A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes
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"A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" is a classic Disney song from the animated film Cinderella, known for its gentle melody and optimistic message about believing in one's dreams.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T504927 — 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: A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes Context triple: [Cinderella (1950 film), notableSong, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes]
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A.
A Whole New World
"A Whole New World" is the romantic duet from Disney's 1992 animated film Aladdin, celebrated as one of the studio's most iconic and enduring songs.
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B.
One Wish: The Holiday Album
One Wish: The Holiday Album is Whitney Houston’s 2003 Christmas-themed studio album featuring her renditions of classic holiday songs.
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C.
We're Off to See the Wizard
"We're Off to See the Wizard" is a lively, iconic musical number from the 1939 film *The Wizard of Oz*, sung by Dorothy and her companions as they journey along the Yellow Brick Road.
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D.
Into the Woods
Into the Woods is a 2014 musical fantasy film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim stage musical, intertwining several classic fairy tales in a darkly comedic and emotionally complex narrative.
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E.
Beauty and the Beast
"Beauty and the Beast" is the iconic title ballad from Disney’s 1991 animated film of the same name, renowned for its romantic melody and lyrics and widely celebrated as one of Disney’s most beloved songs.
- 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: A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes Target entity description: "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" is a classic Disney song from the animated film Cinderella, known for its gentle melody and optimistic message about believing in one's dreams.
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A.
A Whole New World
"A Whole New World" is the romantic duet from Disney's 1992 animated film Aladdin, celebrated as one of the studio's most iconic and enduring songs.
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B.
One Wish: The Holiday Album
One Wish: The Holiday Album is Whitney Houston’s 2003 Christmas-themed studio album featuring her renditions of classic holiday songs.
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C.
We're Off to See the Wizard
"We're Off to See the Wizard" is a lively, iconic musical number from the 1939 film *The Wizard of Oz*, sung by Dorothy and her companions as they journey along the Yellow Brick Road.
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D.
Into the Woods
Into the Woods is a 2014 musical fantasy film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim stage musical, intertwining several classic fairy tales in a darkly comedic and emotionally complex narrative.
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E.
Beauty and the Beast
"Beauty and the Beast" is the iconic title ballad from Disney’s 1991 animated film of the same name, renowned for its romantic melody and lyrics and widely celebrated as one of Disney’s most beloved songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Disney song
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film song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Cinderella (1950 film)
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surface form:
Cinderella (1950 animated film)
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| associatedWithCompany | The Walt Disney Company ⓘ |
| associatedWithFranchise |
Disney Princess franchise
ⓘ
surface form:
Disney Princess
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| basedOn |
Cinderella by Charles Perrault
ⓘ
surface form:
Charles Perrault's fairy tale Cinderella (indirectly, via the film)
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| characterPerformedBy |
Cinderella (fairy tale)
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surface form:
Cinderella (Disney character)
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| composer |
Al Hoffman
ⓘ
Jerry Livingston ⓘ Mack David ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstReleaseYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| genre |
Disney Music Group
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surface form:
Disney music
film soundtrack ⓘ traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasArrangementType | orchestral accompaniment in the film ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersionBy |
Daniel Bedingfield
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Disney Channel Circle of Stars ⓘ Lily James ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | widely recognized as one of Disney’s most iconic songs ⓘ |
| hasFamousLine |
A dream is a wish your heart makes
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When you’re fast asleep ⓘ |
| hasLaterUse | featured in Disney home video releases and reissues of Cinderella ⓘ |
| hasMelodicCharacter | gentle ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | ballad ⓘ |
| hasReputation | classic Disney song ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Cinderella (1950 film)
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surface form:
Cinderella (original motion picture soundtrack)
various Disney compilation albums ⓘ |
| inUniverseContext | sung by Cinderella to comfort herself and her animal friends ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
believing in oneself
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dreams ⓘ hope ⓘ optimism ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Jerry Livingston
ⓘ
Mack David ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | expresses Cinderella's optimism and belief in dreams ⓘ |
| notableFor | optimistic message about believing in dreams ⓘ |
| originalMedium | animated film ⓘ |
| partOf | Cinderella (1950 film) ⓘ |
| performer | Ilene Woods ⓘ |
| positionInFilm | early in the film, after the opening credits ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Walt Disney Company
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surface form:
Walt Disney Productions
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| recordLabel | RCA Victor ⓘ |
| title | A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes self-link ⓘ |
| usedAs | signature song for the character Cinderella ⓘ |
| usedIn | Disney theme park shows and parades ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes Description of subject: "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" is a classic Disney song from the animated film Cinderella, known for its gentle melody and optimistic message about believing in one's dreams.
Referenced by (6)
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