kora
E201168
The kora is a West African 21-string harp-lute traditionally played by griots and widely associated with the musical heritage of Mali.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| kora canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1813187 — 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: kora Context triple: [Mali, nationalInstrument, kora]
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A.
Korekore
Korekore is a major dialect of the Shona language spoken primarily in northern Zimbabwe.
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B.
Koreiz
Koreiz is a resort settlement on the southern coast of Crimea, known for its seaside location and historic villas.
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C.
Karo
Karo is a Jewish family name most famously associated with Rabbi Yosef Karo, the 16th-century author of the Shulchan Aruch.
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D.
KR
KR is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the German city of Krefeld.
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E.
Kori
Kori is a given name, often used as a variant spelling of Cory or Corey.
- 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: kora Target entity description: The kora is a West African 21-string harp-lute traditionally played by griots and widely associated with the musical heritage of Mali.
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A.
Korekore
Korekore is a major dialect of the Shona language spoken primarily in northern Zimbabwe.
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B.
Koreiz
Koreiz is a resort settlement on the southern coast of Crimea, known for its seaside location and historic villas.
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C.
Karo
Karo is a Jewish family name most famously associated with Rabbi Yosef Karo, the 16th-century author of the Shulchan Aruch.
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D.
KR
KR is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the German city of Krefeld.
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E.
Kori
Kori is a given name, often used as a variant spelling of Cory or Corey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
harp-lute
ⓘ
musical instrument ⓘ string instrument ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mali
ⓘ
Mande music ⓘ Mande people ⓘ
linked to:
Mande peoples
|
| classifiedIn | Hornbostel–Sachs 323-5 (harp-lute) ⓘ |
| culturallySignificantIn |
Burkina Faso
ⓘ
Gambia ⓘ
linked to:
The Gambia
Guinea ⓘ Guinea-Bissau ⓘ Mali ⓘ Senegal ⓘ |
| hasBodyMaterial |
animal skin
ⓘ
calabash gourd ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
bridge
ⓘ
calabash resonator ⓘ cowhide soundboard ⓘ leather tuning rings ⓘ long hardwood neck ⓘ two handgrips ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStrings | 21 ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | West Africa ⓘ |
| hasStringMaterial |
gut (historically)
ⓘ
nylon fishing line ⓘ |
| hasTuningSystem |
heptatonic scale
ⓘ
modal tuning ⓘ |
| playedBy |
Ballaké Sissoko
ⓘ
Djelimady Kouyaté ⓘ
linked to:
Djelimady Sissoko
Djelimady Sissoko ⓘ Foday Musa Suso ⓘ Jali Nyama Suso ⓘ Seckou Keita ⓘ Sidiki Diabaté ⓘ Sona Jobarteh ⓘ Tata Dindin ⓘ Toumani Diabaté ⓘ |
| playedTechnique | plucking ⓘ |
| playedWith | fingers ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
bolon
ⓘ
harp ⓘ lute ⓘ ngoni ⓘ |
| roleInSociety |
accompanying oral historians
ⓘ
accompanying praise singers ⓘ preserving genealogies and histories ⓘ |
| traditionallyPlayedBy | griots ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial occasions
ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ |
| usedIn |
West African traditional music
ⓘ
praise singing ⓘ |
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: kora Description of subject: The kora is a West African 21-string harp-lute traditionally played by griots and widely associated with the musical heritage of Mali.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.