Spanish Flea
E546704
"Spanish Flea" is a lively, trumpet-led instrumental pop tune by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass that became widely recognizable through its use in television, film, and popular culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spanish Flea canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5827302 — 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: Spanish Flea Context triple: [Herb Alpert, notableWork, Spanish Flea]
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A.
Muysca
Muysca refers to the indigenous people and culture of the central highlands of present-day Colombia, known for their advanced agriculture, goldworking, and role in inspiring the legend of El Dorado.
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B.
Flea
Flea is an American musician and actor best known as the bassist and co-founder of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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C.
Somotillo
Somotillo is a town and municipality in northwestern Nicaragua, near the border with Honduras, known for its agricultural activities and hot climate.
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D.
Sicani
The Sicani were an ancient people of central and western Sicily, considered among the island’s earliest known inhabitants and often associated with pre-Greek indigenous cultures.
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E.
Musca
Musca is a small southern constellation representing a fly, located near the Southern Cross in the southern sky.
- 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: Spanish Flea Target entity description: "Spanish Flea" is a lively, trumpet-led instrumental pop tune by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass that became widely recognizable through its use in television, film, and popular culture.
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A.
Muysca
Muysca refers to the indigenous people and culture of the central highlands of present-day Colombia, known for their advanced agriculture, goldworking, and role in inspiring the legend of El Dorado.
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B.
Flea
Flea is an American musician and actor best known as the bassist and co-founder of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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C.
Somotillo
Somotillo is a town and municipality in northwestern Nicaragua, near the border with Honduras, known for its agricultural activities and hot climate.
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D.
Sicani
The Sicani were an ancient people of central and western Sicily, considered among the island’s earliest known inhabitants and often associated with pre-Greek indigenous cultures.
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E.
Musca
Musca is a small southern constellation representing a fly, located near the Southern Cross in the southern sky.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
instrumental composition
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| albumArtist | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Tijuana Brass ⓘ |
| associatedWith | A&M Records catalog ⓘ |
| composer | Julius Wechter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
easy listening
ⓘ
instrumental pop ⓘ pop ⓘ |
| hasArrangementFeature |
brass section focus
ⓘ
rhythm section with Latin feel ⓘ |
| hasBroadcastUse |
background music in variety shows
ⓘ
radio programming themes ⓘ |
| hasChartingArtist | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersionBy |
Alvin and the Chipmunks
ⓘ
linked to:
Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise
Various studio orchestras ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
frequently used as humorous or lighthearted background music
ⓘ
widely recognizable tune in popular culture ⓘ |
| hasDistributionFormat |
compact disc
ⓘ
digital audio ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| hasEra | 1960s pop music ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later lounge and easy listening compilations ⓘ |
| hasISWC | T-070.071.284-3 ⓘ |
| hasKeyCharacteristic | major key tonality ⓘ |
| hasMelodicFeature | catchy, repetitive main motif ⓘ |
| hasRecognition | signature tune of Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass ⓘ |
| hasRecordingType | studio recording ⓘ |
| hasStyleCharacteristic |
Latin-influenced rhythm
ⓘ
lively tempo ⓘ prominent trumpet melody ⓘ |
| hasThemeUsage |
The Dating Game
ⓘ
linked to:
Blind Date
|
| hasTimeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
| hasTypicalUse |
comedic scenes in media
ⓘ
game show theme music ⓘ |
| instrumentation | trumpet-led arrangement ⓘ |
| notableUseIn |
advertising
ⓘ
film ⓘ television ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | instrumental (no lyrics) ⓘ |
| partOf | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass repertoire ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Going Places! ⓘ |
| performer |
Herb Alpert
ⓘ
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass ⓘ |
| publisher |
Almo Music
ⓘ
linked to:
Almo Music Corp.
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| recordLabel | A&M Records ⓘ |
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: Spanish Flea Description of subject: "Spanish Flea" is a lively, trumpet-led instrumental pop tune by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass that became widely recognizable through its use in television, film, and popular culture.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.