The Swan
E321970
The Swan is a graceful waterbird known for its long neck, white plumage in many species, and strong presence in mythology, literature, and art as a symbol of beauty and elegance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Swan canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3059563 — 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 Swan Context triple: [De Zwaan, nameMeaning, The Swan]
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A.
Eleanor Craig
Eleanor Craig is known primarily as the daughter of William Craig.
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B.
Swan of Lichfield
The Swan of Lichfield is the celebrated nickname of English Romantic-era poet and letter-writer Anna Seward, renowned for her eloquent verse and influential literary salon in Lichfield.
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C.
The White Peacock
The White Peacock is D. H. Lawrence’s debut novel, exploring complex human relationships, class tensions, and the conflict between industrialization and nature in rural England.
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D.
Under the Willows
Under the Willows is a poem by James Russell Lowell that reflects on nature, memory, and the passage of time beneath willow trees.
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E.
Parliament of Fowls
Parliament of Fowls is a Middle English dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that satirically explores themes of love and choice through a gathering of birds on St. Valentine’s Day.
- 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 Swan Target entity description: The Swan is a graceful waterbird known for its long neck, white plumage in many species, and strong presence in mythology, literature, and art as a symbol of beauty and elegance.
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A.
Eleanor Craig
Eleanor Craig is known primarily as the daughter of William Craig.
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B.
Swan of Lichfield
The Swan of Lichfield is the celebrated nickname of English Romantic-era poet and letter-writer Anna Seward, renowned for her eloquent verse and influential literary salon in Lichfield.
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C.
The White Peacock
The White Peacock is D. H. Lawrence’s debut novel, exploring complex human relationships, class tensions, and the conflict between industrialization and nature in rural England.
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D.
Under the Willows
Under the Willows is a poem by James Russell Lowell that reflects on nature, memory, and the passage of time beneath willow trees.
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E.
Parliament of Fowls
Parliament of Fowls is a Middle English dream-vision poem by Geoffrey Chaucer that satirically explores themes of love and choice through a gathering of birds on St. Valentine’s Day.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird
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class ⓘ common name ⓘ family ⓘ genus ⓘ order ⓘ subfamily ⓘ vertebrate ⓘ waterbird ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
ballet
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literature ⓘ mythology ⓘ poetry ⓘ visual art ⓘ |
| belongsToGenus | Cygnus ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
symbol of beauty
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symbol of elegance ⓘ symbol of grace ⓘ symbol of love ⓘ symbol of purity ⓘ |
| diet |
algae
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aquatic plants ⓘ grasses ⓘ small aquatic invertebrates ⓘ |
| foundInHabitat |
estuaries
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lakes ⓘ rivers ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| foundOnContinent |
Asia
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Australia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
aggressive territorial behavior
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broad wings ⓘ large body ⓘ long lifespan ⓘ long neck ⓘ loud vocalizations ⓘ monogamous pairing ⓘ strong flight ability ⓘ webbed feet ⓘ |
| notableMythAssociation | Leda and the Swan ⓘ |
| notableWorkAssociation |
Swan Lake
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The Ugly Duckling ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Anatidae
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Anseriformes ⓘ Anserinae ⓘ Aves ⓘ |
| refersTo | swan ⓘ |
| reproduction |
builds nests near water
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lays eggs ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | forms long-term pair bonds ⓘ |
| symbolismIn |
fairy tales
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folklore ⓘ romanticism ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalPlumageColor |
black
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mixed black and white ⓘ white ⓘ |
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: The Swan Description of subject: The Swan is a graceful waterbird known for its long neck, white plumage in many species, and strong presence in mythology, literature, and art as a symbol of beauty and elegance.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.