song "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)"
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"The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" is a famous inspirational show tune from the 1965 Broadway musical *Man of La Mancha*, celebrated for its themes of idealism and unwavering pursuit of noble but seemingly unattainable goals.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Impossible Dream is widely regarded as an inspirational anthem | 1 |
| song "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2714776 — 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: song "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" Context triple: [Impossible Dream, hasInspirationSource, song "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)"]
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A.
song "Fantasy"
"Fantasy" is a 1995 pop and R&B hit by Mariah Carey, known for its catchy hook, innovative use of a Tom Tom Club sample, and enduring popularity as one of her signature songs.
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B.
song "Hero"
"Hero" is one of Mariah Carey's signature power ballads, celebrated for its inspirational lyrics and soaring vocal performance.
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C.
song "The Ground Beneath Her Feet"
"The Ground Beneath Her Feet" is a song by U2, featuring lyrics adapted from Salman Rushdie’s novel of the same name and first released on the soundtrack to the film "The Million Dollar Hotel."
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D.
song "The Way"
"The Way" is a 2013 pop-R&B single by Ariana Grande featuring Mac Miller that served as her breakout hit and introduced her to mainstream audiences.
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E.
"My Way"
"My Way" is a punk rock cover of the classic pop standard, famously performed by Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious with sneering, anarchic lyrics and attitude.
- 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: song "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" Target entity description: "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" is a famous inspirational show tune from the 1965 Broadway musical *Man of La Mancha*, celebrated for its themes of idealism and unwavering pursuit of noble but seemingly unattainable goals.
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A.
song "Fantasy"
"Fantasy" is a 1995 pop and R&B hit by Mariah Carey, known for its catchy hook, innovative use of a Tom Tom Club sample, and enduring popularity as one of her signature songs.
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B.
song "Hero"
"Hero" is one of Mariah Carey's signature power ballads, celebrated for its inspirational lyrics and soaring vocal performance.
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C.
song "The Ground Beneath Her Feet"
"The Ground Beneath Her Feet" is a song by U2, featuring lyrics adapted from Salman Rushdie’s novel of the same name and first released on the soundtrack to the film "The Million Dollar Hotel."
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D.
song "The Way"
"The Way" is a 2013 pop-R&B single by Ariana Grande featuring Mac Miller that served as her breakout hit and introduced her to mainstream audiences.
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E.
"My Way"
"My Way" is a punk rock cover of the classic pop standard, famously performed by Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious with sneering, anarchic lyrics and attitude.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical theatre song
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show tune ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Broadway
ⓘ
Man of La Mancha ⓘ
surface form:
Man of La Mancha (musical)
Alonso Quixano ⓘ
surface form:
character Don Quixote
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| basedOn | novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (via the musical Man of La Mancha) ⓘ |
| composer | Mitch Leigh ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole |
inspirational standard
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motivational anthem ⓘ |
| describedAs |
anthem of idealism
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inspirational song ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceIn | 1965 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | Broadway ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceWork | original Broadway production of Man of La Mancha ⓘ |
| genre |
Broadway music
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show tune ⓘ traditional pop standard ⓘ |
| hasMusicalForm | ballad ⓘ |
| hasRefrain |
To bear with unbearable sorrow
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To dream the impossible dream ⓘ To fight the unbeatable foe ⓘ To run where the brave dare not go ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | chivalric ideals in Don Quixote ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Joe Darion ⓘ |
| medium | stage musical ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the character Don Quixote
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status as a popular standard beyond musical theatre ⓘ uplifting, aspirational lyrics ⓘ |
| originalContext | sung as a declaration of Don Quixote’s quest ⓘ |
| originalPerformerCharacter |
Alonso Quixano
ⓘ
surface form:
Alonso Quijana
Don Quixote ⓘ |
| partOf |
Man of La Mancha
ⓘ
surface form:
1965 Broadway musical Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha ⓘ |
| period | 1960s ⓘ |
| shortTitle |
The Impossible Dream (The Quest)
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surface form:
The Impossible Dream
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| sungByCharacterInMusical |
Alonso Quixano
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surface form:
Alonso Quijana
Don Quixote ⓘ |
| theme |
heroism
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idealism ⓘ moral courage ⓘ perseverance ⓘ pursuit of noble goals ⓘ unattainable dreams ⓘ |
| title | The Impossible Dream (The Quest) ⓘ |
| usedAs | symbol of striving for high ideals ⓘ |
| yearOfOrigin | 1965 ⓘ |
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: song "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" Description of subject: "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" is a famous inspirational show tune from the 1965 Broadway musical *Man of La Mancha*, celebrated for its themes of idealism and unwavering pursuit of noble but seemingly unattainable goals.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Impossible Dream is widely regarded as an inspirational anthem