Act II of "Swan Lake"

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act of a ballet

Act II of "Swan Lake" is the ballet’s iconic lakeside scene where Prince Siegfried encounters Odette and the enchanted swan maidens, establishing the central romantic and tragic conflict.

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Label	Occurrences
Act II of Swan Lake	8
Act II of "Swan Lake" canonical	1
Act II: The lakeside and meeting with Odette	1
Swan Lake Act II music	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9719617 — 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.

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Target entity: Act II of "Swan Lake"
Context triple: [Rothbart, appearsInAct, Act II of "Swan Lake"]

A. Act II of The Nutcracker
Act II of The Nutcracker is the fantastical second act of Tchaikovsky’s ballet in which Clara and the Nutcracker Prince journey to the Land of Sweets and are entertained by a series of character dances.
B. Swan Lake
Swan Lake is a renowned classical ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, telling the tragic love story of Prince Siegfried and the enchanted swan princess Odette.
C. Dance of the Little Swans (Pas de quatre)
Dance of the Little Swans (Pas de quatre) is a famous, tightly synchronized ensemble dance for four ballerinas from Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake, renowned for its precision and charm.
D. Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"Swan Lake" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is a landmark 19th-century classical ballet, renowned for its romantic, tragic storyline and iconic score, and is one of the most frequently performed ballets worldwide.
E. Ballet des sylphes
Ballet des sylphes is a delicate, ethereal ballet sequence featuring dancing sylphs, best known as one of the most poetic and atmospheric episodes in Hector Berlioz’s dramatic legend *La damnation de Faust*.
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: Act II of "Swan Lake"
Target entity description: Act II of "Swan Lake" is the ballet’s iconic lakeside scene where Prince Siegfried encounters Odette and the enchanted swan maidens, establishing the central romantic and tragic conflict.

A. Act II of The Nutcracker
Act II of The Nutcracker is the fantastical second act of Tchaikovsky’s ballet in which Clara and the Nutcracker Prince journey to the Land of Sweets and are entertained by a series of character dances.
B. Swan Lake
Swan Lake is a renowned classical ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, telling the tragic love story of Prince Siegfried and the enchanted swan princess Odette.
C. Dance of the Little Swans (Pas de quatre)
Dance of the Little Swans (Pas de quatre) is a famous, tightly synchronized ensemble dance for four ballerinas from Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake, renowned for its precision and charm.
D. Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"Swan Lake" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is a landmark 19th-century classical ballet, renowned for its romantic, tragic storyline and iconic score, and is one of the most frequently performed ballets worldwide.
E. Ballet des sylphes
Ballet des sylphes is a delicate, ethereal ballet sequence featuring dancing sylphs, best known as one of the most poetic and atmospheric episodes in Hector Berlioz’s dramatic legend *La damnation de Faust*.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	act of a ballet ⓘ
centralImage	Odette leading the swan maidens by the lake ⓘ
commonlyPerformedIn	classical ballet repertoire worldwide ⓘ
composedBy	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
contains	white acts ⓘ
establishes	central romantic conflict between Siegfried and Odette ⓘ central tragic conflict of Swan Lake ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Odette ⓘ Prince Siegfried ⓘ linked to: Siegfried Rothbart ⓘ swan maidens ⓘ linked to: Swan-maidens
firstPerformedAsPartOf	1877 premiere of Swan Lake at the Bolshoi Theatre ⓘ
genre	romantic ballet ⓘ
hasAlternateName	the lakeside act ⓘ the white act ⓘ
hasChoreographyTradition	Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov version ⓘ
hasDramaticFunction	creates contrast with court scenes in other acts ⓘ develops Siegfried’s emotional transformation ⓘ introduces the magical curse on Odette and the swan maidens ⓘ
hasKeyScene	Odette explains the swan maiden curse ⓘ Siegfried encounters Odette for the first time ⓘ Siegfried vows love and fidelity to Odette ⓘ appearance of Rothbart ⓘ
hasMusicalNumber	Dance of the Little Swans ⓘ linked to: Dance of the Little Swans (Pas de quatre) Swan Theme ⓘ Waltz of the Swans ⓘ White Swan pas de deux ⓘ linked to: White Swan Pas de deux
hasSetting	enchanted lake ⓘ lakeside at night ⓘ
hasTheme	illusion versus reality ⓘ love under enchantment ⓘ tragic destiny ⓘ
hasVisualMotif	moonlit lake backdrop ⓘ white tutus representing swans ⓘ
influencedBy	romantic ballet tradition of white acts such as Giselle Act II ⓘ
introduces	Odette ⓘ
languageOfLibretto	Russian ⓘ
narrativePosition	follows the hunting scene of Act I ⓘ precedes the ballroom scene of Act III ⓘ
notableFor	atmospheric ensemble patterns of swans ⓘ corps de ballet of swan maidens ⓘ iconic imagery of ballerinas as swans ⓘ lyrical romantic pas de deux for Siegfried and Odette ⓘ
oftenStagedWithChoreographyBy	Lev Ivanov ⓘ Marius Petipa ⓘ various later ballet directors and choreographers ⓘ
partOf	Swan Lake ⓘ
timePeriodOfAction	night ⓘ

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