Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya"
E684683
Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya" is a large-scale symphonic work by Philip Glass that blends minimalist techniques with choral and orchestral forces to explore themes of life, death, and spiritual transformation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glass’s Symphony No. 5 (Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya) | 1 |
| Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7725126 — 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: Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya" Context triple: [Philip Glass, notableWork, Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya"]
-
A.
Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20
Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 is a large-scale orchestral work by Benjamin Britten, written in 1940 as a somber, non-liturgical reflection on war and loss.
-
B.
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 is Tchaikovsky’s dramatic, fate-themed symphony renowned for its sweeping melodies, emotional intensity, and cyclical structure.
-
C.
Requiem, Op. 89
Requiem, Op. 89 is a large-scale sacred choral and orchestral work by Antonín Dvořák, renowned for its dramatic intensity and lyrical Romantic style.
-
D.
Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish"
Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish" is Leonard Bernstein’s large-scale, dramatic symphony that intertwines orchestral music, chorus, narration, and Jewish liturgical themes to explore faith, doubt, and the human relationship with God.
-
E.
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" is Gustav Mahler’s monumental choral symphony exploring themes of death, redemption, and spiritual rebirth, renowned for its vast scale and powerful finale.
- 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: Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya" Target entity description: Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya" is a large-scale symphonic work by Philip Glass that blends minimalist techniques with choral and orchestral forces to explore themes of life, death, and spiritual transformation.
-
A.
Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20
Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 is a large-scale orchestral work by Benjamin Britten, written in 1940 as a somber, non-liturgical reflection on war and loss.
-
B.
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 is Tchaikovsky’s dramatic, fate-themed symphony renowned for its sweeping melodies, emotional intensity, and cyclical structure.
-
C.
Requiem, Op. 89
Requiem, Op. 89 is a large-scale sacred choral and orchestral work by Antonín Dvořák, renowned for its dramatic intensity and lyrical Romantic style.
-
D.
Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish"
Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish" is Leonard Bernstein’s large-scale, dramatic symphony that intertwines orchestral music, chorus, narration, and Jewish liturgical themes to explore faith, doubt, and the human relationship with God.
-
E.
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" is Gustav Mahler’s monumental choral symphony exploring themes of death, redemption, and spiritual rebirth, renowned for its vast scale and powerful finale.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choral symphony
ⓘ
symphony ⓘ |
| basedOnConcept | Buddhist cosmology ⓘ |
| composer | Philip Glass ⓘ |
| composerNationality | American ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
afterlife
ⓘ
human existence ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ |
| genre | minimalism ⓘ |
| instrumentation | orchestra ⓘ |
| intendedFor | concert performance ⓘ |
| language | multiple languages ⓘ |
| movementCount | 12 ⓘ |
| partOfOeuvre | symphonies by Philip Glass ⓘ |
| period | late 20th century music ⓘ |
| structure | large-scale symphonic work ⓘ |
| style | minimalist techniques ⓘ |
| theme |
death
ⓘ
life ⓘ spiritual transformation ⓘ |
| titleElement |
Bardo
ⓘ
Nirmanakaya ⓘ Requiem ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
gradual harmonic change
ⓘ
layered rhythmic patterns ⓘ repetition ⓘ |
| usesTextFrom |
religious texts
ⓘ
secular texts ⓘ |
| vocalForces |
chorus
ⓘ
soloists ⓘ |
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: Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya" Description of subject: Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya" is a large-scale symphonic work by Philip Glass that blends minimalist techniques with choral and orchestral forces to explore themes of life, death, and spiritual transformation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya"