Norma
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"Norma" is an 1831 Italian bel canto opera by Vincenzo Bellini, renowned for its demanding title role and the famous aria "Casta diva."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Norma canonical | 7 |
| Mira, o Norma | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11309212 — 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: Norma Context triple: [Vincenzo Bellini, notableWork, Norma]
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Norma
Norma is a small Italian town in the Lazio region, known for its hilltop setting and proximity to the ancient archaeological site of Norba.
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B.
Norma
Norma is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often considered the female counterpart of the name Norman.
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C.
Norma
Norma is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, located between Scorpius and Ara.
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D.
Norma Major
Norma Major is a British charity campaigner and author best known as the wife of former UK Prime Minister John Major.
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E.
Judy
Judy is the familiar nickname of Judy Agnew, who was the Second Lady of the United States during Spiro Agnew’s vice presidency.
- 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: Norma Target entity description: "Norma" is an 1831 Italian bel canto opera by Vincenzo Bellini, renowned for its demanding title role and the famous aria "Casta diva."
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A.
Norma
Norma is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often considered the female counterpart of the name Norman.
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B.
Norma
Norma is a small Italian town in the Lazio region, known for its hilltop setting and proximity to the ancient archaeological site of Norba.
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C.
Norma
Norma is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, located between Scorpius and Ara.
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D.
Norma Major
Norma Major is a British charity campaigner and author best known as the wife of former UK Prime Minister John Major.
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E.
Judy
Judy is the familiar nickname of Judy Agnew, who was the Second Lady of the United States during Spiro Agnew’s vice presidency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bel canto opera
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opera ⓘ |
| aria |
Ah! bello a me ritorna
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Casta diva ⓘ Mira, o Norma ⓘ
linked to:
Norma
|
| basedOn | play "Norma, ou L'infanticide" by Alexandre Soumet ⓘ |
| catalogueNote | one of Bellini's most celebrated operas ⓘ |
| character |
Adalgisa
ⓘ
Norma ⓘ Oroveso ⓘ Pollione ⓘ |
| characterVoiceType |
Adalgisa – mezzo-soprano (sometimes soprano)
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Norma – soprano ⓘ Oroveso – bass ⓘ Pollione – tenor ⓘ |
| composer | Vincenzo Bellini ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| famousAria | Casta diva ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | Milan ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCountry | Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia ⓘ |
| form | opera seria elements ⓘ |
| genre | tragedia lirica ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Roman rule over the Gauls ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| librettist | Felice Romani ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | bel canto ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extremely demanding title role
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long bel canto vocal lines ⓘ prominent use of chorus ⓘ |
| notableInterpreter |
Joan Sutherland
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Maria Callas ⓘ Montserrat Caballé ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 2 ⓘ |
| orchestration | orchestra and chorus ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| period |
Romantic era
ⓘ
linked to:
Romanticism
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| placeOfSetting | Druidic Gaul ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1831-12-26 ⓘ |
| premierePlace |
Teatro alla Scala, Milan
ⓘ
linked to:
La Scala
|
| premiereTheatre | La Scala ⓘ |
| publisher | Casa Ricordi ⓘ |
| reputation |
benchmark role for dramatic sopranos
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masterpiece of the bel canto repertoire ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Roman occupation of Gaul ⓘ |
| structure | two-act opera ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | love, betrayal, and sacrifice ⓘ |
| titleRole | Norma ⓘ |
| titleRoleVoiceType | soprano ⓘ |
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: Norma Description of subject: "Norma" is an 1831 Italian bel canto opera by Vincenzo Bellini, renowned for its demanding title role and the famous aria "Casta diva."
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.