Measures of Distance
E1217047
UNEXPLORED
Measures of Distance is a 1988 video art piece by Mona Hatoum that layers intimate letters from her mother with fragmented images and sound to explore themes of exile, memory, and the complexities of mother–daughter relationships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Measures of Distance canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16487231 — 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: Measures of Distance Context triple: [Mona Hatoum, notableWork, Measures of Distance]
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A.
Mahalanobis distance
Mahalanobis distance is a multivariate measure of the distance between a point and a distribution (or between distributions) that accounts for correlations between variables via the covariance matrix.
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B.
Bhattacharyya distance
Bhattacharyya distance is a statistical measure of similarity between two probability distributions, often used in pattern recognition and classification to quantify their overlap.
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C.
Distance and Time
"Distance and Time" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys that reflects on love, longing, and emotional separation.
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D.
Kolmogorov distance
Kolmogorov distance is a statistical metric that measures the maximum difference between two cumulative distribution functions, commonly used to quantify convergence in distribution and in goodness-of-fit tests.
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E.
distance covariance
Distance covariance is a statistical measure that quantifies dependence between random variables, capable of detecting both linear and nonlinear associations.
- 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: Measures of Distance Target entity description: Measures of Distance is a 1988 video art piece by Mona Hatoum that layers intimate letters from her mother with fragmented images and sound to explore themes of exile, memory, and the complexities of mother–daughter relationships.
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A.
Mahalanobis distance
Mahalanobis distance is a multivariate measure of the distance between a point and a distribution (or between distributions) that accounts for correlations between variables via the covariance matrix.
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B.
Bhattacharyya distance
Bhattacharyya distance is a statistical measure of similarity between two probability distributions, often used in pattern recognition and classification to quantify their overlap.
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C.
Distance and Time
"Distance and Time" is a soulful R&B ballad by Alicia Keys that reflects on love, longing, and emotional separation.
-
D.
Kolmogorov distance
Kolmogorov distance is a statistical metric that measures the maximum difference between two cumulative distribution functions, commonly used to quantify convergence in distribution and in goodness-of-fit tests.
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E.
distance covariance
Distance covariance is a statistical measure that quantifies dependence between random variables, capable of detecting both linear and nonlinear associations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.