El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
E291567
"El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" is a folk song popularized by Simon & Garfunkel that adapts a traditional Peruvian melody with English lyrics reflecting themes of freedom and longing.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| El Condor Pasa (If I Could) canonical | 4 |
| El Condor Pasa | 1 |
| El Cóndor Pasa (1913 Peruvian zarzuela melody) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2700844 — 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: El Condor Pasa (If I Could) Context triple: [Bridge over Troubled Water, includesSong, El Condor Pasa (If I Could)]
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A.
Oye Como Va
"Oye Como Va" is a classic Latin rock song, originally written by Tito Puente and popularized worldwide by Santana’s 1970 rendition blending Afro-Cuban rhythms with electric guitar.
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B.
Ay Vamos
"Ay Vamos" is a popular reggaeton song by Colombian artist J Balvin that significantly boosted his international recognition in Latin urban music.
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C.
La Cucaracha
La Cucaracha is a pioneering 1934 Technicolor short comedy film notable for its early use of three-strip color and its recognition at the Academy Awards.
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D.
Santana do Ipanema
Santana do Ipanema is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Alagoas, known as a regional commercial and service center in the state's semi-arid interior.
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E.
Gloria's Eyes
"Gloria's Eyes" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1992 rock album "Human Touch."
- 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: El Condor Pasa (If I Could) Target entity description: "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" is a folk song popularized by Simon & Garfunkel that adapts a traditional Peruvian melody with English lyrics reflecting themes of freedom and longing.
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A.
Oye Como Va
"Oye Como Va" is a classic Latin rock song, originally written by Tito Puente and popularized worldwide by Santana’s 1970 rendition blending Afro-Cuban rhythms with electric guitar.
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B.
Ay Vamos
"Ay Vamos" is a popular reggaeton song by Colombian artist J Balvin that significantly boosted his international recognition in Latin urban music.
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C.
La Cucaracha
La Cucaracha is a pioneering 1934 Technicolor short comedy film notable for its early use of three-strip color and its recognition at the Academy Awards.
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D.
Santana do Ipanema
Santana do Ipanema is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Alagoas, known as a regional commercial and service center in the state's semi-arid interior.
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E.
Gloria's Eyes
"Gloria's Eyes" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1992 rock album "Human Touch."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk song
ⓘ
single ⓘ song ⓘ world music recording ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | traditional Peruvian melody ⓘ |
| albumArtist | Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Los Incas ⓘ |
| basedOn |
El Cóndor Pasa (1913 Peruvian zarzuela melody)
ⓘ
linked to:
El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
|
| chartingStatus | international hit ⓘ |
| composer | Daniel Alomía Robles ⓘ |
| containsLyricMotif |
I’d rather be a forest than a street
ⓘ
I’d rather be a hammer than a nail ⓘ |
| countryOfMelodyOrigin | Peru ⓘ |
| countryOfRecordingArtist |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
Andean folk
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folk ⓘ world music ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
became one of Simon & Garfunkel’s signature songs
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introduced many listeners to Andean music ⓘ |
| hasFormat | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass
ⓘ
charango ⓘ guitar ⓘ panpipes ⓘ percussion ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
acoustic
ⓘ
folk-rock ⓘ |
| hasTempo | moderate ⓘ |
| hasTimeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
| includedOnAlbum | Bridge over Troubled Water ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Jorge Milchberg
ⓘ
Paul Simon ⓘ |
| notableFor |
English lyrics contrasting alternative life choices
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popularizing Andean folk melody internationally ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfMelody | Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf | Simon & Garfunkel discography ⓘ |
| performer | Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| shortTitle |
El Condor Pasa
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linked to:
El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
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| theme |
choice
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escape ⓘ freedom ⓘ longing ⓘ |
| title | El Condor Pasa (If I Could) ⓘ |
| vocalist |
Art Garfunkel
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Paul Simon ⓘ |
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: El Condor Pasa (If I Could) Description of subject: "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" is a folk song popularized by Simon & Garfunkel that adapts a traditional Peruvian melody with English lyrics reflecting themes of freedom and longing.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
linked to: El Condor Pasa (If I Could)