In Praise of the Music of Language
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In Praise of the Music of Language is the subtitle of Douglas Hofstadter’s book *Le Ton beau de Marot*, which explores translation, poetry, and the intricate play of meaning and form in language.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| In Praise of the Music of Language canonical | 1 |
| Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8997993 — 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: In Praise of the Music of Language Context triple: [Le Ton beau de Marot, hasSubtitle, In Praise of the Music of Language]
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The Prison-House of Language
The Prison-House of Language is a critical study by Fredric Jameson that examines structuralism and post-structuralism, exploring how language systems constrain thought and interpretation in modern literary theory.
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On Language
On Language is a popular collection of William Safire’s witty and insightful columns exploring usage, grammar, and the evolution of the English language.
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Six Lectures on Sound and Meaning
Six Lectures on Sound and Meaning is a seminal work of linguistic theory by Roman Jakobson that explores the relationship between phonological structure and the creation of meaning in language.
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D.
Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
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The Sound Shape of Language
The Sound Shape of Language is a seminal linguistic study by Roman Jakobson (with Linda R. Waugh) that explores how the sound structure of language relates to meaning, form, and poetic function.
- 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: In Praise of the Music of Language Target entity description: In Praise of the Music of Language is the subtitle of Douglas Hofstadter’s book *Le Ton beau de Marot*, which explores translation, poetry, and the intricate play of meaning and form in language.
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A.
The Prison-House of Language
The Prison-House of Language is a critical study by Fredric Jameson that examines structuralism and post-structuralism, exploring how language systems constrain thought and interpretation in modern literary theory.
-
B.
On Language
On Language is a popular collection of William Safire’s witty and insightful columns exploring usage, grammar, and the evolution of the English language.
-
C.
Six Lectures on Sound and Meaning
Six Lectures on Sound and Meaning is a seminal work of linguistic theory by Roman Jakobson that explores the relationship between phonological structure and the creation of meaning in language.
-
D.
Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
-
E.
The Sound Shape of Language
The Sound Shape of Language is a seminal linguistic study by Roman Jakobson (with Linda R. Waugh) that explores how the sound structure of language relates to meaning, form, and poetic function.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book subtitle ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Douglas Hofstadter ⓘ |
| associatedWithMainTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| associatedWithWorkType | non-fiction book ⓘ |
| describesTheme |
interplay of meaning and form
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music of language ⓘ poetry ⓘ translation ⓘ |
| emphasizesConcept |
aesthetic qualities of language
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constraints in translation ⓘ creative translation ⓘ musicality of poetic language ⓘ |
| isSubtitleOf | Le Ton beau de Marot ⓘ |
| isSubtitleOfWorkBy | Douglas Hofstadter ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| partOfFullTitle |
Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language
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linked to:
In Praise of the Music of Language
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| titleRelation | subtitle of an English-language edition of Le Ton beau de Marot ⓘ |
| usedInContextOf |
cognitive science of language
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literary translation theory ⓘ poetic form and structure ⓘ |
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: In Praise of the Music of Language Description of subject: In Praise of the Music of Language is the subtitle of Douglas Hofstadter’s book *Le Ton beau de Marot*, which explores translation, poetry, and the intricate play of meaning and form in language.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
In Praise of the Music of Language
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partOfFullTitle
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Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language
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linked to: In Praise of the Music of Language