Runnin' Down a Dream
E109033
"Runnin' Down a Dream" is a rock song by Tom Petty, known for its driving guitar riff and themes of freedom and pursuing one's aspirations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Runnin' Down a Dream canonical | 6 |
| Runnin’ Down a Dream | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T922755 — 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: Runnin' Down a Dream Context triple: [Tom Petty, notableWork, Runnin' Down a Dream]
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A.
Just a Dream
"Just a Dream" is a 2010 pop-rap ballad by American rapper Nelly that reflects on lost love and regret and became one of his most commercially successful singles.
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B.
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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C.
Working on a Dream
"Working on a Dream" is a 2009 rock album by Bruce Springsteen that blends optimistic, romantic themes with his signature heartland rock sound.
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D.
Getting Out Our Dreams
Getting Out Our Dreams is the full name of GOOD Music, the record label founded by Kanye West known for its roster of influential hip-hop and R&B artists.
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E.
I Have Dreamed
"I Have Dreamed" is a romantic song from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I," known for its lush melody and intimate, dreamlike lyrics.
- 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: Runnin' Down a Dream Target entity description: "Runnin' Down a Dream" is a rock song by Tom Petty, known for its driving guitar riff and themes of freedom and pursuing one's aspirations.
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A.
Just a Dream
"Just a Dream" is a 2010 pop-rap ballad by American rapper Nelly that reflects on lost love and regret and became one of his most commercially successful singles.
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B.
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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C.
Working on a Dream
"Working on a Dream" is a 2009 rock album by Bruce Springsteen that blends optimistic, romantic themes with his signature heartland rock sound.
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D.
Getting Out Our Dreams
Getting Out Our Dreams is the full name of GOOD Music, the record label founded by Kanye West known for its roster of influential hip-hop and R&B artists.
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E.
I Have Dreamed
"I Have Dreamed" is a romantic song from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I," known for its lush melody and intimate, dreamlike lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
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: Runnin' Down a Dream Description of subject: "Runnin' Down a Dream" is a rock song by Tom Petty, known for its driving guitar riff and themes of freedom and pursuing one's aspirations.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Runnin' Down a Dream