C major
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C major is a widely used musical key characterized by having no sharps or flats in its key signature and a bright, straightforward tonal quality.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| C major canonical | 9 |
| C major (commonly cited) | 1 |
| Remission in Cmaj | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11590354 — 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: C major Context triple: [Così fan tutte, key, C major]
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A.
G major
G major is a common major key in Western music, known for its bright, open sound and frequent use in folk, classical, and popular compositions.
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B.
F major
F major is a musical key characterized by one flat in its key signature and a warm, pastoral sound commonly used in classical and popular music.
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C.
B major
B major is a bright, five-sharp major key commonly used in classical and popular music for its resonant, expansive sound.
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D.
E major
E major is a bright, resonant musical key often associated with energetic and uplifting pieces, especially in rock and classical music.
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E.
E-flat major
E-flat major is a musical key characterized by three flats, often associated with warm, lyrical, and noble-sounding compositions in classical and popular music.
- 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: C major Target entity description: C major is a widely used musical key characterized by having no sharps or flats in its key signature and a bright, straightforward tonal quality.
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A.
G major
G major is a common major key in Western music, known for its bright, open sound and frequent use in folk, classical, and popular compositions.
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B.
F major
F major is a musical key characterized by one flat in its key signature and a warm, pastoral sound commonly used in classical and popular music.
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C.
B major
B major is a bright, five-sharp major key commonly used in classical and popular music for its resonant, expansive sound.
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D.
E major
E major is a bright, resonant musical key often associated with energetic and uplifting pieces, especially in rock and classical music.
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E.
E-flat major
E-flat major is a musical key characterized by three flats, often associated with warm, lyrical, and noble-sounding compositions in classical and popular music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
major key
ⓘ
musical key ⓘ |
| hasDominantChord | G major triad ⓘ |
| hasDominantKey | G major ⓘ |
| hasKeySignature | no sharps or flats ⓘ |
| hasKeySignatureAccidentals | 0 ⓘ |
| hasLeadingToneChord | B diminished ⓘ |
| hasMediantChord | E minor ⓘ |
| hasMode | Ionian mode ⓘ |
| hasParallelMinor | C minor ⓘ |
| hasPitchClassSet | {C, D, E, F, G, A, B} ⓘ |
| hasRelativeMinor | A minor ⓘ |
| hasScaleDegree1 | C ⓘ |
| hasScaleDegree2 | D ⓘ |
| hasScaleDegree3 | E ⓘ |
| hasScaleDegree4 | F ⓘ |
| hasScaleDegree5 | G ⓘ |
| hasScaleDegree6 | A ⓘ |
| hasScaleDegree7 | B ⓘ |
| hasScalePattern | whole-whole-half-whole-whole-whole-half ⓘ |
| hasSubdominantChord | F major triad ⓘ |
| hasSubdominantKey | F major ⓘ |
| hasSubmediantChord | A minor ⓘ |
| hasSupertonicChord | D minor ⓘ |
| hasTonic | C ⓘ |
| hasTonicChord | C major triad ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
clarity
ⓘ
neutral affect ⓘ simplicity ⓘ |
| isCentralIn | functional harmony pedagogy ⓘ |
| isCommonIn |
Western tonal music
ⓘ
beginner music education ⓘ keyboard instruction ⓘ theory textbooks ⓘ |
| isEnharmonicallyEquivalentTo | none ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyUsedFor |
children’s songs
ⓘ
choral music ⓘ folk songs ⓘ orchestral works ⓘ piano works ⓘ |
| isKeyOf | no-sharps-no-flats key signature ⓘ |
| isNotatedWith |
no flats
ⓘ
no sharps ⓘ |
| isOftenDescribedAs |
bright
ⓘ
straightforward ⓘ |
| isOftenUsedFor |
didactic pieces
ⓘ
elementary exercises ⓘ examples of tonal harmony ⓘ |
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: C major Description of subject: C major is a widely used musical key characterized by having no sharps or flats in its key signature and a bright, straightforward tonal quality.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Richard Strauss tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra
linked to: C major
subject linked to:
UK number-one single "Roulette"
linked to: C major