Lack statue
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The Lack statue is one of the bronze duck figures that form part of the famous "Make Way for Ducklings" public sculpture in Boston’s Public Garden, depicting characters from the beloved children’s book by Robert McCloskey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lack statue canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1441415 — 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: Lack statue Context triple: [Make Way for Ducklings sculpture, hasPart, Lack statue]
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A.
Statue of Three Lies
The Statue of Three Lies is the famous bronze monument in Harvard Yard whose inscription contains three historical inaccuracies, making it a well-known campus curiosity and tourist attraction.
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B.
Rocky statue
The Rocky statue is a bronze sculpture of the fictional boxer Rocky Balboa, famously associated with the "Rocky" film series and a popular tourist attraction in Philadelphia.
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C.
Allow Me statue
The Allow Me statue is a bronze sculpture of a man in a business suit holding an umbrella, located in Portland, Oregon’s Pioneer Courthouse Square and often associated with the city’s rainy, urban character.
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D.
Vulcan statue
The Vulcan statue is a towering cast-iron representation of the Roman god of fire and forge that serves as an iconic symbol of Birmingham, Alabama’s industrial heritage.
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E.
The Good Samaritan statue
The Good Samaritan statue is a public sculpture in Glenrothes, Scotland, depicting the biblical parable figure as a symbol of compassion and community care.
- 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: Lack statue Target entity description: The Lack statue is one of the bronze duck figures that form part of the famous "Make Way for Ducklings" public sculpture in Boston’s Public Garden, depicting characters from the beloved children’s book by Robert McCloskey.
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A.
Statue of Three Lies
The Statue of Three Lies is the famous bronze monument in Harvard Yard whose inscription contains three historical inaccuracies, making it a well-known campus curiosity and tourist attraction.
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B.
Rocky statue
The Rocky statue is a bronze sculpture of the fictional boxer Rocky Balboa, famously associated with the "Rocky" film series and a popular tourist attraction in Philadelphia.
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C.
Allow Me statue
The Allow Me statue is a bronze sculpture of a man in a business suit holding an umbrella, located in Portland, Oregon’s Pioneer Courthouse Square and often associated with the city’s rainy, urban character.
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D.
Vulcan statue
The Vulcan statue is a towering cast-iron representation of the Roman god of fire and forge that serves as an iconic symbol of Birmingham, Alabama’s industrial heritage.
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E.
The Good Samaritan statue
The Good Samaritan statue is a public sculpture in Glenrothes, Scotland, depicting the biblical parable figure as a symbol of compassion and community care.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze statue
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public artwork ⓘ |
| artMovement | representational sculpture ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Robert McCloskey ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from Make Way for Ducklings ⓘ |
| belongsTo | public art collection of City of Boston ⓘ |
| culturalContext | children’s literature ⓘ |
| depicts | duckling ⓘ |
| featureOf | Boston Public Garden landscape ⓘ |
| function | commemorative sculpture ⓘ |
| genre | public sculpture ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Nancy Schön ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Make Way for Ducklings
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surface form:
Make Way for Ducklings (book)
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| installationSite | pathway in Boston Public Garden ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children and families ⓘ |
| isOneOf | bronze duck figures in Make Way for Ducklings sculpture ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Boston Public Garden ⓘ |
| locatedInCity |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
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| locatedInCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| locatedInState | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| material | bronze ⓘ |
| namedAfter | duckling character Lack from Make Way for Ducklings ⓘ |
| partOf |
Make Way for Ducklings sculpture
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series of duck statues representing Mrs. Mallard and her ducklings ⓘ |
| photographedAs | popular photo spot for visitors ⓘ |
| publicAccess | outdoor, freely accessible ⓘ |
| setting | urban park ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | family of ducks ⓘ |
| touristAttractionIn | Boston Public Garden ⓘ |
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: Lack statue Description of subject: The Lack statue is one of the bronze duck figures that form part of the famous "Make Way for Ducklings" public sculpture in Boston’s Public Garden, depicting characters from the beloved children’s book by Robert McCloskey.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.