Mad World
E1043048
"Mad World" is a melancholic song originally by Tears for Fears, widely popularized by Gary Jules’ haunting cover used in the film *Donnie Darko*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mad World canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13481169 — 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: Mad World Context triple: [Donnie Darko, notableSong, Mad World]
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A.
Mad World
"Mad World" is a popular electronic dance track by Australian DJ and producer Timmy Trumpet, known for its energetic festival sound and catchy melodic hooks.
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B.
A Long and Sad Goodbye
"A Long and Sad Goodbye" is a melancholic rock ballad by Lenny Kravitz featured on his 2008 album *It Is Time for a Love Revolution*.
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C.
Dreamland
Dreamland is a song by Joni Mitchell featured on her 1977 album "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter."
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D.
Dreamland
Dreamland is a psychedelic, synth-driven pop album by British band Glass Animals that explores nostalgic memories and personal storytelling.
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E.
Dreamland
Dreamland is a jazz-influenced vocal album by Madeleine Peyroux that introduced her distinctive, Billie Holiday–evoking style to a wider audience.
- 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: Mad World Target entity description: "Mad World" is a melancholic song originally by Tears for Fears, widely popularized by Gary Jules’ haunting cover used in the film *Donnie Darko*.
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A.
Mad World
"Mad World" is a popular electronic dance track by Australian DJ and producer Timmy Trumpet, known for its energetic festival sound and catchy melodic hooks.
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B.
A Long and Sad Goodbye
"A Long and Sad Goodbye" is a melancholic rock ballad by Lenny Kravitz featured on his 2008 album *It Is Time for a Love Revolution*.
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C.
Dreamland
Dreamland is a song by Joni Mitchell featured on her 1977 album "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter."
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D.
Dreamland
Dreamland is a jazz-influenced vocal album by Madeleine Peyroux that introduced her distinctive, Billie Holiday–evoking style to a wider audience.
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E.
Dreamland
"Dreamland" is a synth-pop single by the Pet Shop Boys featuring Years & Years, known for its nostalgic yet contemporary electronic sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cover version
ⓘ
music video ⓘ single ⓘ song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| arrangementStyle | piano ballad ⓘ |
| artist |
Gary Jules
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tears for Fears NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Roland Orzabal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresPerformer | Curt Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
acoustic rock
ⓘ
new wave ⓘ soft rock ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasChartSuccess |
UK Christmas number one single
ⓘ
United Kingdom Singles Chart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion | Mad World (Gary Jules version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | Mad World (Gary Jules version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Mad World (Tears for Fears music video) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric | "The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had" ⓘ |
| hasNotableUse | Donnie Darko soundtrack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Mad World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInCatalogOf |
Gary Jules
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tears for Fears NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| medium |
audio recording
ⓘ
audio recording ⓘ |
| notableFor | haunting minimalist arrangement ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | The Hurting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Gary Jules
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tears for Fears NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Chris Hughes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Phonogram Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseFormat |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
existential angst ⓘ melancholy ⓘ |
| usedInFilm | Donnie Darko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalist | Curt Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Roland Orzabal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Mad World Description of subject: "Mad World" is a melancholic song originally by Tears for Fears, widely popularized by Gary Jules’ haunting cover used in the film *Donnie Darko*.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.