BLK/MRKT Inc.
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BLK/MRKT Inc. is a creative agency and design studio co-founded by street artist Shepard Fairey, known for its work at the intersection of art, branding, and youth culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BLK/MRKT Inc. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2620444 — 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)
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Target entity: BLK/MRKT Inc. Context triple: [Shepard Fairey, coFounded, BLK/MRKT Inc.]
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A.
Block, Inc.
Block, Inc. is a U.S.-based financial technology company best known for its Square payment platform and Cash App services.
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B.
Authentic Brands Group
Authentic Brands Group is a brand management company that acquires, develops, and licenses a portfolio of well-known consumer and lifestyle brands.
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C.
Vlone
Vlone is a track by Chicago rapper Valee known for its minimalist production and laid-back, off-kilter flow.
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D.
Obvious Corporation
Obvious Corporation was the early holding company and development vehicle created by Twitter’s founders that incubated and spun out Twitter as an independent company.
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E.
Blackstone Inc.
Blackstone Inc. is a leading global alternative asset management firm specializing in private equity, real estate, credit, and hedge fund investment strategies.
- 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: BLK/MRKT Inc. Target entity description: BLK/MRKT Inc. is a creative agency and design studio co-founded by street artist Shepard Fairey, known for its work at the intersection of art, branding, and youth culture.
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A.
Block, Inc.
Block, Inc. is a U.S.-based financial technology company best known for its Square payment platform and Cash App services.
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B.
Authentic Brands Group
Authentic Brands Group is a brand management company that acquires, develops, and licenses a portfolio of well-known consumer and lifestyle brands.
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C.
Vlone
Vlone is a track by Chicago rapper Valee known for its minimalist production and laid-back, off-kilter flow.
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D.
Obvious Corporation
Obvious Corporation was the early holding company and development vehicle created by Twitter’s founders that incubated and spun out Twitter as an independent company.
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E.
Blackstone Inc.
Blackstone Inc. is a leading global alternative asset management firm specializing in private equity, real estate, credit, and hedge fund investment strategies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
creative agency
ⓘ
design studio ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Obey Giant
ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ street art ⓘ |
| coFoundedBy |
Dave Kinsey
ⓘ
Phillip DeWolff ⓘ Shepard Fairey ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
fashion brands
ⓘ
media companies ⓘ record labels ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creativeDirector |
Dave Kinsey
ⓘ
Shepard Fairey ⓘ |
| field | visual communication ⓘ |
| focus |
street culture
ⓘ
urban lifestyle brands ⓘ youth culture ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Dave Kinsey
ⓘ
Phillip DeWolff ⓘ Shepard Fairey ⓘ |
| hasClientType |
apparel brands
ⓘ
lifestyle brands ⓘ music industry clients ⓘ youth-focused companies ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Dave Kinsey
ⓘ
Shepard Fairey ⓘ |
| hasOfficeLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| industry |
advertising
ⓘ
branding ⓘ graphic design ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaborations with street artists
ⓘ
work at the intersection of art and branding ⓘ youth-oriented marketing campaigns ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
brand identity
ⓘ
campaign development ⓘ environmental graphics ⓘ print design ⓘ |
| style |
bold graphic imagery
ⓘ
politically aware aesthetics ⓘ street art–influenced design ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
graphic design
ⓘ
illustration ⓘ mixed media ⓘ photography ⓘ |
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: BLK/MRKT Inc. Description of subject: BLK/MRKT Inc. is a creative agency and design studio co-founded by street artist Shepard Fairey, known for its work at the intersection of art, branding, and youth culture.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.