dotara
E165989
The dotara is a traditional plucked string instrument from eastern India and Bangladesh, closely associated with folk and Baul music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| dotara canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1436990 — 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: dotara Context triple: [Baul, typicalInstrument, dotara]
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A.
Tora
Tora is a popular nickname for the Hanshin Tigers, a professional Japanese baseball team based in the Kansai region.
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B.
Dal
Dal is the commonly used short form for Dalhousie University, a major public research university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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C.
Tabasaran
Tabasaran is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken primarily by the Tabasaran people in southern Dagestan, Russia.
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D.
The Turim
The Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes halakhic rulings into four major sections.
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E.
Telarah
Telarah is a residential suburb in the City of Maitland in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.
- 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: dotara Target entity description: The dotara is a traditional plucked string instrument from eastern India and Bangladesh, closely associated with folk and Baul music.
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A.
Tora
Tora is a popular nickname for the Hanshin Tigers, a professional Japanese baseball team based in the Kansai region.
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B.
Dal
Dal is the commonly used short form for Dalhousie University, a major public research university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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C.
Tabasaran
Tabasaran is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken primarily by the Tabasaran people in southern Dagestan, Russia.
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D.
The Turim
The Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes halakhic rulings into four major sections.
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E.
Telarah
Telarah is a residential suburb in the City of Maitland in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk musical instrument
ⓘ
plucked string instrument ⓘ string instrument ⓘ traditional musical instrument ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre |
Baul music
ⓘ
folk music ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition |
Assamese folk music tradition
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Bengali folk music tradition ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important in Baul spiritual traditions
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symbol of rural Bengali folk culture ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling |
dotar
ⓘ
dotora ⓘ |
| hasBodyShape |
pear-shaped body
ⓘ
round body ⓘ |
| hasConstructionType | hollowed wooden resonator ⓘ |
| hasNeckType | fretless neck ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStringsVariant |
five-string variant
ⓘ
four-string variant ⓘ two-string variant ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ |
| hasPerformanceContext |
folk theatre
ⓘ
religious gatherings ⓘ street performances ⓘ village festivals ⓘ |
| hasPlayingPosition |
held across the chest
ⓘ
held diagonally in front of the body ⓘ |
| hasPlayingTechnique |
plucked with fingers
ⓘ
plucked with plectrum ⓘ |
| hasScaleType | folk scales of Bengal ⓘ |
| hasSoundboardMaterial | animal skin ⓘ |
| hasStringType |
gut strings
ⓘ
metal strings ⓘ |
| madeOf | wood ⓘ |
| relatedInstrument |
ektara
ⓘ
rabab ⓘ sarod ⓘ |
| tunedBy | ear ⓘ |
| usedByCommunity |
Baul musicians
ⓘ
folk musicians ⓘ |
| usedFor |
accompaniment of vocal music
ⓘ
solo performance ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
India ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
Assam
ⓘ
Bangladesh ⓘ Tripura ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: dotara Description of subject: The dotara is a traditional plucked string instrument from eastern India and Bangladesh, closely associated with folk and Baul music.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.