renowned for its difficulty and for being the line Alex Honnold soloed in the film "Free Solo."
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C.
Westy
Westy was the widely used nickname of General William Westmoreland, the U.S. Army officer who commanded American forces during the Vietnam War.
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D.
The Street
The Street is a British television drama series known for its gritty, character-driven stories set in a working-class neighborhood.
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E.
Streets of Woodfield
Streets of Woodfield is a large outdoor shopping and entertainment center located in Schaumburg, Illinois, featuring a mix of retail stores, restaurants, and leisure venues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
funk song
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instrumental composition ⓘ jazz-funk song ⓘ television theme song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Sanford and Son theme ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Fred G. Sanford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Redd Foxx ⓘ |
| composer | Quincy Jones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
funk
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jazz-funk ⓘ soul jazz ⓘ |
| hasComposerRole | Quincy Jones ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
drum kit
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electric bass ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ horn section ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| hasStyle | 1970s television funk theme ⓘ |
| language | instrumental (no lyrics) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
brass arrangements
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funky groove ⓘ syncopated rhythm ⓘ |
| originallyReleasedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sanford and Son soundtrack
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linked to:
Sanford and Son
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| usedAsThemeFor | Sanford and Son ⓘ |
| usedFor |
closing credits
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opening credits ⓘ |
| usedInMedium | television ⓘ |
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: The Streetbeater Description of subject: "The Streetbeater" is the funky, jazz-infused instrumental theme song composed by Quincy Jones for the 1970s American sitcom Sanford and Son.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.