Eighth string quartet by Shostakovich
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The Eighth String Quartet by Dmitri Shostakovich is one of his most famous and emotionally intense chamber works, often interpreted as a deeply personal, autobiographical piece reflecting on war, oppression, and his own life.
All labels observed (1)
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| Eighth string quartet by Shostakovich canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21762871 — 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: Eighth string quartet by Shostakovich Context triple: [String Quartet No. 8, positionInSeries, Eighth string quartet by Shostakovich]
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Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 is Johannes Brahms’s final symphony, renowned for its profound emotional depth, masterful orchestration, and innovative use of Baroque-inspired variation form in the finale.
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Symphony No. 4 (Prokofiev)
Symphony No. 4 by Sergei Prokofiev is a 20th-century orchestral work notable for existing in two distinct versions and for reworking material from his ballet "The Prodigal Son."
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Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 is a Romantic-era symphony by Robert Schumann, known for its cyclic structure and tightly integrated movements that create a unified, dramatic whole.
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Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 95
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 95 is a large-scale Romantic symphony by Russian composer Anton Rubinstein, noted for its dramatic intensity and rich orchestration.
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E.
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 is Beethoven’s monumental final symphony, renowned for its choral finale setting Schiller’s “Ode to Joy” and its profound influence on Western classical 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: Eighth string quartet by Shostakovich Target entity description: The Eighth String Quartet by Dmitri Shostakovich is one of his most famous and emotionally intense chamber works, often interpreted as a deeply personal, autobiographical piece reflecting on war, oppression, and his own life.
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A.
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 is Johannes Brahms’s final symphony, renowned for its profound emotional depth, masterful orchestration, and innovative use of Baroque-inspired variation form in the finale.
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B.
Symphony No. 4 (Prokofiev)
Symphony No. 4 by Sergei Prokofiev is a 20th-century orchestral work notable for existing in two distinct versions and for reworking material from his ballet "The Prodigal Son."
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C.
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 is a Romantic-era symphony by Robert Schumann, known for its cyclic structure and tightly integrated movements that create a unified, dramatic whole.
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D.
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 95
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 95 is a large-scale Romantic symphony by Russian composer Anton Rubinstein, noted for its dramatic intensity and rich orchestration.
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E.
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 is Beethoven’s monumental final symphony, renowned for its choral finale setting Schiller’s “Ode to Joy” and its profound influence on Western classical music.
- F. None of above. chosen
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