Wheels of a Dream
E854053
"Wheels of a Dream" is a prominent, emotionally resonant song from the Broadway musical Ragtime that reflects themes of hope, aspiration, and the American Dream.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wheels of a Dream canonical | 1 |
| “Wheels of a Dream” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10252886 — 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: Wheels of a Dream Context triple: [Ragtime, notableSong, Wheels of a Dream]
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A.
The Wheel Spins
The Wheel Spins is a 1936 mystery novel by Ethel Lina White, best known as the source material for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film The Lady Vanishes.
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B.
Till the Wheels Fall Off
"Till the Wheels Fall Off" is a song by American singer Kelis from her 2006 album "Kelis Was Here."
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C.
Heart Like a Wheel
Heart Like a Wheel is a celebrated song by Canadian songwriter Anna McGarrigle, best known through Linda Ronstadt’s hit 1974 cover that helped popularize McGarrigle’s work.
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D.
Heart Like a Wheel
Heart Like a Wheel is a critically acclaimed 1974 album by Linda Ronstadt that helped establish her as a leading voice in country rock and pop music.
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E.
Inside a Dream
"Inside a Dream" is a song by the American rock band Electric, likely featuring their characteristic guitar-driven sound and introspective lyrics.
- 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: Wheels of a Dream Target entity description: "Wheels of a Dream" is a prominent, emotionally resonant song from the Broadway musical Ragtime that reflects themes of hope, aspiration, and the American Dream.
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A.
The Wheel Spins
The Wheel Spins is a 1936 mystery novel by Ethel Lina White, best known as the source material for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film The Lady Vanishes.
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B.
Till the Wheels Fall Off
"Till the Wheels Fall Off" is a song by American singer Kelis from her 2006 album "Kelis Was Here."
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C.
Heart Like a Wheel
Heart Like a Wheel is a celebrated song by Canadian songwriter Anna McGarrigle, best known through Linda Ronstadt’s hit 1974 cover that helped popularize McGarrigle’s work.
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D.
Heart Like a Wheel
Heart Like a Wheel is a critically acclaimed 1974 album by Linda Ronstadt that helped establish her as a leading voice in country rock and pop music.
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E.
Inside a Dream
"Inside a Dream" is a song by the American rock band Electric, likely featuring their characteristic guitar-driven sound and introspective lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Ragtime (original Broadway cast recording)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragtime
|
| basedOn |
Ragtime: A Novel
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragtime (film)
|
| basedOnWorkBy | E. L. Doctorow ⓘ |
| characterWhoSings |
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
ⓘ
Sarah ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Flaherty ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstPerformanceInMusical |
Ragtime (Broadway production)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragtime
|
| genre |
musical theatre
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ |
| hasForm | duet ⓘ |
| hasKeyCreators |
Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
ⓘ
linked to:
Lynn Ahrens
|
| hasMotif | automobile as symbol of freedom ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
future generations
ⓘ
parenthood ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| isHighlightOf |
Ragtime (musical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragtime
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Lynn Ahrens ⓘ |
| musicalFrom | Ragtime ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | Broadway ballad ⓘ |
| narrativeContext | sung by Coalhouse Walker Jr. and Sarah ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional resonance
ⓘ
expression of African American aspirations ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayProductionYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| partOf | Ragtime ⓘ |
| performedByInOriginalCast |
Audra McDonald
ⓘ
Brian Stokes Mitchell ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century musical theatre ⓘ |
| productionType | Broadway musical song ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
American Dream
ⓘ
aspiration ⓘ family ⓘ hope ⓘ racial uplift ⓘ |
| vocalForces |
female voice
ⓘ
male voice ⓘ |
| workFrom |
Ragtime (stage musical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ragtime
|
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: Wheels of a Dream Description of subject: "Wheels of a Dream" is a prominent, emotionally resonant song from the Broadway musical Ragtime that reflects themes of hope, aspiration, and the American Dream.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Sarah
linked to: Wheels of a Dream