Epistrophy
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"Epistrophy" is a seminal jazz composition co-written by Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke, known for its angular melody, advanced harmonies, and central place in the bebop repertoire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Epistrophy canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6209320 — 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: Epistrophy Context triple: [Thelonious Monk, notableWork, Epistrophy]
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A.
Tenth Muse
The "Tenth Muse" is an honorific epithet celebrating Sappho as an almost divine poet whose genius was deemed worthy of joining the nine classical Muses of Greek mythology.
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B.
Paralipomena
Paralipomena is the second, supplementary volume of Arthur Schopenhauer’s philosophical work "Parerga and Paralipomena," containing additional essays and reflections that expand on his main ideas.
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C.
A Paean
"A Paean" is an early poem by Edgar Allan Poe that he later expanded and revised into the better-known work "Lenore."
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D.
the Infinitely Prolonged
The Infinitely Prolonged is the sardonic, immortal being from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" who dedicates his endless life to insulting every creature in the universe in alphabetical order.
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E.
Palimpsest
"Palimpsest" is a song by Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his 2005 indie folk album *A River Ain't Too Much to Love*.
- 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: Epistrophy Target entity description: "Epistrophy" is a seminal jazz composition co-written by Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke, known for its angular melody, advanced harmonies, and central place in the bebop repertoire.
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A.
Tenth Muse
The "Tenth Muse" is an honorific epithet celebrating Sappho as an almost divine poet whose genius was deemed worthy of joining the nine classical Muses of Greek mythology.
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B.
Paralipomena
Paralipomena is the second, supplementary volume of Arthur Schopenhauer’s philosophical work "Parerga and Paralipomena," containing additional essays and reflections that expand on his main ideas.
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C.
A Paean
"A Paean" is an early poem by Edgar Allan Poe that he later expanded and revised into the better-known work "Lenore."
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D.
the Infinitely Prolonged
The Infinitely Prolonged is the sardonic, immortal being from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" who dedicates his endless life to insulting every creature in the universe in alphabetical order.
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E.
Palimpsest
"Palimpsest" is a song by Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his 2005 indie folk album *A River Ain't Too Much to Love*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bebop standard
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jazz composition ⓘ |
| associatedWithMusician |
Kenny Clarke
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Thelonious Monk ⓘ |
| composer |
Kenny Clarke
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Thelonious Monk ⓘ |
| genre |
bebop
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ |
| hasHarmonicCharacteristic | advanced harmonies ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | early example of modern jazz composition ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
bebop repertoire
ⓘ
modern jazz composition ⓘ |
| hasMelodicCharacteristic | angular melody ⓘ |
| hasMusicalForm | theme and improvisation ⓘ |
| hasRepertoireStatus | central piece in the bebop repertoire ⓘ |
| hasRhythmicStyle | swing feel ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| language | instrumental (no lyrics) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex rhythmic conception
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innovative harmonic structure ⓘ |
| partOf | Thelonious Monk songbook ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation | small jazz ensemble ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext |
concert performance
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jazz club ⓘ |
| workOf |
Kenny Clarke
ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ |
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: Epistrophy Description of subject: "Epistrophy" is a seminal jazz composition co-written by Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke, known for its angular melody, advanced harmonies, and central place in the bebop repertoire.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.