Three Is a Magic Number
E504385
"Three Is a Magic Number" is a popular educational song from the 1970s Schoolhouse Rock! series that teaches the multiplication table for the number three.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Three Is a Magic Number canonical | 2 |
| Three is a magic number | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5230050 — 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: Three Is a Magic Number Context triple: [Classic Masters, includesWork, Three Is a Magic Number]
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A.
It's Magic
"It's Magic" is a popular song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn, best known for its introduction in the 1948 film "Romance on the High Seas" and subsequent status as a pop standard.
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B.
Time for Three
Time for Three is a genre-blending string trio known for fusing classical music with jazz, pop, and other contemporary styles in highly energetic performances.
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C.
One, Two, Three
One, Two, Three is a 1961 fast-paced Cold War comedy film set in West Berlin, known for its rapid-fire dialogue and satirical take on East–West tensions.
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D.
The Improbable Triumvirate
The Improbable Triumvirate is a nonfiction work by American editor and peace advocate Norman Cousins that examines the unlikely diplomatic relationships and events that helped ease Cold War tensions.
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E.
The Magic Song
The Magic Song is a whimsical, nonsensical tune from Disney’s 1950 animated film "Cinderella," sung by the Fairy Godmother as she magically transforms Cinderella’s world.
- 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: Three Is a Magic Number Target entity description: "Three Is a Magic Number" is a popular educational song from the 1970s Schoolhouse Rock! series that teaches the multiplication table for the number three.
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A.
It's Magic
"It's Magic" is a popular song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn, best known for its introduction in the 1948 film "Romance on the High Seas" and subsequent status as a pop standard.
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B.
Time for Three
Time for Three is a genre-blending string trio known for fusing classical music with jazz, pop, and other contemporary styles in highly energetic performances.
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C.
One, Two, Three
One, Two, Three is a 1961 fast-paced Cold War comedy film set in West Berlin, known for its rapid-fire dialogue and satirical take on East–West tensions.
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D.
The Improbable Triumvirate
The Improbable Triumvirate is a nonfiction work by American editor and peace advocate Norman Cousins that examines the unlikely diplomatic relationships and events that helped ease Cold War tensions.
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E.
The Magic Song
The Magic Song is a whimsical, nonsensical tune from Disney’s 1950 animated film "Cinderella," sung by the Fairy Godmother as she magically transforms Cinderella’s world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
song
ⓘ
television song ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American childhood education
ⓘ
school curricula using media ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalStatus |
cult classic
ⓘ
nostalgic 1970s television song ⓘ |
| decadeOfRelease | 1970s ⓘ |
| educationalTopic |
arithmetic
ⓘ
basic mathematics ⓘ |
| firstAiredIn | 1973 ⓘ |
| focusesOnNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| franchise | Schoolhouse Rock! ⓘ |
| genre |
children's music
ⓘ
educational ⓘ pop ⓘ |
| hasChorus | Yes ⓘ |
| hasEducationalPurpose |
to help children memorize the three times table
ⓘ
to make learning math fun ⓘ |
| hasFormat | animated music video ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
A man and a woman had a little baby, yes, they did
ⓘ
Three is a magic number ⓘ
linked to:
Three Is a Magic Number
|
| hasSubject |
multiplication facts
ⓘ
number three ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
importance of the number three
ⓘ
mathematical patterns ⓘ numeracy ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
classroom aid
ⓘ
home viewing ⓘ |
| isEducationalMedia | Yes ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Multiplication Rock ⓘ |
| isTelevisionMusic | Yes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
animated short
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| originallyProducedFor | Saturday morning television ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| partOf | Schoolhouse Rock! ⓘ |
| series | Schoolhouse Rock! ⓘ |
| subseries | Multiplication Rock ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
ⓘ
elementary school students ⓘ |
| teaches |
multiplication
ⓘ
multiplication table for three ⓘ |
| title | Three Is a Magic Number ⓘ |
| usedIn | television interstitials ⓘ |
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: Three Is a Magic Number Description of subject: "Three Is a Magic Number" is a popular educational song from the 1970s Schoolhouse Rock! series that teaches the multiplication table for the number three.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Three Is a Magic Number