the fools who dream
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"The Fools Who Dream" are the idealistic, risk-taking dreamers celebrated in the La La Land song for their passion, vulnerability, and willingness to pursue art and love despite hardship and failure.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Fools Who Dream | 1 |
| the fools who dream canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9217761 — 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: the fools who dream Context triple: [Audition (The Fools Who Dream), centralMotif, the fools who dream]
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A.
The Fools
The Fools are an American rock band best known for their humorous, irreverent style and novelty-tinged songs that gained regional popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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B.
Words of a Fool
"Words of a Fool" is a song by the Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb, later re-recorded for his country-tinged album "Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook, Vol. 1."
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C.
Dream of the Song
Dream of the Song is a contemporary song cycle by British composer George Benjamin, known for its evocative orchestration and setting of medieval Hebrew and Arabic poetry.
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D.
All Fools
All Fools is a Jacobean stage comedy by George Chapman, known for its intricate plotting and satirical portrayal of social and familial folly.
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E.
The Traditional Fools
The Traditional Fools were a California-based garage rock and surf-punk band best known as an early project of musician Ty Segall.
- 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: the fools who dream Target entity description: "The Fools Who Dream" are the idealistic, risk-taking dreamers celebrated in the La La Land song for their passion, vulnerability, and willingness to pursue art and love despite hardship and failure.
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A.
The Fools
The Fools are an American rock band best known for their humorous, irreverent style and novelty-tinged songs that gained regional popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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B.
Words of a Fool
"Words of a Fool" is a song by the Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb, later re-recorded for his country-tinged album "Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook, Vol. 1."
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C.
Dream of the Song
Dream of the Song is a contemporary song cycle by British composer George Benjamin, known for its evocative orchestration and setting of medieval Hebrew and Arabic poetry.
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D.
All Fools
All Fools is a Jacobean stage comedy by George Chapman, known for its intricate plotting and satirical portrayal of social and familial folly.
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E.
The Traditional Fools
The Traditional Fools were a California-based garage rock and surf-punk band best known as an early project of musician Ty Segall.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | La La Land ⓘ |
| associatedAward | Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for Emma Stone ⓘ |
| composer | Justin Hurwitz ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception |
noted for intimate vocal performance
ⓘ
widely praised for emotional impact ⓘ |
| describes |
artists who persist despite hardship
ⓘ
idealistic dreamers ⓘ |
| diegeticStatus | diegetic song ⓘ |
| emotionalTone |
bittersweet
ⓘ
hopeful ⓘ nostalgic ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfScene | Damien Chazelle ⓘ |
| filmDistributor | Lionsgate ⓘ |
| genre |
film musical song
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ |
| includedOn |
La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
ⓘ
linked to:
La La Land (film score)
|
| inspiredByWithinStory | Mia’s aunt ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalPerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Benj Pasek
ⓘ
Justin Paul ⓘ |
| medium | film soundtrack ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | piano-driven ballad ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
audition song
ⓘ
character backstory revelation ⓘ emotional climax ⓘ |
| partOfWork | La La Land ⓘ |
| performedByActor | Emma Stone ⓘ |
| performedByCharacter | Mia Dolan ⓘ |
| performedDuringSceneType | audition ⓘ |
| performedInStyle | solo vocal performance ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfFilm |
Black Label Media
ⓘ
Marc Platt Productions ⓘ Summit Entertainment ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| settingInFilm | casting audition room ⓘ |
| targetAudienceResponse | empathy for dreamers ⓘ |
| theme |
artistic ambition
ⓘ
failure and resilience ⓘ idealism ⓘ risk-taking ⓘ romantic longing ⓘ sacrifice for art ⓘ |
| title |
The Fools Who Dream
ⓘ
linked to:
the fools who dream
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: the fools who dream Description of subject: "The Fools Who Dream" are the idealistic, risk-taking dreamers celebrated in the La La Land song for their passion, vulnerability, and willingness to pursue art and love despite hardship and failure.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the fools who dream
linked to: the fools who dream