Davidov Strad
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Davidov Strad is a famed 1712 Stradivarius cello once played by Jacqueline du Pré and now used by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Davidov Strad canonical | 1 |
| Davidov Stradivarius cello | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1524645 — 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: Davidov Strad Context triple: [1712 Stradivarius cello "Davidov", alsoKnownAs, Davidov Strad]
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A.
Streicher
Streicher is a German surname most infamously associated with Julius Streicher, a prominent Nazi propagandist and publisher of the antisemitic newspaper Der Stürmer.
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B.
Buksa
Buksa is a Polish surname most notably borne by professional footballer Adam Buksa.
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C.
Ruzinov
Ružinov is a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia, known as a major residential and commercial district of the capital.
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D.
Biberist
Biberist is a municipality in the canton of Solothurn in northwestern Switzerland, known for its residential character and proximity to the cantonal capital.
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E.
de Jasso
de Jasso is the family name of Francis Xavier, the 16th-century Spanish Jesuit missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus.
- 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: Davidov Strad Target entity description: Davidov Strad is a famed 1712 Stradivarius cello once played by Jacqueline du Pré and now used by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
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A.
Streicher
Streicher is a German surname most infamously associated with Julius Streicher, a prominent Nazi propagandist and publisher of the antisemitic newspaper Der Stürmer.
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B.
Buksa
Buksa is a Polish surname most notably borne by professional footballer Adam Buksa.
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C.
Ruzinov
Ružinov is a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia, known as a major residential and commercial district of the capital.
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D.
Biberist
Biberist is a municipality in the canton of Solothurn in northwestern Switzerland, known for its residential character and proximity to the cantonal capital.
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E.
de Jasso
de Jasso is the family name of Francis Xavier, the 16th-century Spanish Jesuit missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Stradivarius cello
ⓘ
musical instrument ⓘ string instrument ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Davidov Stradivarius cello
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surface form:
1712 Davidov Stradivarius
Davidov Stradivarius cello ⓘ
surface form:
Davidov Stradivarius
Davidov Stradivarius cello ⓘ
surface form:
Davydov Stradivarius
|
| centuryOfManufacture | 18th century ⓘ |
| cityOfOrigin | Cremona ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
associated with Jacqueline du Pré’s performances
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associated with Yo-Yo Ma’s performances ⓘ one of the most famous cellos in the world ⓘ |
| historicalOwner |
Jacqueline du Pré
ⓘ
Karl Davydov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalUser | Yo-Yo Ma ⓘ |
| instrumentClass | bowed string instrument ⓘ |
| instrumentFamily | violin family ⓘ |
| instrumentType | cello ⓘ |
| madeBy | Antonio Stradivari ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Stradivari workshop ⓘ |
| material | wood ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Karl Davydov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Jacqueline du Pré
ⓘ
Yo-Yo Ma ⓘ |
| period |
Golden period of Stradivari
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surface form:
Golden Period of Stradivari
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| playedBy |
Jacqueline du Pré
ⓘ
Yo-Yo Ma ⓘ |
| tuning | cello standard tuning ⓘ |
| usedBy | Yo-Yo Ma ⓘ |
| usedInGenre | classical music ⓘ |
| yearOfManufacture | 1712 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Davidov Strad Description of subject: Davidov Strad is a famed 1712 Stradivarius cello once played by Jacqueline du Pré and now used by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
1712 Stradivarius cello "Davidov"
this entity surface form:
Davidov Stradivarius cello