“Catch a Falling Star”
E455002
“Catch a Falling Star” is a popular 1957 pop song, famously recorded by Perry Como, that became one of his signature hits and the first single ever certified gold by the RIAA.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “Catch a Falling Star” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4589764 — 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: “Catch a Falling Star” Context triple: [Perry Como, notableWork, “Catch a Falling Star”]
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A.
“Touch the Sky”
“Touch the Sky” is a music video directed by filmmaker Chris Milk, best known for its cinematic style and collaboration with prominent recording artists.
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B.
Starlight
Starlight is a fictional character or element associated with the Evolver universe, likely representing a key component or aspect within that setting.
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C.
Counting Stars
"Counting Stars" is a 2013 pop-rock song by American band OneRepublic that became one of their biggest international hits, known for its catchy melody and themes of financial struggle and hope.
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D.
Another Star
"Another Star" is an upbeat, horn-driven soul and funk song by Stevie Wonder from his acclaimed 1976 album "Songs in the Key of Life."
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E.
"Stardust"
"Stardust" is a catchy, piano-driven pop song by Mika known for its romantic lyrics and melodic, upbeat style.
- 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: “Catch a Falling Star” Target entity description: “Catch a Falling Star” is a popular 1957 pop song, famously recorded by Perry Como, that became one of his signature hits and the first single ever certified gold by the RIAA.
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A.
“Touch the Sky”
“Touch the Sky” is a music video directed by filmmaker Chris Milk, best known for its cinematic style and collaboration with prominent recording artists.
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B.
Starlight
Starlight is a fictional character or element associated with the Evolver universe, likely representing a key component or aspect within that setting.
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C.
Counting Stars
"Counting Stars" is a 2013 pop-rock song by American band OneRepublic that became one of their biggest international hits, known for its catchy melody and themes of financial struggle and hope.
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D.
Another Star
"Another Star" is an upbeat, horn-driven soul and funk song by Stevie Wonder from his acclaimed 1976 album "Songs in the Key of Life."
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E.
"Stardust"
"Stardust" is a catchy, piano-driven pop song by Mika known for its romantic lyrics and melodic, upbeat style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| award | Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| certification | RIAA Gold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certificationAuthority | Recording Industry Association of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chart |
Billboard Hot 100
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
UK Singles Chart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| composer | Lee Pockriss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decade | 1950s ⓘ |
| distribution | RCA Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre | pop ⓘ |
| hasBside | "Magic Moments" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCatalogNumber | RCA Victor 47-7100 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChorusLine | "Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
orchestra
ⓘ
vocal ⓘ |
| hasISWC | T-070.018.510-3 ⓘ |
| hasKey | major key ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric | "Save it for a rainy day" ⓘ |
| hasRecordingLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRhythm | moderate tempo ⓘ |
| hasStyle | traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
good fortune
ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ |
| hasType | A-side single ⓘ |
| includedOn | album "We Get Letters" (reissues and compilations) ⓘ |
| influenced | later easy listening and pop standards repertoire ⓘ |
| label | RCA Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 2:31 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Paul Vance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first single ever certified gold by the RIAA ⓘ |
| originalArtist | Perry Como NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Perry Como discography ⓘ |
| performer | Perry Como NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Joe Reisman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | RCA Victor Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Perry Como NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1957 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1957-10-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| signatureSongOf | Perry Como NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
film "The Princess Diaries"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
various television shows and commercials ⓘ |
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: “Catch a Falling Star” Description of subject: “Catch a Falling Star” is a popular 1957 pop song, famously recorded by Perry Como, that became one of his signature hits and the first single ever certified gold by the RIAA.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.