"Don't Worry, Be Happy"
E175126
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a 1988 a cappella reggae-influenced pop song by Bobby McFerrin that became a worldwide hit and an iconic feel-good anthem.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Don't Worry, Be Happy | 2 |
| Don’t Worry, Be Happy | 2 |
| "Don't Worry, Be Happy" canonical | 1 |
| Don't worry, be happy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1524778 — 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: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Context triple: [Bobby McFerrin, isKnownFor, "Don't Worry, Be Happy"]
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A.
Life's Good
Life's Good is the well-known marketing slogan used by South Korean electronics company LG to promote its brand and products.
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B.
Walking on Sunshine
"Walking on Sunshine" is a 2014 British jukebox musical romantic comedy film set in Italy, featuring popular 1980s songs and an ensemble cast including Greg Wise.
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C.
The Silly Song
The Silly Song is a lively musical number performed by the Seven Dwarfs in Disney’s animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," featuring playful singing and dancing.
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D.
X Gon' Give It to Ya
"X Gon' Give It to Ya" is a high-energy 2003 hip hop single by DMX known for its aggressive delivery and frequent use in films, trailers, and pop culture.
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E.
Stand Up
"Stand Up" is a 2003 hip hop single by Ludacris, produced by Kanye West, that became one of his biggest commercial hits and a club anthem.
- 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: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Target entity description: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a 1988 a cappella reggae-influenced pop song by Bobby McFerrin that became a worldwide hit and an iconic feel-good anthem.
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A.
Life's Good
Life's Good is the well-known marketing slogan used by South Korean electronics company LG to promote its brand and products.
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B.
Walking on Sunshine
"Walking on Sunshine" is a 2014 British jukebox musical romantic comedy film set in Italy, featuring popular 1980s songs and an ensemble cast including Greg Wise.
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C.
The Silly Song
The Silly Song is a lively musical number performed by the Seven Dwarfs in Disney’s animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," featuring playful singing and dancing.
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D.
X Gon' Give It to Ya
"X Gon' Give It to Ya" is a high-energy 2003 hip hop single by DMX known for its aggressive delivery and frequent use in films, trailers, and pop culture.
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E.
Stand Up
"Stand Up" is a 2003 hip hop single by Ludacris, produced by Kanye West, that became one of his biggest commercial hits and a club anthem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Description of subject: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a 1988 a cappella reggae-influenced pop song by Bobby McFerrin that became a worldwide hit and an iconic feel-good anthem.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Don't worry, be happy
subject surface form:
Simple Pleasures
this entity surface form:
Don't Worry, Be Happy
subject surface form:
Simple Pleasures
this entity surface form:
Don't Worry, Be Happy
this entity surface form:
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
this entity surface form:
Don’t Worry, Be Happy