Baptism in Kansas
E183442
"Baptism in Kansas" is a 1928 Regionalist painting by John Steuart Curry that depicts a dramatic outdoor religious ceremony on the American prairie.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baptism in Kansas canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1613897 — 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: Baptism in Kansas Context triple: [American Regionalism, notableWork, Baptism in Kansas]
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A.
Town of Kansas
Town of Kansas was the original 19th-century riverfront settlement that later grew into and was renamed Kansas City, Missouri.
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B.
Baxter Springs, Kansas
Baxter Springs, Kansas is a historic small city in southeastern Kansas known for its Route 66 heritage and role in the Civil War.
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C.
Mission, Kansas
Mission, Kansas is a small suburban city in Johnson County that forms part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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D.
Salina, Kansas, United States
Salina, Kansas, United States is a mid-sized city in central Kansas known as a regional hub for commerce, education, and transportation on the Great Plains.
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E.
Bonner Springs, Kansas
Bonner Springs, Kansas is a small city in northeastern Kansas known for its historic downtown, riverfront location along the Kansas River, and regional entertainment venues such as the Azura Amphitheater.
- 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: Baptism in Kansas Target entity description: "Baptism in Kansas" is a 1928 Regionalist painting by John Steuart Curry that depicts a dramatic outdoor religious ceremony on the American prairie.
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A.
Town of Kansas
Town of Kansas was the original 19th-century riverfront settlement that later grew into and was renamed Kansas City, Missouri.
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B.
Baxter Springs, Kansas
Baxter Springs, Kansas is a historic small city in southeastern Kansas known for its Route 66 heritage and role in the Civil War.
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C.
Mission, Kansas
Mission, Kansas is a small suburban city in Johnson County that forms part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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D.
Salina, Kansas, United States
Salina, Kansas, United States is a mid-sized city in central Kansas known as a regional hub for commerce, education, and transportation on the Great Plains.
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E.
Bonner Springs, Kansas
Bonner Springs, Kansas is a small city in northeastern Kansas known for its historic downtown, riverfront location along the Kansas River, and regional entertainment venues such as the Azura Amphitheater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
ⓘ
work of art ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfSetting |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | John Steuart Curry ⓘ |
| depicts |
American prairie
ⓘ
Christian religious ritual ⓘ baptism ⓘ outdoor religious ceremony ⓘ rural Midwestern community ⓘ rural religious life ⓘ |
| genre | Regionalism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
baptismal tank
ⓘ
farm buildings ⓘ group of worshippers ⓘ prairie landscape ⓘ stormy sky ⓘ |
| inception | 1928 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locationOfSetting |
Great Plains
ⓘ
surface form:
American Great Plains
Kansas ⓘ |
| mainSubject | baptism ⓘ |
| movement | American Regionalism ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Protestant revival-style baptism ⓘ |
| significantPlaceInArtistCareer | early major work of John Steuart Curry ⓘ |
| title | Baptism in Kansas self-link ⓘ |
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: Baptism in Kansas Description of subject: "Baptism in Kansas" is a 1928 Regionalist painting by John Steuart Curry that depicts a dramatic outdoor religious ceremony on the American prairie.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Regionalism (art movement)