Materna
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Materna is the hymn tune composed by Samuel A. Ward that became widely known as the melody for the patriotic song "America the Beautiful."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Materna canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6064443 — 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: Materna Context triple: [America the Beautiful, musicOriginallyTitled, Materna]
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A.
Mamayi
Mamayi was a powerful 14th-century military and political leader of the Golden Horde who played a central role in its internal power struggles and conflicts with emerging Russian principalities.
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B.
Matarnia
Matarnia is a district in the western part of Gdańsk, Poland, known for its major transport infrastructure and commercial facilities.
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C.
Emmanuell
Emmanuell is a given name, typically a variant spelling of Emmanuel, which is of Hebrew origin meaning "God is with us."
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D.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a politically charged play by Bertolt Brecht that follows a working-class woman’s radicalization into socialist activism amid early 20th-century labor struggles.
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E.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a socialist realist novel by Polish writer Wanda Wasilewska that portrays working-class struggle and political awakening in pre-war Eastern Europe.
- 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: Materna Target entity description: Materna is the hymn tune composed by Samuel A. Ward that became widely known as the melody for the patriotic song "America the Beautiful."
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A.
Mamayi
Mamayi was a powerful 14th-century military and political leader of the Golden Horde who played a central role in its internal power struggles and conflicts with emerging Russian principalities.
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B.
Matarnia
Matarnia is a district in the western part of Gdańsk, Poland, known for its major transport infrastructure and commercial facilities.
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C.
Emmanuell
Emmanuell is a given name, typically a variant spelling of Emmanuel, which is of Hebrew origin meaning "God is with us."
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D.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a politically charged play by Bertolt Brecht that follows a working-class woman’s radicalization into socialist activism amid early 20th-century labor struggles.
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E.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a socialist realist novel by Polish writer Wanda Wasilewska that portrays working-class struggle and political awakening in pre-war Eastern Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hymn tune
ⓘ
musical work ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Katharine Lee Bates ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
"America the Beautiful"
ⓘ
linked to:
America the Beautiful
|
| composer | Samuel A. Ward ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstPublicationPlace |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
hymn
ⓘ
patriotic song melody ⓘ |
| hasArrangement |
band arrangements
ⓘ
choral arrangements ⓘ orchestral arrangements ⓘ organ arrangements ⓘ piano arrangements ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
symbol of American patriotism
ⓘ
widely performed at U.S. civic ceremonies ⓘ |
| hasKey |
often published in the key of B-flat major
ⓘ
often published in the key of C major ⓘ |
| hasMelodicCharacter |
diatonic
ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ |
| hasMelodicForm | strophic hymn tune ⓘ |
| hasMelodicRange | moderate vocal range suitable for congregational singing ⓘ |
| hasTempo | moderate ⓘ |
| hasTimeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasTitleMeaning | "of the mother" in Latin ⓘ |
| includedIn | many American hymnals of the 20th century ⓘ |
| isStandardTuneFor | most modern versions of "America the Beautiful" ⓘ |
| language | music is not language-specific ⓘ |
| lyricallyPairedWith | text of "America the Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the standard tune for "America the Beautiful" ⓘ |
| originalPurpose | church hymn ⓘ |
| originalTextAssociation | "O Mother Dear, Jerusalem" ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
memorial services
ⓘ
national holidays in the United States ⓘ religious services ⓘ school music programs ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | late 19th century ⓘ |
| typicalMeter | 8.6.8.6 (common meter variant) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
"America the Beautiful"
ⓘ
linked to:
America the Beautiful
|
| usedIn |
Christian hymnals
ⓘ
patriotic song collections ⓘ |
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: Materna Description of subject: Materna is the hymn tune composed by Samuel A. Ward that became widely known as the melody for the patriotic song "America the Beautiful."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.