If I Had $1000000
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"If I Had $1000000" is a humorous, conversational pop-rock song by Barenaked Ladies that imagines the whimsical ways the narrator would spend a million dollars.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| If I Had $1000000 canonical | 4 |
| If I had a million dollars | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8268503 — 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: If I Had $1000000 Context triple: [Barenaked Ladies, hasNotableWork, If I Had $1000000]
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A.
Millionaire
"Millionaire" is a 2004 R&B/hip-hop single by American singer Kelis featuring André 3000, known for its laid-back groove and distinctive production.
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B.
Millionaire
"Millionaire" is a song by the English rock band Beady Eye, formed by former members of Oasis.
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C.
The Man with the Million-Dollar Voice
The Man with the Million-Dollar Voice is the nickname of C. L. Franklin, a renowned American Baptist minister celebrated for his electrifying preaching style and influential recorded sermons.
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D.
The Millionaire
The Millionaire is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film starring George Arliss as a retired businessman who secretly returns to work, produced by Warner Bros. and associated with filmmaker Bryan Foy.
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E.
Untold Millions
"Untold Millions" is a novel by American author Laura Z. Hobson, best known for exploring social issues and human relationships.
- 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: If I Had $1000000 Target entity description: "If I Had $1000000" is a humorous, conversational pop-rock song by Barenaked Ladies that imagines the whimsical ways the narrator would spend a million dollars.
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A.
Millionaire
"Millionaire" is a 2004 R&B/hip-hop single by American singer Kelis featuring André 3000, known for its laid-back groove and distinctive production.
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B.
Millionaire
"Millionaire" is a song by the English rock band Beady Eye, formed by former members of Oasis.
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C.
The Man with the Million-Dollar Voice
The Man with the Million-Dollar Voice is the nickname of C. L. Franklin, a renowned American Baptist minister celebrated for his electrifying preaching style and influential recorded sermons.
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D.
The Millionaire
The Millionaire is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film starring George Arliss as a retired businessman who secretly returns to work, produced by Warner Bros. and associated with filmmaker Bryan Foy.
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E.
Untold Millions
"Untold Millions" is a novel by American author Laura Z. Hobson, best known for exploring social issues and human relationships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Gordon ⓘ |
| artist | Barenaked Ladies ⓘ |
| composer |
Ed Robertson
ⓘ
Steven Page ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
comedy rock ⓘ pop rock ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
became a fan-favorite at Barenaked Ladies concerts
ⓘ
popularized the phrase If I had a million dollars in 1990s pop culture ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
acoustic-driven arrangement
ⓘ
call-and-response vocal lines ⓘ crowd sing-along sections in live performances ⓘ prominent bass and drums ⓘ spoken banter between vocalists ⓘ |
| hasLiveStapleStatus | true ⓘ |
| hasMood |
lighthearted
ⓘ
playful ⓘ |
| hasMusicalKey | G major ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
conversational
ⓘ
humorous ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
hypothetical wealth
ⓘ
middle-class fantasy ⓘ |
| hasTempo | moderate ⓘ |
| includedOn | Barenaked Ladies greatest hits compilations ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | mainstream pop and rock listeners ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Barenaked Ladies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
everyday consumerism
ⓘ
fantasizing about spending a million dollars ⓘ romantic generosity ⓘ whimsical purchases ⓘ |
| notableLyric |
If I had a million dollars
ⓘ
linked to:
If I Had $1000000
I’d buy you a K-Car ⓘ I’d buy you a green dress (but not a real green dress, that’s cruel) ⓘ I’d buy you a house ⓘ I’d buy you a monkey ⓘ I’d buy you some art (a Picasso or a Garfunkel) ⓘ |
| partOf | Gordon ⓘ |
| performer | Barenaked Ladies ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Reprise Records
ⓘ
Sire Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| writer |
Ed Robertson
ⓘ
Steven Page ⓘ |
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: If I Had $1000000 Description of subject: "If I Had $1000000" is a humorous, conversational pop-rock song by Barenaked Ladies that imagines the whimsical ways the narrator would spend a million dollars.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: If I Had $1000000