Cold Sweat
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"Cold Sweat" is a 1967 funk song by James Brown that is widely regarded as one of the first and most influential recordings in the development of funk music.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cold Sweat canonical | 7 |
| Cold Sweat (Part 1) | 2 |
| Cold Sweat (Part 2) | 2 |
| Cold Sweat (song) | 1 |
| “Cold Sweat” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1952177 — 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: Cold Sweat Context triple: [James Brown, notableWork, Cold Sweat]
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A.
Sweat
Sweat is a 2004 studio album by American rapper Nelly that showcases his blend of hip hop and R&B with a more up-tempo, club-oriented sound.
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B.
Cold
"Cold" is a song by GOOD Music, best known for its collaboration between Kanye West and DJ Khaled that blends braggadocious lyrics with a hard-hitting, minimalist beat.
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C.
Cold Shot
"Cold Shot" is a blues-rock song by Stevie Ray Vaughan, known for its laid-back groove, sharp guitar riffs, and wry lyrics about a deteriorating relationship.
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D.
The Sad Night
The Sad Night refers to the disastrous 1520 retreat of Hernán Cortés and his forces from Tenochtitlan, during which many Spanish conquistadors and their allies were killed by the Aztecs.
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E.
Lurking Fear
Lurking Fear is a renowned big-wall rock climbing route on Yosemite’s El Capitan, known for its long, challenging aid and free climbing pitches.
- 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: Cold Sweat Target entity description: "Cold Sweat" is a 1967 funk song by James Brown that is widely regarded as one of the first and most influential recordings in the development of funk music.
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A.
Sweat
Sweat is a 2004 studio album by American rapper Nelly that showcases his blend of hip hop and R&B with a more up-tempo, club-oriented sound.
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B.
Cold
"Cold" is a song by GOOD Music, best known for its collaboration between Kanye West and DJ Khaled that blends braggadocious lyrics with a hard-hitting, minimalist beat.
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C.
Cold Shot
"Cold Shot" is a blues-rock song by Stevie Ray Vaughan, known for its laid-back groove, sharp guitar riffs, and wry lyrics about a deteriorating relationship.
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D.
The Sad Night
The Sad Night refers to the disastrous 1520 retreat of Hernán Cortés and his forces from Tenochtitlan, during which many Spanish conquistadors and their allies were killed by the Aztecs.
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E.
Lurking Fear
Lurking Fear is a renowned big-wall rock climbing route on Yosemite’s El Capitan, known for its long, challenging aid and free climbing pitches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | James Brown ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 7 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardR&B | 1 ⓘ |
| composer |
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis
ⓘ
James Brown ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed by music critics ⓘ |
| firstReleaseType | non-album single ⓘ |
| genre |
funk
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
1970s funk artists
ⓘ
development of funk music ⓘ later James Brown recordings ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Cold Sweat (Part 1)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cold Sweat
Cold Sweat (Part 2) ⓘ
linked to:
Cold Sweat
|
| includedOn | various James Brown compilation albums ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
funk
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| instrumentation | vocals, drums, bass, guitar, horns, organ ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
a pioneering funk recording
ⓘ
one of the first funk songs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legacyStatus | landmark recording in funk music history ⓘ |
| length | approximately 2 minutes 55 seconds (Part 1 single version) ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme | romantic and emotional tension ⓘ |
| musicalFeature |
bass-driven groove
ⓘ
minimal chord changes ⓘ prominent horn riffs ⓘ |
| notableDrummer | Clyde Stubblefield ⓘ |
| notableSaxophonist | Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis ⓘ |
| originalFormat | 7-inch vinyl single ⓘ |
| performer | James Brown ⓘ |
| producer | James Brown ⓘ |
| recordingYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | King Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| rhythmicFeature |
emphasis on the first beat (on the one)
ⓘ
syncopated drum patterns ⓘ |
| sideAOfSingle |
Cold Sweat (Part 1)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cold Sweat
|
| sideBOfSingle |
Cold Sweat (Part 2)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cold Sweat
|
| tempo | medium-fast ⓘ |
| vocalist | James Brown ⓘ |
| writer |
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis
ⓘ
James Brown ⓘ |
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: Cold Sweat Description of subject: "Cold Sweat" is a 1967 funk song by James Brown that is widely regarded as one of the first and most influential recordings in the development of funk music.
Referenced by (13)
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