Rezső Seress
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Rezső Seress was a Hungarian pianist and songwriter best known for composing the melancholic song "Gloomy Sunday," which gained a lasting reputation as the "Hungarian suicide song."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rezső Seress canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7549418 — 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: Rezső Seress Context triple: [Gloomy Sunday, composer, Rezső Seress]
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A.
Miklos Haraszti
Miklós Haraszti is a Hungarian writer, journalist, and human rights advocate known for his work promoting media freedom and democratic reforms in Central and Eastern Europe.
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B.
Imre Molnár
Imre Molnár is the pseudonym of Imre Lakatos, a prominent Hungarian-born philosopher of mathematics and science known for his work on the methodology of scientific research programmes.
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C.
Pál Losonczi
Pál Losonczi was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1967 to 1987, effectively acting as the country's head of state.
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D.
Bela Balassa
Bela Balassa was a Hungarian-born economist best known for his work on development economics and international trade, including the Balassa–Samuelson effect and influential analyses of trade liberalization and economic integration.
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E.
Vilmos Huszár
Vilmos Huszár was a Hungarian-born Dutch painter and designer associated with the De Stijl movement, known for his abstract, geometric compositions and contributions to modernist art and design.
- 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: Rezső Seress Target entity description: Rezső Seress was a Hungarian pianist and songwriter best known for composing the melancholic song "Gloomy Sunday," which gained a lasting reputation as the "Hungarian suicide song."
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A.
Miklos Haraszti
Miklós Haraszti is a Hungarian writer, journalist, and human rights advocate known for his work promoting media freedom and democratic reforms in Central and Eastern Europe.
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B.
Imre Molnár
Imre Molnár is the pseudonym of Imre Lakatos, a prominent Hungarian-born philosopher of mathematics and science known for his work on the methodology of scientific research programmes.
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C.
Pál Losonczi
Pál Losonczi was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1967 to 1987, effectively acting as the country's head of state.
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D.
Bela Balassa
Bela Balassa was a Hungarian-born economist best known for his work on development economics and international trade, including the Balassa–Samuelson effect and influential analyses of trade liberalization and economic integration.
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E.
Vilmos Huszár
Vilmos Huszár was a Hungarian-born Dutch painter and designer associated with the De Stijl movement, known for his abstract, geometric compositions and contributions to modernist art and design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hungarian person
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ song ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Rudolf Spitzer ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| composed |
Gloomy Sunday
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Szomorú vasárnap ⓘ |
| composer | Rezső Seress ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Hungary ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hungary ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1899-11-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1968-01-11 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Hungarian Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Seress ⓘ |
| genre |
melancholic music
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melancholic song ⓘ popular music ⓘ |
| givenName | Rezső ⓘ |
| hasReputation | Hungarian suicide song ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Hungarian ⓘ |
| livedIn | Budapest ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| movement | interwar popular music ⓘ |
| name | Rezső Seress ⓘ |
| notableFor |
composing the song "Gloomy Sunday"
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linked to:
Gloomy Sunday
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| notableWork |
Gloomy Sunday
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Szomorú vasárnap ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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pianist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Hungarian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Szomorú vasárnap ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Budapest ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Budapest ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Budapest ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rezső Seress Description of subject: Rezső Seress was a Hungarian pianist and songwriter best known for composing the melancholic song "Gloomy Sunday," which gained a lasting reputation as the "Hungarian suicide song."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.