Dream On
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Dream On is an American sitcom that aired on HBO in the early 1990s, known for its adult humor and frequent use of classic television clips to illustrate the main character’s thoughts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dream On canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12811204 — 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: Dream On Context triple: [Michael McKean, notableWork, Dream On]
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A.
Dream On
Dream On is an independent record label co-founded by rapper Kid Cudi to release and support his music and related projects.
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B.
Dream On
"Dream On" is a power ballad by American rock band Aerosmith, known for its soaring vocals and inspirational lyrics, and is widely regarded as one of their signature songs.
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C.
Tears in Heaven
"Tears in Heaven" is a poignant ballad by Eric Clapton reflecting on grief and loss, widely recognized as one of his most emotional and enduring songs.
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D.
Impossible Dream
"Impossible Dream" is the inspirational nickname given to the 1967 Boston Red Sox season, symbolizing their unexpected and dramatic rise from mediocrity to American League champions.
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E.
A Dream Within a Dream
"A Dream Within a Dream" is a lyric poem by Edgar Allan Poe that meditates on the illusory nature of reality and the inevitable loss of time and love.
- 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: Dream On Target entity description: Dream On is an American sitcom that aired on HBO in the early 1990s, known for its adult humor and frequent use of classic television clips to illustrate the main character’s thoughts.
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A.
Dream On
Dream On is an independent record label co-founded by rapper Kid Cudi to release and support his music and related projects.
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B.
Dream On
"Dream On" is a power ballad by American rock band Aerosmith, known for its soaring vocals and inspirational lyrics, and is widely regarded as one of their signature songs.
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C.
Tears in Heaven
"Tears in Heaven" is a poignant ballad by Eric Clapton reflecting on grief and loss, widely recognized as one of his most emotional and enduring songs.
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D.
Impossible Dream
"Impossible Dream" is the inspirational nickname given to the 1967 Boston Red Sox season, symbolizing their unexpected and dramatic rise from mediocrity to American League champions.
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E.
A Dream Within a Dream
"A Dream Within a Dream" is a lyric poem by Edgar Allan Poe that meditates on the illusory nature of reality and the inevitable loss of time and love.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American television sitcom
ⓘ
HBO original programming ⓘ |
| audioFormat | stereo ⓘ |
| character |
Eddie Charles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeremy Tupper NERFINISHED ⓘ Judith Tupper Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Tupper NERFINISHED ⓘ Toby Pedalbee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contentRating | TV-MA ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
David Crane
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marta Kauffman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFor | HBO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Kevin Bright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstRunSyndication | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adult comedy
ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasThemeOf |
dating and relationships
ⓘ
divorce ⓘ single fatherhood ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacterName | Martin Tupper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | book editor ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
adult-oriented humor
ⓘ
frequent use of classic television clips to illustrate the main character’s thoughts ⓘ |
| notableFor | early use of uncensored adult content on American television ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 120 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 6 ⓘ |
| openingTheme | "Dream On" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalChannelType | premium cable television ⓘ |
| originallyAiredInDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | HBO ⓘ |
| originalReleaseEnd | 1996-03-27 ⓘ |
| originalReleaseStart | 1990-07-08 ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
NTSC color television standard
ⓘ
surface form:
NTSC
|
| productionCompany |
Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Television ⓘ |
| settingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Brian Benben
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chris Demetral NERFINISHED ⓘ Denny Dillon NERFINISHED ⓘ Dorothy Lyman NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael McKean NERFINISHED ⓘ Wendie Malick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Dream On Description of subject: Dream On is an American sitcom that aired on HBO in the early 1990s, known for its adult humor and frequent use of classic television clips to illustrate the main character’s thoughts.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.