Pathétique
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Pathétique is the famous nickname of Beethoven’s dramatic and emotionally intense Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pathétique canonical | 3 |
| Pathétique means ‘passionate’ or ‘emotional’ in French | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2568913 — 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: Pathétique Context triple: [Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique", nickname, Pathétique]
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A.
Les Deux Orphelines
Les Deux Orphelines is a 19th-century French melodramatic play, best known as the source material for several film adaptations, including D.W. Griffith’s silent epic "Orphans of the Storm."
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B.
La Religieuse
La Religieuse is an 18th-century French novel by Denis Diderot that critiques religious institutions through the story of a young woman forced into convent life.
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C.
Miserere
Miserere is a sacred choral composition by Jean-Baptiste Lully, reflecting the grand liturgical style of the French Baroque.
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D.
La femme qui pleure
La femme qui pleure is a famous series of Cubist paintings by Pablo Picasso depicting a distraught, crying woman as a symbol of anguish and suffering.
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E.
La Musique
La Musique is a 1910 oil painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a group of figures engaged with music in a bold, simplified, and vividly colored Fauvist style.
- 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: Pathétique Target entity description: Pathétique is the famous nickname of Beethoven’s dramatic and emotionally intense Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13.
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A.
Les Deux Orphelines
Les Deux Orphelines is a 19th-century French melodramatic play, best known as the source material for several film adaptations, including D.W. Griffith’s silent epic "Orphans of the Storm."
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B.
La Religieuse
La Religieuse is an 18th-century French novel by Denis Diderot that critiques religious institutions through the story of a young woman forced into convent life.
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C.
Miserere
Miserere is a sacred choral composition by Jean-Baptiste Lully, reflecting the grand liturgical style of the French Baroque.
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D.
La femme qui pleure
La femme qui pleure is a famous series of Cubist paintings by Pablo Picasso depicting a distraught, crying woman as a symbol of anguish and suffering.
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E.
La Musique
La Musique is a 1910 oil painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a group of figures engaged with music in a bold, simplified, and vividly colored Fauvist style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical composition
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piano sonata ⓘ work by Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Beethoven’s early middle period ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Op. 13 ⓘ |
| composer | Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ |
| compositionEndDate | 1799 ⓘ |
| compositionStartDate | 1798 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Prince Karl von Lichnowsky ⓘ |
| famousFor |
expressive slow movement
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powerful opening chords ⓘ |
| firstMovementKey | C minor ⓘ |
| firstMovementTempoMarking | Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio ⓘ |
| genre | piano sonata ⓘ |
| hasForm |
rondo form (third movement)
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sonata form (first movement) ⓘ ternary form (second movement) ⓘ |
| hasNicknameLanguage | French ⓘ |
| influenced | Romantic piano repertoire ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| key | C minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| movementCount | 3 ⓘ |
| nickname | Pathétique ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
dramatic contrasts
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lyrical Adagio cantabile movement ⓘ strong emotional intensity ⓘ use of slow, grave introduction ⓘ |
| numberInSeries | 8 ⓘ |
| opus | 13 ⓘ |
| partOf | Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ |
| period | Classical period ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Vienna ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1799 ⓘ |
| publisher | E. Hoffmeister ⓘ |
| secondMovementKey | A-flat major ⓘ |
| secondMovementTempoMarking | Adagio cantabile ⓘ |
| style | early Romantic ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
musicological analyses
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numerous recordings ⓘ |
| thirdMovementKey | C minor ⓘ |
| thirdMovementTempoMarking | Rondo: Allegro ⓘ |
| title | Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ⓘ |
| workNumberInBeethovenPianoSonatas | 8 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pathétique Description of subject: Pathétique is the famous nickname of Beethoven’s dramatic and emotionally intense Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony
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titleMeaning
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Pathétique means ‘passionate’ or ‘emotional’ in French
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linked to: Pathétique