The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met
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The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met is a whimsical and tragic animated short about an opera-singing whale, featured as one of the musical segments in Disney’s anthology film Make Mine Music.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3240939 — 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 Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met Context triple: [Make Mine Music, segment, The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met]
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On Broadway
"On Broadway" is a jazz-infused cover of the classic song popularized by George Benson, known for its virtuosic guitar work and smooth vocal style.
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I Hear a Symphony
"I Hear a Symphony" is a 1966 studio album by Motown girl group The Supremes, showcasing their signature blend of soulful vocals and pop-oriented production.
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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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Elf: The Musical
Elf: The Musical is a stage musical comedy based on the popular holiday film "Elf," featuring original songs and a family-friendly Christmas story about Buddy the Elf.
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Topsy-Turvy
Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 British period musical drama film directed by Mike Leigh that explores the creation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera The Mikado.
- 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 Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met Target entity description: The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met is a whimsical and tragic animated short about an opera-singing whale, featured as one of the musical segments in Disney’s anthology film Make Mine Music.
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Fin the Whale
Fin the Whale is the playful, anthropomorphic orca mascot of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, known for entertaining fans at games and community events.
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B.
On Broadway
"On Broadway" is a jazz-infused cover of the classic song popularized by George Benson, known for its virtuosic guitar work and smooth vocal style.
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C.
I Hear a Symphony
"I Hear a Symphony" is a 1966 studio album by Motown girl group The Supremes, showcasing their signature blend of soulful vocals and pop-oriented production.
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D.
How the Whale Got His Throat
"How the Whale Got His Throat" is one of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories, a whimsical origin tale explaining how the whale came to have a narrow throat.
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Noah and the Whale
Noah and the Whale was an English indie folk band known for its literate songwriting and the hit single "5 Years Time."
- F. None of above. chosen
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met Description of subject: The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met is a whimsical and tragic animated short about an opera-singing whale, featured as one of the musical segments in Disney’s anthology film Make Mine Music.
Referenced by (2)
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