The Large Piece of Turf

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study watercolor painting

The Large Piece of Turf is a 1503 watercolor study by Albrecht Dürer that meticulously depicts a small patch of wild plants and soil, celebrated as an early masterpiece of realistic nature painting.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Das große Rasenstück	2
The Large Piece of Turf canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2146754 — 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: The Large Piece of Turf
Context triple: [Albrecht Dürer, notableWork, The Large Piece of Turf]

A. The Lawn
The Lawn is the historic, colonnaded central quadrangle of the University of Virginia, designed by Thomas Jefferson as the heart of his Academical Village.
B. The Garden
The Garden is the famous nickname for Boston Garden, the historic indoor arena in Boston that hosted the NBA’s Celtics, the NHL’s Bruins, and numerous iconic sports and entertainment events.
C. The Garden
The Garden is the famous nickname for Madison Square Garden, the iconic multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City known for major sports, concerts, and entertainment events.
D. The Ditch
The Ditch is a colloquial nickname for the Tasman Sea, the body of water separating Australia and New Zealand.
E. The Stump
The Stump is the popular nickname for the towering parish church of St Botolph in Boston, Lincolnshire, renowned for its massive, landmark tower visible for miles across the flat surrounding landscape.
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: The Large Piece of Turf
Target entity description: The Large Piece of Turf is a 1503 watercolor study by Albrecht Dürer that meticulously depicts a small patch of wild plants and soil, celebrated as an early masterpiece of realistic nature painting.

A. The Lawn
The Lawn is the historic, colonnaded central quadrangle of the University of Virginia, designed by Thomas Jefferson as the heart of his Academical Village.
B. The Garden
The Garden is the famous nickname for Boston Garden, the historic indoor arena in Boston that hosted the NBA’s Celtics, the NHL’s Bruins, and numerous iconic sports and entertainment events.
C. The Garden
The Garden is the famous nickname for Madison Square Garden, the iconic multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City known for major sports, concerts, and entertainment events.
D. The Ditch
The Ditch is a colloquial nickname for the Tasman Sea, the body of water separating Australia and New Zealand.
E. The Stump
The Stump is the popular nickname for the towering parish church of St Botolph in Boston, Lincolnshire, renowned for its massive, landmark tower visible for miles across the flat surrounding landscape.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	study ⓘ watercolor painting ⓘ
catalogCode	Albertina inventory of Dürer drawings ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
creator	Albrecht Dürer ⓘ
depicts	grass ⓘ roots ⓘ soil ⓘ wild plants ⓘ
describedBySource	art historical literature on Albrecht Dürer ⓘ
genre	nature painting ⓘ
hasPart	dandelion plants ⓘ plantain plants ⓘ various meadow grasses ⓘ
hasStyle	realism ⓘ
inception	1503 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Vienna ⓘ
locatedInTheCountry	Austria ⓘ
location	Albertina ⓘ
mainSubject	a small patch of ground ⓘ
materialUsed	paper ⓘ watercolor ⓘ
movement	Northern Renaissance ⓘ
notableFor	detailed botanical observation ⓘ early masterpiece of realistic nature painting ⓘ highly realistic depiction of nature ⓘ
partOf	Dürer’s studies of nature ⓘ
titleInOriginalLanguage	The Large Piece of Turf self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Das große Rasenstück

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Albrecht Dürer → notableWork → The Large Piece of Turf ⓘ

Great Piece of Turf → originalTitle → The Large Piece of Turf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Das große Rasenstück

The Large Piece of Turf → titleInOriginalLanguage → The Large Piece of Turf self-linksurface differs ⓘ