Bob Dylan's Dream
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"Bob Dylan's Dream" is a reflective folk song by Bob Dylan that nostalgically recalls lost youth and friendships, featured on his early 1960s album *The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bob Dylan's Dream canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4452783 — 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: Bob Dylan's Dream Context triple: [The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, containsSong, Bob Dylan's Dream]
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A.
Another Side of Bob Dylan
Another Side of Bob Dylan is a 1964 studio album by Bob Dylan that marked a shift from protest songs toward more introspective and personal songwriting.
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B.
Pipe Dream
Pipe Dream is a lesser-known 1955 Broadway musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, adapted from John Steinbeck’s works "Sweet Thursday" and "Cannery Row."
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C.
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.
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D.
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan is a 2005 Martin Scorsese–directed documentary film chronicling Bob Dylan’s early career and rise to fame in the 1960s folk and rock scenes.
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E.
Blowin' in the Wind
"Blowin' in the Wind" is a landmark 1962 protest song by Bob Dylan that became an anthem of the civil rights and anti-war movements.
- 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: Bob Dylan's Dream Target entity description: "Bob Dylan's Dream" is a reflective folk song by Bob Dylan that nostalgically recalls lost youth and friendships, featured on his early 1960s album *The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan*.
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A.
Another Side of Bob Dylan
Another Side of Bob Dylan is a 1964 studio album by Bob Dylan that marked a shift from protest songs toward more introspective and personal songwriting.
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B.
Pipe Dream
Pipe Dream is a lesser-known 1955 Broadway musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, adapted from John Steinbeck’s works "Sweet Thursday" and "Cannery Row."
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C.
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.
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D.
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan is a 2005 Martin Scorsese–directed documentary film chronicling Bob Dylan’s early career and rise to fame in the 1960s folk and rock scenes.
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E.
Blowin' in the Wind
"Blowin' in the Wind" is a landmark 1962 protest song by Bob Dylan that became an anthem of the civil rights and anti-war movements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
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song ⓘ |
| album | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| artist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Greenwich Village folk scene ⓘ |
| composer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
folk music ⓘ |
| hasEra | early 1960s ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
voice ⓘ |
| hasMood |
melancholic
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
acoustic
ⓘ
solo voice and guitar ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
change over time
ⓘ
irretrievability of the past ⓘ reminiscence of old friends ⓘ |
| includedOn | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalPerspective | first person ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
friendship
ⓘ
lost youth ⓘ memory ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ passage of time ⓘ |
| partOf |
1960s folk revival
ⓘ
Bob Dylan discography ⓘ |
| performer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| producer |
John H. Hammond
ⓘ
linked to:
John H. Hammond Jr.
Tom Wilson ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseType | album track ⓘ |
| writer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bob Dylan's Dream Description of subject: "Bob Dylan's Dream" is a reflective folk song by Bob Dylan that nostalgically recalls lost youth and friendships, featured on his early 1960s album *The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan*.
Referenced by (2)
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