Super Étoile de Dakar
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Super Étoile de Dakar is a renowned Senegalese mbalax band best known as the longtime musical group and backing band of singer Youssou N’Dour.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Super Étoile de Dakar canonical | 3 |
| Étoile de Dakar | 2 |
| Le Super Étoile de Dakar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8787307 — 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: Super Étoile de Dakar Context triple: [Youssou N’Dour, founded, Super Étoile de Dakar]
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A.
Dakar Rally
The Dakar Rally is a famous annual off-road endurance race, originally from Paris to Dakar and now held in various challenging terrains, known for its extreme difficulty and adventurous spirit.
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B.
Rally
Rally is an OpenStack benchmarking and performance testing tool designed to validate and profile cloud deployments at scale.
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C.
Race to Dubai
The Race to Dubai is the European Tour’s season-long points competition that culminates in a final event in Dubai to determine the tour’s leading golfer of the year.
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D.
Marathon des Sables
The Marathon des Sables is an ultramarathon held in the Sahara Desert, renowned as one of the toughest foot races on Earth due to its multi-day, self-supported format in extreme heat and terrain.
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E.
Racer
Racer is a classic wooden racing roller coaster located at Kennywood amusement park in Pennsylvania.
- 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: Super Étoile de Dakar Target entity description: Super Étoile de Dakar is a renowned Senegalese mbalax band best known as the longtime musical group and backing band of singer Youssou N’Dour.
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A.
Dakar Rally
The Dakar Rally is a famous annual off-road endurance race, originally from Paris to Dakar and now held in various challenging terrains, known for its extreme difficulty and adventurous spirit.
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B.
Rally
Rally is an OpenStack benchmarking and performance testing tool designed to validate and profile cloud deployments at scale.
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C.
Race to Dubai
The Race to Dubai is the European Tour’s season-long points competition that culminates in a final event in Dubai to determine the tour’s leading golfer of the year.
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D.
Marathon des Sables
The Marathon des Sables is an ultramarathon held in the Sahara Desert, renowned as one of the toughest foot races on Earth due to its multi-day, self-supported format in extreme heat and terrain.
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E.
Racer
Racer is a classic wooden racing roller coaster located at Kennywood amusement park in Pennsylvania.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mbalax band
ⓘ
music band ⓘ |
| activeFrom | 1980s ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Youssou N’Dour ⓘ |
| basedIn | Dakar ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Youssou N’Dour et le Super Étoile ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Senegal ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Wolof culture ⓘ |
| genre |
Afropop
ⓘ
mbalax ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Le Super Étoile de Dakar
ⓘ
linked to:
Super Étoile de Dakar
|
| hasMember |
Assane Thiam
ⓘ
Balla Sidibé ⓘ El Hadji Faye ⓘ Habib Faye ⓘ Jimi Mbaye ⓘ Youssou N’Dour ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryVocalist | Youssou N’Dour ⓘ |
| hasRecording |
support on Youssou N’Dour live albums
ⓘ
support on Youssou N’Dour studio albums ⓘ |
| hasTour | international tours with Youssou N’Dour ⓘ |
| influenced | later mbalax bands ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | world music ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Wolof ⓘ |
| notableAs | backing band of Youssou N’Dour ⓘ |
| notableFor |
energetic live performances
ⓘ
popularizing modern mbalax sound internationally ⓘ |
| notablePerformanceLocation |
Dakar
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
New York City ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| partOf | Youssou N’Dour’s musical projects ⓘ |
| performingRole | touring band for Youssou N’Dour ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Étoile de Dakar
ⓘ
linked to:
Super Étoile de Dakar
|
| recordLabelAssociation |
Jololi
ⓘ
Nonesuch Records ⓘ Virgin Records ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
fusion of traditional Senegalese rhythms with modern instruments
ⓘ
prominent use of sabar drum patterns ⓘ |
| usesInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ percussion ⓘ sabar drums ⓘ talking drum ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Super Étoile de Dakar Description of subject: Super Étoile de Dakar is a renowned Senegalese mbalax band best known as the longtime musical group and backing band of singer Youssou N’Dour.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Super Étoile de Dakar
linked to: Super Étoile de Dakar
linked to: Super Étoile de Dakar