Philomé Obin
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Philomé Obin was a prominent Haitian painter and leading figure of the Cap-Haïtien school, renowned for his detailed historical and religious scenes that helped define 20th-century Haitian art.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philomé Obin canonical | 14 |
| Célestin Faustin | 1 |
| Mauclair Obin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T220689 — 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: Philomé Obin Context triple: [Holy Trinity Cathedral, Port-au-Prince, muralsCreatedBy, Philomé Obin]
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A.
Olara Otunnu
Olara Otunnu is a Ugandan diplomat, lawyer, and human rights advocate known for his work on behalf of war-affected children and his leadership roles at the United Nations.
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B.
Joseph Gikatilla
Joseph Gikatilla was a prominent 13th-century Spanish Kabbalist and author whose works, such as "Ginnat Egoz" and "Sha'arei Orah," systematized and popularized mystical interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and divine names.
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C.
Jean-Pierre
Jean-Pierre is a French given name commonly used as a masculine compound first name.
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D.
Charles Léon
Charles Léon was the illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte and a French servant, known primarily for his connection to the emperor.
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E.
Henri Chrétien
Henri Chrétien was a French astronomer and optical engineer best known for co-developing the Ritchey–Chrétien telescope design and pioneering wide-angle optical systems.
- 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: Philomé Obin Target entity description: Philomé Obin was a prominent Haitian painter and leading figure of the Cap-Haïtien school, renowned for his detailed historical and religious scenes that helped define 20th-century Haitian art.
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A.
Olara Otunnu
Olara Otunnu is a Ugandan diplomat, lawyer, and human rights advocate known for his work on behalf of war-affected children and his leadership roles at the United Nations.
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B.
Joseph Gikatilla
Joseph Gikatilla was a prominent 13th-century Spanish Kabbalist and author whose works, such as "Ginnat Egoz" and "Sha'arei Orah," systematized and popularized mystical interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and divine names.
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C.
Jean-Pierre
Jean-Pierre is a French given name commonly used as a masculine compound first name.
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D.
Charles Léon
Charles Léon was the illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte and a French servant, known primarily for his connection to the emperor.
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E.
Henri Chrétien
Henri Chrétien was a French astronomer and optical engineer best known for co-developing the Ritchey–Chrétien telescope design and pioneering wide-angle optical systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Haitian painter
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painter ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| artisticSchool | Cap-Haïtien school ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Haiti ⓘ |
| depicted |
Catholic religious themes
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Haitian everyday life ⓘ Haitian revolutionary leaders ⓘ U.S. occupation of Haiti ⓘ |
| familyName | Obin ⓘ |
| genre |
historical painting
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narrative painting ⓘ religious painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Philomé ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Afro-Haitian ⓘ |
| influenced |
Cap-Haïtien school painters
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Haitian naïve art ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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Haitian Creole ⓘ |
| legacy |
helped define visual identity of modern Haitian art
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inspired generations of Haitian painters ⓘ |
| movement |
Cap-Haïtien school
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Haitian art ⓘ |
| name | Philomé Obin self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Haitian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depictions of Haitian history
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detailed historical scenes ⓘ religious scenes ⓘ role in 20th-century Haitian art ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Crucifixion of Charlemagne Péralte
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surface form:
Funeral of Charlemagne Péralte
The Arrival of Christopher Columbus ⓘ The Coronation of Emperor Faustin I ⓘ The Crucifixion of Charlemagne Péralte ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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painter ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cap-Haïtien school
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surface form:
Cap-Haïtien school of painting
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| placeOfBirth | Cap-Haïtien ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cap-Haïtien ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Northern Haiti ⓘ |
| relative |
Obin family of painters
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Sénèque Obin ⓘ |
| style |
figurative painting
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naïve art ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cap-Haïtien
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Haiti ⓘ |
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: Philomé Obin Description of subject: Philomé Obin was a prominent Haitian painter and leading figure of the Cap-Haïtien school, renowned for his detailed historical and religious scenes that helped define 20th-century Haitian art.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Célestin Faustin
this entity surface form:
Mauclair Obin