Hawaiian steel guitar
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The Hawaiian steel guitar is a distinctive type of guitar played horizontally with a steel bar, known for its smooth gliding tones that are central to Hawaiian music and influential in country and Western swing styles.
All labels observed (1)
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| Hawaiian steel guitar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17729279 — 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: Hawaiian steel guitar Context triple: [Freddie Tavares, fieldOfWork, Hawaiian steel guitar]
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Rickenbacker 12-string guitar
The Rickenbacker 12-string guitar is an iconic electric guitar known for its bright, chiming sound that became a defining feature of 1960s folk rock and jangle pop.
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Musitron
The Musitron is an early electronic keyboard instrument, similar to a modified clavioline, best known for its distinctive solo sound on Del Shannon’s hit song "Runaway."
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Harmonica Yokocho
Harmonica Yokocho is a narrow, retro-style alleyway in Kichijōji packed with tiny bars, eateries, and shops that evoke Tokyo’s postwar atmosphere.
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Gitarja
Gitarja, also known as Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi, was a 14th-century Javanese queen of the Majapahit Empire who significantly expanded its territory and influence.
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Ovation guitar
The Ovation guitar is a distinctive acoustic-electric guitar brand known for its rounded composite back, innovative onboard electronics, and use by many virtuoso players in live and studio settings.
- 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: Hawaiian steel guitar Target entity description: The Hawaiian steel guitar is a distinctive type of guitar played horizontally with a steel bar, known for its smooth gliding tones that are central to Hawaiian music and influential in country and Western swing styles.
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A.
Rickenbacker 12-string guitar
The Rickenbacker 12-string guitar is an iconic electric guitar known for its bright, chiming sound that became a defining feature of 1960s folk rock and jangle pop.
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B.
Musitron
The Musitron is an early electronic keyboard instrument, similar to a modified clavioline, best known for its distinctive solo sound on Del Shannon’s hit song "Runaway."
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C.
Harmonica Yokocho
Harmonica Yokocho is a narrow, retro-style alleyway in Kichijōji packed with tiny bars, eateries, and shops that evoke Tokyo’s postwar atmosphere.
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D.
Gitarja
Gitarja, also known as Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi, was a 14th-century Javanese queen of the Majapahit Empire who significantly expanded its territory and influence.
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E.
Ovation guitar
The Ovation guitar is a distinctive acoustic-electric guitar brand known for its rounded composite back, innovative onboard electronics, and use by many virtuoso players in live and studio settings.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.