Symphony No. 8
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Symphony No. 8 is a large-scale orchestral work by British composer Peter Maxwell Davies, reflecting his distinctive modernist style and often programmatic, historically informed approach to symphonic writing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Symphony No. 8 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5994832 — 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: Symphony No. 8 Context triple: [Peter Maxwell Davies, notableWork, Symphony No. 8]
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A.
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 8 is a mid-20th-century symphonic work by British composer Malcolm Arnold, noted for its vivid orchestration and contrasting emotional character.
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B.
Symphony No. 8 in D minor
Symphony No. 8 in D minor is a mid-20th-century symphony by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, noted for its inventive orchestration and exploration of varied percussion and timbral effects.
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C.
Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Symphony No. 8 in C minor is Anton Bruckner’s monumental late-Romantic symphony, renowned for its vast scale, complex structure, and profound spiritual intensity.
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D.
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 is a late symphonic work by Ludwig van Beethoven, noted for its compact, playful character and classical clarity compared to his more monumental symphonies.
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Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 7 is a large-scale orchestral work by British composer Malcolm Arnold, reflecting his distinctive blend of vivid orchestration, emotional intensity, and accessible modernism.
- 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: Symphony No. 8 Target entity description: Symphony No. 8 is a large-scale orchestral work by British composer Peter Maxwell Davies, reflecting his distinctive modernist style and often programmatic, historically informed approach to symphonic writing.
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A.
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 8 is a mid-20th-century symphonic work by British composer Malcolm Arnold, noted for its vivid orchestration and contrasting emotional character.
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B.
Symphony No. 8 in D minor
Symphony No. 8 in D minor is a mid-20th-century symphony by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, noted for its inventive orchestration and exploration of varied percussion and timbral effects.
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C.
Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Symphony No. 8 in C minor is Anton Bruckner’s monumental late-Romantic symphony, renowned for its vast scale, complex structure, and profound spiritual intensity.
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D.
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 is a late symphonic work by Ludwig van Beethoven, noted for its compact, playful character and classical clarity compared to his more monumental symphonies.
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E.
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 7 is a large-scale orchestral work by British composer Malcolm Arnold, reflecting his distinctive blend of vivid orchestration, emotional intensity, and accessible modernism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | symphony ⓘ |
| composer |
Peter Maxwell Davies
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
|
| composerNationality | British ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
historically informed approach
ⓘ
large-scale structure ⓘ programmatic elements ⓘ |
| hasInfluence |
20th-century modernism
ⓘ
historical musical forms ⓘ |
| hasMovementStructure | multi-movement ⓘ |
| intendedEnsemble | symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none (instrumental) ⓘ |
| notableWork | Symphony No. 8 (Peter Maxwell Davies) ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | symphonies by Peter Maxwell Davies ⓘ |
| style | modernist ⓘ |
| usesMedium | orchestra ⓘ |
| workOf |
Peter Maxwell Davies
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
|
| workTitleIncludesNumber | 8 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Symphony No. 8 Description of subject: Symphony No. 8 is a large-scale orchestral work by British composer Peter Maxwell Davies, reflecting his distinctive modernist style and often programmatic, historically informed approach to symphonic writing.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies