song "MacArthur Park"
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"MacArthur Park" is a 1968 pop song written by Jimmy Webb, best known for its elaborate orchestration, surreal lyrics, and hit recordings by Richard Harris and later Donna Summer.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MacArthur Park (Donna Summer recording) | 1 |
| MacArthur Park (Richard Harris recording) | 1 |
| song "MacArthur Park" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3790448 — 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: song "MacArthur Park" Context triple: [MacArthur Park, hasRepresentationInMusic, song "MacArthur Park"]
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A.
song "Isle of Dreams"
"Isle of Dreams" is a pop song performed by actress and singer Alexa Vega, best known from the Spy Kids film series.
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B.
song "Three Coins in the Fountain"
"Three Coins in the Fountain" is a popular 1954 song, introduced in the film of the same name, that romanticizes the tradition of tossing coins into Rome’s Trevi Fountain for luck in love.
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C.
song "London Town"
"London Town" is a popular afrobeats track by Nigerian artist Mr Eazi that blends laid-back rhythms with his signature melodic style.
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D.
song "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a 1988 a cappella reggae-influenced pop song by Bobby McFerrin that became a global hit and is widely recognized for its upbeat, feel-good message.
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E.
song "Love That Girl"
"Love That Girl" is a retro-soul single by American R&B artist Raphael Saadiq that showcases his throwback Motown-inspired sound.
- 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: song "MacArthur Park" Target entity description: "MacArthur Park" is a 1968 pop song written by Jimmy Webb, best known for its elaborate orchestration, surreal lyrics, and hit recordings by Richard Harris and later Donna Summer.
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A.
song "Isle of Dreams"
"Isle of Dreams" is a pop song performed by actress and singer Alexa Vega, best known from the Spy Kids film series.
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B.
song "Three Coins in the Fountain"
"Three Coins in the Fountain" is a popular 1954 song, introduced in the film of the same name, that romanticizes the tradition of tossing coins into Rome’s Trevi Fountain for luck in love.
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C.
song "London Town"
"London Town" is a popular afrobeats track by Nigerian artist Mr Eazi that blends laid-back rhythms with his signature melodic style.
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D.
song "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a 1988 a cappella reggae-influenced pop song by Bobby McFerrin that became a global hit and is widely recognized for its upbeat, feel-good message.
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E.
song "Love That Girl"
"Love That Girl" is a retro-soul single by American R&B artist Raphael Saadiq that showcases his throwback Motown-inspired sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ song recording ⓘ song recording ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Donna Summer
ⓘ
Jimmy Webb ⓘ Richard Harris ⓘ |
| award |
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
ⓘ
surface form:
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance nomination
|
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 4 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 |
1
ⓘ
2 ⓘ |
| chartSuccess |
hit single in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
hit single in the United States ⓘ |
| composer | Jimmy Webb ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | noted for ambitious, unconventional pop songwriting ⓘ |
| feature |
elaborate orchestration
ⓘ
surreal lyrics ⓘ |
| firstPerformer | Richard Harris ⓘ |
| genre |
disco
ⓘ
orchestral pop ⓘ pop ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later pop and rock ballads with extended structure ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecording |
song "MacArthur Park"
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
MacArthur Park (Donna Summer recording)
song "MacArthur Park" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
MacArthur Park (Richard Harris recording)
|
| hasPart | MacArthur Park suite ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | over 7 minutes ⓘ |
| lyricalMotif | melting cake in the rain ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme | lost love ⓘ |
| lyricist | Jimmy Webb ⓘ |
| namedAfter | MacArthur Park (Los Angeles) ⓘ |
| notableCoverArtist | Donna Summer ⓘ |
| orchestration | full orchestral arrangement ⓘ |
| performer |
Donna Summer
ⓘ
Richard Harris ⓘ |
| producer |
Giorgio Moroder
ⓘ
Jimmy Webb ⓘ Pete Bellotte ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Donna Summer
ⓘ
Richard Harris ⓘ |
| releaseYear |
1968
ⓘ
1978 ⓘ |
| structure | multi-part suite ⓘ |
| tempoChange | features multiple tempo changes ⓘ |
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: song "MacArthur Park" Description of subject: "MacArthur Park" is a 1968 pop song written by Jimmy Webb, best known for its elaborate orchestration, surreal lyrics, and hit recordings by Richard Harris and later Donna Summer.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
MacArthur Park
this entity surface form:
MacArthur Park (Richard Harris recording)
subject surface form:
MacArthur Park
this entity surface form:
MacArthur Park (Donna Summer recording)