Dark Waves
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Dark Waves is a large-scale orchestral work by American composer John Luther Adams, known for its immersive, slowly evolving soundscapes that evoke the motion and power of the sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dark Waves canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4901642 — 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: Dark Waves Context triple: [John Luther Adams, notableWork, Dark Waves]
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A.
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the early 1980s, known for their unconventional song structures and the songwriting of Kristin Hersh.
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B.
The Red Krayola
The Red Krayola is an experimental rock band formed in the 1960s known for its avant-garde, psychedelic sound and influential role in underground music.
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C.
Spider Rock
Spider Rock is a striking sandstone spire rising dramatically from the floor of Canyon de Chelly in northeastern Arizona, considered both a geological icon and a sacred site in Navajo tradition.
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D.
Slint
Slint is an influential American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, widely credited with helping pioneer the post-rock and math rock genres through their intricate, atmospheric sound and the landmark album "Spiderland."
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E.
Vagos
Vagos is a coastal municipality in central Portugal known for its beaches, dunes, and integration into the Aveiro region’s lagoon landscape.
- 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: Dark Waves Target entity description: Dark Waves is a large-scale orchestral work by American composer John Luther Adams, known for its immersive, slowly evolving soundscapes that evoke the motion and power of the sea.
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A.
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the early 1980s, known for their unconventional song structures and the songwriting of Kristin Hersh.
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B.
The Red Krayola
The Red Krayola is an experimental rock band formed in the 1960s known for its avant-garde, psychedelic sound and influential role in underground music.
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C.
Spider Rock
Spider Rock is a striking sandstone spire rising dramatically from the floor of Canyon de Chelly in northeastern Arizona, considered both a geological icon and a sacred site in Navajo tradition.
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D.
Slint
Slint is an influential American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, widely credited with helping pioneer the post-rock and math rock genres through their intricate, atmospheric sound and the landmark album "Spiderland."
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E.
Vagos
Vagos is a coastal municipality in central Portugal known for its beaches, dunes, and integration into the Aveiro region’s lagoon landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary classical composition
ⓘ
orchestral work ⓘ |
| aestheticQuality |
atmospheric
ⓘ
expansive ⓘ meditative ⓘ |
| associatedWith | John Luther Adams ⓘ |
| composer | John Luther Adams ⓘ |
| compositionalApproach |
minimalist influence
ⓘ
process-based development ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary classical music
ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
environment
ⓘ
nature ⓘ ocean ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | the sea ⓘ |
| intendedEffect | immersive listening experience ⓘ |
| movementStructure | single continuous movement ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
dense harmonic textures
ⓘ
extended duration ⓘ gradual dynamic swells ⓘ large-scale orchestral forces ⓘ |
| period | 21st century ⓘ |
| style |
immersive soundscape
ⓘ
slowly evolving textures ⓘ |
| texture | layered orchestral sonorities ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
motion of the sea
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power of the sea ⓘ |
| uses | orchestra ⓘ |
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: Dark Waves Description of subject: Dark Waves is a large-scale orchestral work by American composer John Luther Adams, known for its immersive, slowly evolving soundscapes that evoke the motion and power of the sea.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
John