Frère Jacques
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Frère Jacques is a traditional French nursery rhyme and round about a monk who oversleeps and is called to ring the morning bells.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frère Jacques canonical | 1 |
| Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8729215 — 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: Frère Jacques Context triple: [Symphony No. 1 in D major, parodies, Frère Jacques]
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A.
Eenie Meenie
"Eenie Meenie" is a 2010 pop-R&B single by Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber that became a global hit for its catchy hook and danceable production.
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B.
The Angelus
The Angelus is a famous 19th-century painting by Jean-François Millet depicting two peasants pausing in a field for evening prayer, emblematic of rural piety and realism.
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C.
Little Star
"Little Star" is a song segment or track associated with Madonna’s single and album "Ray of Light," likely serving as a complementary or thematic piece within that release.
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D.
Little Star
"Little Star" is a song by American singer Kelis from her 2006 album *Kelis Was Here*.
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E.
Klockerin
Klockerin is a prominent mountain peak in the Austrian Alps, located in the High Tauern range near the Grossglockner.
- 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: Frère Jacques Target entity description: Frère Jacques is a traditional French nursery rhyme and round about a monk who oversleeps and is called to ring the morning bells.
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A.
Eenie Meenie
"Eenie Meenie" is a 2010 pop-R&B single by Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber that became a global hit for its catchy hook and danceable production.
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B.
The Angelus
The Angelus is a famous 19th-century painting by Jean-François Millet depicting two peasants pausing in a field for evening prayer, emblematic of rural piety and realism.
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C.
Little Star
"Little Star" is a song segment or track associated with Madonna’s single and album "Ray of Light," likely serving as a complementary or thematic piece within that release.
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D.
Little Star
"Little Star" is a song by American singer Kelis from her 2006 album *Kelis Was Here*.
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E.
Klockerin
Klockerin is a prominent mountain peak in the Austrian Alps, located in the High Tauern range near the Grossglockner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's song
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nursery rhyme ⓘ round (music) ⓘ song ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| genre |
children's music
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nursery rhyme ⓘ round (music) ⓘ |
| hasCulturalUse |
lullaby
ⓘ
playground song ⓘ round sung in groups ⓘ |
| hasEducationalUse |
teaching French language
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teaching canon singing ⓘ teaching pitch ⓘ teaching rhythm ⓘ |
| hasLyricLine |
Ding, dang, dong. Ding, dang, dong.
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Dormez-vous ? Dormez-vous ? ⓘ Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques ⓘ
linked to:
Frère Jacques
Sonnez les matines ! Sonnez les matines ! ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Jacques
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a monk ⓘ |
| hasMelodicRange | one octave or less ⓘ |
| hasMeter | 4/4 time ⓘ |
| hasStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
four short phrases
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simple repetitive melody ⓘ |
| hasTempo | moderate ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
Are You Sleeping?
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linked to:
Are You Sleeping
Brother John ⓘ Bruder Jakob ⓘ Fra Martino ⓘ Fray Santiago ⓘ Frère Jacques (English versions) ⓘ Pan Jacek ⓘ
linked to:
Jacek
|
| hasUnknown |
unknown date of composition
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unknown original composer ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| isPartOf | French folk music tradition ⓘ |
| musicalForm |
canon
ⓘ
round ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
morning bells
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oversleeping ⓘ wake-up call ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
church bells
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monastic life ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
children's education
ⓘ
music teaching ⓘ singing in canon ⓘ |
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: Frère Jacques Description of subject: Frère Jacques is a traditional French nursery rhyme and round about a monk who oversleeps and is called to ring the morning bells.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Frère Jacques