duitara
E654882
The duitara is a traditional four-stringed plucked lute of the Khasi people of Northeast India, used primarily in folk and ceremonial music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| duitara canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7302538 — 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: duitara Context triple: [Khasi people, traditionalInstrument, duitara]
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A.
Dadu’a
Dadu’a is an indigenous local language spoken on Atauro Island, part of Timor-Leste.
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B.
Cetara
Cetara is a small traditional fishing village and coastal town in southern Italy, known for its anchovy-based cuisine and picturesque setting on the Amalfi Coast.
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C.
Duri
Duri is an Austronesian language spoken by the Duri people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Dumarao
Dumarao is a municipality in the province of Capiz in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, known for its predominantly agricultural economy and rural communities.
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E.
Butaritari
Butaritari is a fertile, heavily vegetated coral atoll in the northern Gilbert Islands of Kiribati, known for its World War II history and traditional subsistence agriculture.
- 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: duitara Target entity description: The duitara is a traditional four-stringed plucked lute of the Khasi people of Northeast India, used primarily in folk and ceremonial music.
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A.
Dadu’a
Dadu’a is an indigenous local language spoken on Atauro Island, part of Timor-Leste.
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B.
Cetara
Cetara is a small traditional fishing village and coastal town in southern Italy, known for its anchovy-based cuisine and picturesque setting on the Amalfi Coast.
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C.
Duri
Duri is an Austronesian language spoken by the Duri people of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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D.
Dumarao
Dumarao is a municipality in the province of Capiz in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, known for its predominantly agricultural economy and rural communities.
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E.
Butaritari
Butaritari is a fertile, heavily vegetated coral atoll in the northern Gilbert Islands of Kiribati, known for its World War II history and traditional subsistence agriculture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical instrument
ⓘ
plucked lute ⓘ string instrument ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Khasi ceremonial practices
ⓘ
Khasi folk traditions ⓘ |
| bodyShape | pear-shaped or oval ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Khasi Hills ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of Khasi musical heritage ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | traditional folk instrument ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Khasi people ⓘ |
| genre | traditional music ⓘ |
| hasPart |
neck
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strings ⓘ tuning pegs ⓘ wooden body ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of intangible cultural heritage of the Khasi people ⓘ |
| instrumentFamily | lute family ⓘ |
| languageCommunity | Khasi language speakers ⓘ |
| material | wood ⓘ |
| neckType | fretless or minimally fretted ⓘ |
| numberOfStrings | 4 ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
community gatherings
ⓘ
ritual events ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| playingContext |
informal home music-making
ⓘ
public performances ⓘ |
| playingTechnique | plucked ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Meghalaya ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Northeast India ⓘ |
| scaleLength | short to medium ⓘ |
| similarTo | other South Asian lutes ⓘ |
| soundProduction | vibrating strings ⓘ |
| stringConfiguration | four-stringed ⓘ |
| traditionalMaker | local artisans ⓘ |
| transmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
| tuningMethod | tuning pegs ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
accompaniment to singing
ⓘ
solo performance ⓘ |
| usedBy | Khasi people ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ceremonial music
ⓘ
folk music ⓘ |
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: duitara Description of subject: The duitara is a traditional four-stringed plucked lute of the Khasi people of Northeast India, used primarily in folk and ceremonial music.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.