Sure Shot
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"Sure Shot" is a 1994 hip hop single by the Beastie Boys, known for its jazzy flute sample, playful yet intricate wordplay, and status as a fan-favorite track from their album *Ill Communication*.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sure Shot canonical | 5 |
| Sure Shot (music video) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4207986 — 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: Sure Shot Context triple: [Beastie Boys, notableSong, Sure Shot]
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A.
Surefire
"Surefire" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Jon Bellion, featured on his album "The Human Condition."
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B.
The Big Shot
"The Big Shot" is a 1942 American crime film noir starring Humphrey Bogart as a three-time loser drawn into one last ill-fated heist.
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C.
The Hit
The Hit is a 1984 British crime drama film directed by Stephen Frears, featuring Tim Roth in one of his early breakout roles alongside John Hurt and Terence Stamp.
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D.
Big Shot
"Big Shot" is a 1978 rock song by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, known for its satirical take on New York high society and featured on his album "52nd Street."
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E.
One Shot
"One Shot" is a crime thriller novel by Lee Child featuring ex-military drifter Jack Reacher investigating a seemingly open-and-shut sniper murder case.
- 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: Sure Shot Target entity description: "Sure Shot" is a 1994 hip hop single by the Beastie Boys, known for its jazzy flute sample, playful yet intricate wordplay, and status as a fan-favorite track from their album *Ill Communication*.
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A.
Surefire
"Surefire" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Jon Bellion, featured on his album "The Human Condition."
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B.
The Big Shot
"The Big Shot" is a 1942 American crime film noir starring Humphrey Bogart as a three-time loser drawn into one last ill-fated heist.
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C.
The Hit
The Hit is a 1984 British crime drama film directed by Stephen Frears, featuring Tim Roth in one of his early breakout roles alongside John Hurt and Terence Stamp.
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D.
Big Shot
"Big Shot" is a 1978 rock song by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, known for its satirical take on New York high society and featured on his album "52nd Street."
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E.
One Shot
"One Shot" is a crime thriller novel by Lee Child featuring ex-military drifter Jack Reacher investigating a seemingly open-and-shut sniper murder case.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Ill Communication ⓘ |
| artist | Beastie Boys ⓘ |
| chronology | Beastie Boys singles chronology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| followedBy | Root Down ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
CD single ⓘ cassette single ⓘ |
| genre | hip hop ⓘ |
| hasBPM | approximately 94 ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
jazzy flute sample
ⓘ
prominent drum break ⓘ sample-based production ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo |
Sure Shot (music video)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sure Shot
|
| hasProducer |
Beastie Boys
ⓘ
Mario Caldato Jr. ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
alternative hip hop
ⓘ
jazz rap ⓘ |
| hasTimeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
| hasWriter |
Adam Horovitz
ⓘ
Adam Yauch ⓘ Michael Diamond ⓘ |
| includedIn | 1990s hip hop songs ⓘ |
| isFanFavorite | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalStyle |
intricate rhyming
ⓘ
playful wordplay ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Spike Jonze ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classic-era Beastie Boys sound
ⓘ
jazzy flute loop ⓘ opening track role on Ill Communication ⓘ |
| partOf | Beastie Boys discography ⓘ |
| performer | Beastie Boys ⓘ |
| precededBy | Sabotage ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Capitol Records
ⓘ
Grand Royal ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 1 ⓘ |
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: Sure Shot Description of subject: "Sure Shot" is a 1994 hip hop single by the Beastie Boys, known for its jazzy flute sample, playful yet intricate wordplay, and status as a fan-favorite track from their album *Ill Communication*.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sure Shot