The Professional
E594363
"The Professional" is a hip-hop track by DMX from his 1999 album "...And Then There Was X," showcasing his gritty lyrical style and dark, aggressive production.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Professional canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6463257 — 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 Professional Context triple: [...And Then There Was X, track, The Professional]
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A.
The Professionals
The Professionals were a British punk rock band formed by former Sex Pistols members Steve Jones and Paul Cook in the late 1970s.
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B.
The Professionals
The Professionals is a 1966 American Western adventure film directed by Richard Brooks, known for its ensemble cast, including Burt Lancaster, and its gritty, character-driven take on a high-stakes rescue mission in revolutionary Mexico.
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C.
Mr. Nice
Mr. Nice is a 2010 biographical crime film in which Rhys Ifans portrays real-life Welsh drug smuggler Howard Marks.
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D.
The Employer
The Employer is a thriller film featuring Paige Howard in a prominent role.
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E.
The Celebrity
The Celebrity is a novel by Laura Z. Hobson, best known for its incisive exploration of fame, identity, and personal integrity.
- 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 Professional Target entity description: "The Professional" is a hip-hop track by DMX from his 1999 album "...And Then There Was X," showcasing his gritty lyrical style and dark, aggressive production.
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A.
The Professionals
The Professionals were a British punk rock band formed by former Sex Pistols members Steve Jones and Paul Cook in the late 1970s.
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B.
The Professionals
The Professionals is a 1966 American Western adventure film directed by Richard Brooks, known for its ensemble cast, including Burt Lancaster, and its gritty, character-driven take on a high-stakes rescue mission in revolutionary Mexico.
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C.
Mr. Nice
Mr. Nice is a 2010 biographical crime film in which Rhys Ifans portrays real-life Welsh drug smuggler Howard Marks.
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D.
The Employer
The Employer is a thriller film featuring Paige Howard in a prominent role.
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E.
The Celebrity
The Celebrity is a novel by Laura Z. Hobson, best known for its incisive exploration of fame, identity, and personal integrity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album | ...And Then There Was X ⓘ |
| artist | DMX ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributionFormat |
CD
ⓘ
digital download ⓘ streaming audio ⓘ |
| followsInTracklist | What These Bitches Want ⓘ |
| genre |
hardcore hip hop
ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ |
| hasExplicitContent | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
bravado
ⓘ
criminal persona ⓘ street life ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| includedIn | DMX discography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalStyle |
aggressive
ⓘ
gritty ⓘ |
| medium | audio recording ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | ...And Then There Was X ⓘ |
| partOfArtistAlbumNumber | third DMX studio album ⓘ |
| performer | DMX ⓘ |
| productionStyle |
aggressive
ⓘ
dark ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Def Jam Recordings
ⓘ
Ruff Ryders Entertainment ⓘ
linked to:
Ruff Ryders
|
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | raspy delivery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Professional Description of subject: "The Professional" is a hip-hop track by DMX from his 1999 album "...And Then There Was X," showcasing his gritty lyrical style and dark, aggressive production.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.