Clock
E752081
Clock is an anthropomorphized household timepiece character in Maurice Ravel and Colette’s opera "L’enfant et les sortilèges," coming to life as part of the magical objects that confront the mischievous child.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8676681 — 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: Clock Context triple: [L’enfant et les sortilèges, featuresCharacter, Clock]
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A.
Clocks
"Clocks" is a Grammy-winning 2002 piano-driven rock song by British band Coldplay, known for its distinctive arpeggiated riff and atmospheric sound.
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B.
Clock Scene
The "Clock Scene" is a famous dramatic episode from Modest Mussorgsky's opera *Boris Godunov* in which the tormented Tsar Boris is haunted by guilt and hallucinations as a clock ominously marks the passage of time.
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C.
Clock End
Clock End is a famous stand at Arsenal FC’s former Highbury stadium, known for housing the iconic clock and passionate home supporters.
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D.
Clock Museum
The Clock Museum is a specialized museum in Ploiești, Romania, dedicated to the history and display of clocks and timekeeping devices.
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E.
Chronometer
Chronometer is an experimental 1971 electronic composition by Harrison Birtwistle that explores complex rhythmic structures using recorded clock sounds.
- 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: Clock Target entity description: Clock is an anthropomorphized household timepiece character in Maurice Ravel and Colette’s opera "L’enfant et les sortilèges," coming to life as part of the magical objects that confront the mischievous child.
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A.
Clocks
"Clocks" is a Grammy-winning 2002 piano-driven rock song by British band Coldplay, known for its distinctive arpeggiated riff and atmospheric sound.
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B.
Clock Scene
The "Clock Scene" is a famous dramatic episode from Modest Mussorgsky's opera *Boris Godunov* in which the tormented Tsar Boris is haunted by guilt and hallucinations as a clock ominously marks the passage of time.
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C.
Clock End
Clock End is a famous stand at Arsenal FC’s former Highbury stadium, known for housing the iconic clock and passionate home supporters.
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D.
Clock Museum
The Clock Museum is a specialized museum in Ploiești, Romania, dedicated to the history and display of clocks and timekeeping devices.
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E.
Chronometer
Chronometer is an experimental 1971 electronic composition by Harrison Birtwistle that explores complex rhythmic structures using recorded clock sounds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropomorphic object
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fictional character ⓘ opera character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | L’enfant et les sortilèges ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | opera ⓘ |
| composerOfWork | Maurice Ravel ⓘ |
| confrontsCharacter | the Child ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | France ⓘ |
| creator |
Colette
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Maurice Ravel ⓘ |
| hasRoleInWork | magical household object ⓘ |
| hasTheme | retribution for the Child’s misbehavior ⓘ |
| isA | household timepiece ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| librettistOfWork | Colette ⓘ |
| mediumOfPerformance | sung role in opera ⓘ |
| name | Clock ⓘ |
| partOf | ensemble of animated household objects in L’enfant et les sortilèges ⓘ |
| relatedWork | L’enfant et les sortilèges (opera by Maurice Ravel) ⓘ |
| workPremiereYear | 1925 ⓘ |
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: Clock Description of subject: Clock is an anthropomorphized household timepiece character in Maurice Ravel and Colette’s opera "L’enfant et les sortilèges," coming to life as part of the magical objects that confront the mischievous child.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.