du Pré
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du Pré is the surname of the renowned British cellist Jacqueline du Pré, celebrated for her emotive and definitive interpretations of the cello repertoire.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1836153 — 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: du Pré Context triple: [Jacqueline du Pré, familyName, du Pré]
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A.
Préféte Duffaut
Préféte Duffaut was a renowned Haitian painter celebrated for his imaginative, dreamlike cityscapes and significant contributions to Haitian naïve art.
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B.
Roussel
Roussel is a surname of French origin, often used as an alternative spelling of Russell.
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De La Motte
De La Motte is a French-origin surname historically associated with various notable figures, including early 20th-century American silent film actress Marguerite De La Motte.
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de Hauteclocque
de Hauteclocque is a French noble family name most prominently associated with General Philippe Leclerc, a leading Free French commander during World War II.
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Montesson
Montesson is a suburban commune in the Yvelines department of north-central France, located to the northwest of Paris along the Seine River.
- 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: du Pré Target entity description: du Pré is the surname of the renowned British cellist Jacqueline du Pré, celebrated for her emotive and definitive interpretations of the cello repertoire.
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A.
Préféte Duffaut
Préféte Duffaut was a renowned Haitian painter celebrated for his imaginative, dreamlike cityscapes and significant contributions to Haitian naïve art.
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B.
Roussel
Roussel is a surname of French origin, often used as an alternative spelling of Russell.
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C.
De La Motte
De La Motte is a French-origin surname historically associated with various notable figures, including early 20th-century American silent film actress Marguerite De La Motte.
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D.
de Hauteclocque
de Hauteclocque is a French noble family name most prominently associated with General Philippe Leclerc, a leading Free French commander during World War II.
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E.
Montesson
Montesson is a suburban commune in the Yvelines department of north-central France, located to the northwest of Paris along the Seine River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cellist
ⓘ
family name ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Daniel Barenboim
ⓘ
London Symphony Orchestra ⓘ Sir John Barbirolli ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | multiple sclerosis ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1945-01-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-10-19 ⓘ |
| familyName | du Pré self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacqueline ⓘ |
| instrument | cello ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
definitive interpretations of Elgar’s Cello Concerto
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emotive interpretations of cello repertoire ⓘ |
| notableWork | recording of Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 ⓘ |
| occupation | cellist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Oxford ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| recordLabel | EMI ⓘ |
| spouse | Daniel Barenboim ⓘ |
| usedBy | Jacqueline du Pré ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: du Pré Description of subject: du Pré is the surname of the renowned British cellist Jacqueline du Pré, celebrated for her emotive and definitive interpretations of the cello repertoire.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jacqueline du Pré
this entity surface form:
Du Pre