Department of Music Theory
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The Department of Music Theory is an academic unit at the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance that focuses on the analysis, structure, and pedagogy of music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Music Theory canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10600311 — 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: Department of Music Theory Context triple: [University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, hasDepartment, Department of Music Theory]
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Department of Theoretical Physics
The Department of Theoretical Physics is a research division of the Lebedev Physical Institute specializing in fundamental theoretical studies in areas such as quantum field theory, particle physics, and condensed matter theory.
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B.
Department of Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics is an academic unit at the University of Chile dedicated to the scientific study of language, including its structure, use, and development.
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C.
Department of Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics is an academic unit at Osaka University's School of Letters dedicated to the scientific study of language, its structure, use, and development.
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D.
Department of Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics at the University of Zadar is an academic unit dedicated to the scientific study of language, offering teaching and research in areas such as theoretical, applied, and descriptive linguistics.
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E.
Department of Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics at Deccan College is an academic unit dedicated to the scientific study of language, including its structure, history, and use.
- 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: Department of Music Theory Target entity description: The Department of Music Theory is an academic unit at the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance that focuses on the analysis, structure, and pedagogy of music.
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A.
Department of Theoretical Physics
The Department of Theoretical Physics is a research division of the Lebedev Physical Institute specializing in fundamental theoretical studies in areas such as quantum field theory, particle physics, and condensed matter theory.
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B.
Department of Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics is an academic unit at the University of Chile dedicated to the scientific study of language, including its structure, use, and development.
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C.
Department of Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics is an academic unit at Osaka University's School of Letters dedicated to the scientific study of language, its structure, use, and development.
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D.
Department of Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics at the University of Zadar is an academic unit dedicated to the scientific study of language, offering teaching and research in areas such as theoretical, applied, and descriptive linguistics.
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E.
Department of Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics at Deccan College is an academic unit dedicated to the scientific study of language, including its structure, history, and use.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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music theory department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | music ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | University of Michigan ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
composition programs at University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
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performance programs at University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| educationalLevel |
graduate
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undergraduate ⓘ |
| employs | music theory faculty ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music analysis
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music pedagogy ⓘ music theory ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
analysis of music
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pedagogy of music ⓘ structure of music ⓘ |
| hasAcademicFocus |
aural skills
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counterpoint ⓘ form and analysis ⓘ music cognition ⓘ music theory pedagogy ⓘ post-tonal theory ⓘ tonal theory ⓘ |
| hasStudentBody | music theory students ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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linked to:
Ann Arbor
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| offersProgramIn | music theory ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| typeOfInstitution | public university department ⓘ |
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: Department of Music Theory Description of subject: The Department of Music Theory is an academic unit at the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance that focuses on the analysis, structure, and pedagogy of music.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
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hasDepartment
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Department of Music Theory
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