Children's Story
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"Children's Story" is a classic 1988 hip-hop narrative track by Slick Rick, renowned for its storytelling style and cautionary tale about youth and crime.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Children's Story canonical | 4 |
| Children’s Story | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4742217 — 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: Children's Story Context triple: [Slick Rick, notableWork, Children's Story]
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A.
Story Time
"Story Time" is a drill-rap track by Brooklyn rapper Fivio Foreign known for its narrative style and gritty storytelling.
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B.
Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales is a whimsical collection of humorous and subversive short stories for children written by Monty Python member Terry Jones.
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C.
Fairy Tales
"Fairy Tales" is a photographic series by American artist Cindy Sherman in which she stages unsettling, surreal scenes that subvert traditional fairy-tale imagery and explore themes of identity, gender, and the grotesque.
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D.
Story
Story is a common English surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, sports, and public life.
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E.
The Children’s Book
The Children’s Book is a richly layered historical novel by A. S. Byatt that follows several intertwined families of artists and intellectuals in late Victorian and Edwardian England, exploring art, storytelling, and the social upheavals leading up to World War I.
- 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: Children's Story Target entity description: "Children's Story" is a classic 1988 hip-hop narrative track by Slick Rick, renowned for its storytelling style and cautionary tale about youth and crime.
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A.
Story Time
"Story Time" is a drill-rap track by Brooklyn rapper Fivio Foreign known for its narrative style and gritty storytelling.
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B.
Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales is a whimsical collection of humorous and subversive short stories for children written by Monty Python member Terry Jones.
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C.
Fairy Tales
"Fairy Tales" is a photographic series by American artist Cindy Sherman in which she stages unsettling, surreal scenes that subvert traditional fairy-tale imagery and explore themes of identity, gender, and the grotesque.
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D.
Story
Story is a common English surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, sports, and public life.
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E.
The Children’s Book
The Children’s Book is a richly layered historical novel by A. S. Byatt that follows several intertwined families of artists and intellectuals in late Victorian and Edwardian England, exploring art, storytelling, and the social upheavals leading up to World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hip hop song
ⓘ
single ⓘ song ⓘ |
| album | The Great Adventures of Slick Rick ⓘ |
| artist | Slick Rick ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | golden age of hip hop ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReputation |
classic hip hop track
ⓘ
one of Slick Rick's signature songs ⓘ |
| featuredOn | various hip hop compilation albums ⓘ |
| genre |
golden age hip hop
ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ |
| hasHook | repeated "Children's Story" refrain ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later narrative hip hop songs ⓘ |
| hasLivePerformances | frequently performed at Slick Rick concerts ⓘ |
| hasMoral | crime leads to tragic consequences ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStyle |
bedtime story framing
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first-person narration ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeTheme |
cautionary tale
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consequences of criminal life ⓘ youth and crime ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
armed robbery
ⓘ
moral lessons for youth ⓘ peer pressure ⓘ police pursuit ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | storytelling rap in hip hop ⓘ |
| isConsidered | one of the greatest storytelling songs in hip hop ⓘ |
| labelCatalog | Def Jam single from The Great Adventures of Slick Rick ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 3 minutes 58 seconds ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | storytelling rap ⓘ |
| openingLine | "Once upon a time not long ago" ⓘ |
| originalMedium |
CD
ⓘ
audio cassette ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | The Great Adventures of Slick Rick ⓘ |
| performer | Slick Rick ⓘ |
| producer |
Jam Master Jay
ⓘ
linked to:
Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell
Slick Rick ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Def Jam Recordings ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | contemporary urban America of the late 1980s ⓘ |
| usesFramingDevice | adult telling a story to children ⓘ |
| writer | Slick Rick ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Children's Story Description of subject: "Children's Story" is a classic 1988 hip-hop narrative track by Slick Rick, renowned for its storytelling style and cautionary tale about youth and crime.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Children's Story
subject linked to:
album "Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star"
linked to: Children's Story
linked to: Children's Story