The Deer Hunter – Cavatina theme
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The Deer Hunter – Cavatina theme is a lyrical, classical guitar piece by Stanley Myers, widely known as the haunting main theme from the film "The Deer Hunter."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Deer Hunter – Cavatina theme canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9393741 — 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: The Deer Hunter – Cavatina theme Context triple: [Stanley Myers, notableWork, The Deer Hunter – Cavatina theme]
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A.
The Silence of the Lambs (score)
The Silence of the Lambs (score) is the dark, suspenseful film soundtrack by Howard Shore that underscores the psychological tension and horror of the 1991 thriller.
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B.
Deborah’s Theme
Deborah’s Theme is a lyrical, melancholic musical motif composed by Ennio Morricone for the film Once Upon a Time in America, often noted for its haunting beauty and emotional depth.
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C.
Once Upon a Time in America (score)
"Once Upon a Time in America (score)" is the evocative orchestral film soundtrack composed by Ennio Morricone for Sergio Leone’s epic crime drama about Jewish gangsters in early 20th-century New York.
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D.
Hoosiers (1986 film score)
Hoosiers (1986 film score) is the inspirational orchestral and electronic soundtrack composed by Jerry Goldsmith for the 1986 sports drama film about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team.
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E.
The Shawshank Redemption (film score)
The Shawshank Redemption (film score) is a critically acclaimed, atmospheric musical soundtrack by composer Thomas Newman that underscores the film’s themes of hope, friendship, and perseverance.
- 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: The Deer Hunter – Cavatina theme Target entity description: The Deer Hunter – Cavatina theme is a lyrical, classical guitar piece by Stanley Myers, widely known as the haunting main theme from the film "The Deer Hunter."
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A.
The Silence of the Lambs (score)
The Silence of the Lambs (score) is the dark, suspenseful film soundtrack by Howard Shore that underscores the psychological tension and horror of the 1991 thriller.
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B.
Deborah’s Theme
Deborah’s Theme is a lyrical, melancholic musical motif composed by Ennio Morricone for the film Once Upon a Time in America, often noted for its haunting beauty and emotional depth.
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C.
Once Upon a Time in America (score)
"Once Upon a Time in America (score)" is the evocative orchestral film soundtrack composed by Ennio Morricone for Sergio Leone’s epic crime drama about Jewish gangsters in early 20th-century New York.
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D.
Hoosiers (1986 film score)
Hoosiers (1986 film score) is the inspirational orchestral and electronic soundtrack composed by Jerry Goldsmith for the 1986 sports drama film about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team.
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E.
The Shawshank Redemption (film score)
The Shawshank Redemption (film score) is a critically acclaimed, atmospheric musical soundtrack by composer Thomas Newman that underscores the film’s themes of hope, friendship, and perseverance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film theme
ⓘ
instrumental ⓘ musical composition ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cavatina
ⓘ
Theme from The Deer Hunter ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
The Deer Hunter soundtrack
ⓘ
linked to:
The Deer Hunter (film score)
|
| composer | Stanley Myers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuredInFilm | The Deer Hunter ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| genre |
classical
ⓘ
film music ⓘ instrumental ballad ⓘ |
| hasArrangementFor |
orchestra
ⓘ
piano ⓘ voice and guitar ⓘ |
| instrumentation | classical guitar ⓘ |
| language | instrumental (no lyrics) ⓘ |
| mood |
haunting
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressive classical guitar melody
ⓘ
use as the haunting main theme of The Deer Hunter ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
John Williams (guitarist)
ⓘ
Stanley Myers ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| primaryInstrument | solo guitar ⓘ |
| style | lyrical ⓘ |
| tempo | slow ⓘ |
| usedAs | main theme of The Deer Hunter ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Stanley Myers ⓘ |
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: The Deer Hunter – Cavatina theme Description of subject: The Deer Hunter – Cavatina theme is a lyrical, classical guitar piece by Stanley Myers, widely known as the haunting main theme from the film "The Deer Hunter."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.