Cheap Imitation
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Cheap Imitation is a 1969 solo piano piece by John Cage that reimagines Erik Satie’s Socrate through Cage’s chance-based compositional methods.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cheap Imitation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5275519 — 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: Cheap Imitation Context triple: [John Cage, notableWork, Cheap Imitation]
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A.
Copycat
Copycat is a 1995 psychological thriller film about a criminal psychologist and a detective hunting a serial killer who imitates the methods of infamous murderers.
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B.
Chop Shop
Chop Shop is a critically acclaimed 2007 independent drama film set in Queens, New York, following a young boy working in an auto-body repair district, directed by Ramin Bahrani.
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C.
Black Market
"Black Market" is a 2015 studio album by American rapper Rick Ross that blends street narratives with introspective themes over lush, cinematic production.
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D.
Mimics
Mimics are a highly adaptive alien species from the science fiction story "Edge of Tomorrow" (and its source novel "All You Need Is Kill") known for their time-resetting ability and relentless war against humanity.
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E.
Talk Is Cheap
Talk Is Cheap is Keith Richards’ acclaimed 1988 debut solo album, known for its raw rock and roll sound and collaborations with members of his X-Pensive Winos band.
- 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: Cheap Imitation Target entity description: Cheap Imitation is a 1969 solo piano piece by John Cage that reimagines Erik Satie’s Socrate through Cage’s chance-based compositional methods.
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A.
Copycat
Copycat is a 1995 psychological thriller film about a criminal psychologist and a detective hunting a serial killer who imitates the methods of infamous murderers.
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B.
Chop Shop
Chop Shop is a critically acclaimed 2007 independent drama film set in Queens, New York, following a young boy working in an auto-body repair district, directed by Ramin Bahrani.
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C.
Black Market
"Black Market" is a 2015 studio album by American rapper Rick Ross that blends street narratives with introspective themes over lush, cinematic production.
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D.
Mimics
Mimics are a highly adaptive alien species from the science fiction story "Edge of Tomorrow" (and its source novel "All You Need Is Kill") known for their time-resetting ability and relentless war against humanity.
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E.
Talk Is Cheap
Talk Is Cheap is Keith Richards’ acclaimed 1988 debut solo album, known for its raw rock and roll sound and collaborations with members of his X-Pensive Winos band.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical composition
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solo piano piece ⓘ |
| basedOn | Socrate ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Erik Satie ⓘ |
| belongsToStyle |
avant-garde classical music
ⓘ
experimental music ⓘ |
| composer | John Cage ⓘ |
| compositionalApproach |
chance-based recomposition
ⓘ
indeterminacy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre | contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDuration | about 30 minutes ⓘ |
| hasDedication | unspecified ⓘ |
| hasForm | through-composed ⓘ |
| hasKey | indeterminate ⓘ |
| hasMovementCount | multiple sections ⓘ |
| hasNoText | true ⓘ |
| hasPremiereType | concert performance ⓘ |
| hasPublisher | C. F. Peters ⓘ |
| hasRightsHolder |
John Cage estate
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linked to:
John Cage
|
| hasTempo | variable ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| influenced | later Cage piano compositions ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Erik Satie ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| intendedPerformanceForces | single pianist ⓘ |
| isInCatalogueOf | John Cage works catalogue ⓘ |
| languageOfText | none ⓘ |
| melodicMaterialDerivedFrom | Socrate ⓘ |
| notableFor |
application of chance operations to a pre-existing work
ⓘ
reinterpretation of Erik Satie’s Socrate ⓘ |
| originalMedium | piano ⓘ |
| partOfComposerOeuvre | John Cage piano works ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| reimagines | Socrate ⓘ |
| relatedComposer |
Erik Satie
ⓘ
John Cage ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Socrate ⓘ |
| reworks | Socrate ⓘ |
| structureDerivedFrom | Socrate ⓘ |
| usesCompositionalMethod |
I Ching–based procedures
ⓘ
chance operations ⓘ |
| usesNotation | conventional staff notation ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1969 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cheap Imitation Description of subject: Cheap Imitation is a 1969 solo piano piece by John Cage that reimagines Erik Satie’s Socrate through Cage’s chance-based compositional methods.
Referenced by (1)
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