MP3
E723431
MP3 is a widely used digital audio format that compresses sound data to significantly reduce file size while maintaining acceptable listening quality.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MP3 canonical | 2 |
| MPEG-2 Audio Layer III | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8289656 — 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: MP3 Context triple: [MPEG-1 Audio Layer III, alsoKnownAs, MP3]
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A.
Monkey's Audio
Monkey's Audio is a lossless audio compression format and codec known for its high compression ratios and Windows-focused software tools.
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B.
WMA
WMA is a proprietary audio compression format developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows Media framework.
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C.
FLAC
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is an open-source audio compression format that reduces file size without any loss in sound quality, commonly used for high-fidelity music archiving and playback.
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D.
WAV
WAV is the vehicle registration code used to identify motor vehicles registered in the municipality of Wavre in Belgium.
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E.
WAV
WAV is an uncompressed audio file format developed by Microsoft and IBM, commonly used for high-quality sound storage and editing on Windows systems.
- 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: MP3 Target entity description: MP3 is a widely used digital audio format that compresses sound data to significantly reduce file size while maintaining acceptable listening quality.
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A.
Monkey's Audio
Monkey's Audio is a lossless audio compression format and codec known for its high compression ratios and Windows-focused software tools.
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B.
WMA
WMA is a proprietary audio compression format developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows Media framework.
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C.
FLAC
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is an open-source audio compression format that reduces file size without any loss in sound quality, commonly used for high-fidelity music archiving and playback.
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D.
WAV
WAV is the vehicle registration code used to identify motor vehicles registered in the municipality of Wavre in Belgium.
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E.
WAV
WAV is an uncompressed audio file format developed by Microsoft and IBM, commonly used for high-quality sound storage and editing on Windows systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
audio file format
ⓘ
digital audio format ⓘ lossy compression format ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
MPEG-2 Audio Layer III
ⓘ
linked to:
MP3
|
| basedOn | perceptual audio coding ⓘ |
| becamePopularIn | late 1990s ⓘ |
| canStore |
album metadata
ⓘ
artist metadata ⓘ cover art metadata ⓘ song title metadata ⓘ track number metadata ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedOn |
car audio systems
ⓘ
computers ⓘ portable media players ⓘ smartphones ⓘ |
| competesWith |
AAC
ⓘ
FLAC ⓘ Ogg Vorbis ⓘ
linked to:
Ogg
WMA ⓘ |
| compressionGoal |
maintain acceptable listening quality
ⓘ
reduce file size ⓘ |
| compressionType | lossy ⓘ |
| developedBy | Fraunhofer Society ⓘ |
| developmentStarted | late 1980s ⓘ |
| enabled |
online music distribution
ⓘ
portable digital music players ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .mp3 ⓘ |
| fullName | MPEG-1 Audio Layer III ⓘ |
| legalStatus | patents expired in most countries ⓘ |
| maxChannels | 2 ⓘ |
| partOfStandard |
ISO/IEC 11172-3
ⓘ
linked to:
ISO/IEC 11172
ISO/IEC 13818-3 ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
digital audio distribution
ⓘ
digital audio storage ⓘ music files ⓘ |
| removes | audio data less audible to human hearing ⓘ |
| samplingRateRange | 16–48 kHz ⓘ |
| standardFamily |
MPEG-1
ⓘ
linked to:
MPEG
MPEG-2 ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
ISO
ⓘ
Moving Picture Experts Group ⓘ
linked to:
MPEG
|
| standardizedYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| supports |
constant bitrate encoding
ⓘ
free format bitrate ⓘ joint stereo ⓘ mono audio ⓘ stereo audio ⓘ variable bitrate encoding ⓘ |
| supportsMetadataFormat |
ID3v1
ⓘ
ID3v2 ⓘ |
| typicalBitrateRange | 32–320 kbit/s ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
audio streaming at low to medium bitrates
ⓘ
consumer music libraries ⓘ podcasts ⓘ |
| uses | psychoacoustic model ⓘ |
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: MP3 Description of subject: MP3 is a widely used digital audio format that compresses sound data to significantly reduce file size while maintaining acceptable listening quality.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.