False Start
E233557
False Start is a 1959 abstract painting by American artist Jasper Johns that features stenciled color names over patches of contrasting hues, challenging the relationship between language, perception, and color.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| False Start canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2097605 — 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: False Start Context triple: [Jasper Johns, notableWork, False Start]
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A.
The Fumble
The Fumble is the infamous 1978 NFL play in which a late-game miscue by the New York Giants allowed the Philadelphia Eagles to score a last-second winning touchdown, dramatically altering both teams’ seasons.
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B.
Seven Seconds
Seven Seconds is a crime drama television series that explores racial tensions and systemic injustice in the aftermath of a hit-and-run involving a Black teenager and a white police officer.
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C.
Begnins
Begnins is a small municipality in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland, situated in the La Côte wine-growing region between Lake Geneva and the Jura Mountains.
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D.
Beginning and the End
Beginning and the End is a biblical title for God, especially in Christian theology, emphasizing divine eternity and sovereignty over all of history.
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E.
Same Mistake Twice
"Same Mistake Twice" is a song featured on the album "Evolver."
- 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: False Start Target entity description: False Start is a 1959 abstract painting by American artist Jasper Johns that features stenciled color names over patches of contrasting hues, challenging the relationship between language, perception, and color.
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A.
The Fumble
The Fumble is the infamous 1978 NFL play in which a late-game miscue by the New York Giants allowed the Philadelphia Eagles to score a last-second winning touchdown, dramatically altering both teams’ seasons.
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B.
Seven Seconds
Seven Seconds is a crime drama television series that explores racial tensions and systemic injustice in the aftermath of a hit-and-run involving a Black teenager and a white police officer.
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C.
Begnins
Begnins is a small municipality in the canton of Vaud in western Switzerland, situated in the La Côte wine-growing region between Lake Geneva and the Jura Mountains.
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D.
Beginning and the End
Beginning and the End is a biblical title for God, especially in Christian theology, emphasizing divine eternity and sovereignty over all of history.
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E.
Same Mistake Twice
"Same Mistake Twice" is a song featured on the album "Evolver."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abstract painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artForm | painting ⓘ |
| copyrightHolder | Jasper Johns ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Jasper Johns ⓘ |
| depicts |
color names
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patches of color ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
art historical literature on Jasper Johns
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museum catalogues ⓘ |
| genre | Abstract art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
stenciled word BLACK
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stenciled word BLUE ⓘ stenciled word GREEN ⓘ stenciled word ORANGE ⓘ stenciled word RED ⓘ stenciled word WHITE ⓘ stenciled word YELLOW ⓘ |
| inception | 1959 ⓘ |
| inCollection |
Museum of Modern Art
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surface form:
The Museum of Modern Art
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| influencedBy |
Abstract expressionism
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surface form:
Abstract Expressionism
Marcel Duchamp ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
color perception
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relationship between language and perception ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
canvas
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oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Neo-Dada
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Pop art ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
all-over composition of fragmented color areas
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color names do not match the underlying hues ⓘ use of commercial-style stencils ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Jasper Johns ⓘ |
| theme |
ambiguity of visual language
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semiotics of color words ⓘ tension between seeing and reading ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
oil paint
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stenciled lettering ⓘ |
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: False Start Description of subject: False Start is a 1959 abstract painting by American artist Jasper Johns that features stenciled color names over patches of contrasting hues, challenging the relationship between language, perception, and color.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.