Fireflies
E338880
"Fireflies" is a 2009 synth-pop song by Owl City that became a worldwide hit known for its whimsical lyrics and dreamy electronic sound.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fireflies canonical | 9 |
| Fireflies (Adam Young Remix) | 1 |
| Fireflies (song) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3228780 — 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: Fireflies Context triple: [Owl City, notableWork, Fireflies]
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A.
Fireflies
Fireflies is a 2005 country music album by Faith Hill that blends contemporary country-pop with introspective ballads and storytelling songs.
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B.
Fireworks
Fireworks is a discontinued bitmap and vector graphics editor developed by Macromedia (later Adobe) that was widely used for creating and optimizing web graphics and user interface designs.
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C.
Daylight
Daylight is a 1996 disaster thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone, centered on a group of survivors trapped in a collapsed tunnel beneath the Hudson River.
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D.
Nights of Lights
Nights of Lights is an annual holiday light festival in St. Augustine, Florida, known for illuminating the historic city with millions of white lights.
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E.
One Little Spark
"One Little Spark" is a whimsical theme song written by the Sherman Brothers for the Journey Into Imagination attraction at Disney parks, celebrating creativity and the character Figment.
- 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: Fireflies Target entity description: "Fireflies" is a 2009 synth-pop song by Owl City that became a worldwide hit known for its whimsical lyrics and dreamy electronic sound.
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A.
Fireflies
Fireflies is a 2005 country music album by Faith Hill that blends contemporary country-pop with introspective ballads and storytelling songs.
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B.
Fireworks
Fireworks is a discontinued bitmap and vector graphics editor developed by Macromedia (later Adobe) that was widely used for creating and optimizing web graphics and user interface designs.
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C.
Daylight
Daylight is a 1996 disaster thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone, centered on a group of survivors trapped in a collapsed tunnel beneath the Hudson River.
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D.
Nights of Lights
Nights of Lights is an annual holiday light festival in St. Augustine, Florida, known for illuminating the historic city with millions of white lights.
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E.
One Little Spark
"One Little Spark" is a whimsical theme song written by the Sherman Brothers for the Journey Into Imagination attraction at Disney parks, celebrating creativity and the character Figment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Ocean Eyes ⓘ |
| artist | Owl City ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Owl City ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ocean Eyes (album)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ocean Eyes
|
| certificationUK | multi-platinum ⓘ |
| certificationUS | multi-platinum ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| commercialSuccess | worldwide hit ⓘ |
| composer | Adam Young ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | late 2000s pop ⓘ |
| genre |
electropop
ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | Fireflies single cover image ⓘ |
| hasHookLyric |
"I’d like to make myself believe"
ⓘ
"You would not believe your eyes" ⓘ |
| hasKey | B major ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| hasTempo | moderate ⓘ |
| includedIn | various pop compilations ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
electronic beats
ⓘ
synthesizers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:48 ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Steve Hoover ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dreamy electronic sound
ⓘ
internet-era popularity ⓘ whimsical lyrics ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Ocean Eyes ⓘ |
| performer | Owl City ⓘ |
| producer | Adam Young ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Owl City ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Republic Records
ⓘ
Universal Republic Records ⓘ |
| releaseFormat |
CD single
ⓘ
digital download ⓘ |
| releaseType | lead single from Ocean Eyes ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| theme |
dreams and imagination
ⓘ
whimsy and childlike wonder ⓘ |
| usesTimeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | soft male vocals ⓘ |
| writer | Adam Young ⓘ |
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: Fireflies Description of subject: "Fireflies" is a 2009 synth-pop song by Owl City that became a worldwide hit known for its whimsical lyrics and dreamy electronic sound.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.