Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening

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painting surrealist painting

Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening is a 1944 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a hyper-realistic dream scene exploring the boundary between sleep and sudden awakening.

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Label	Occurrences
Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening canonical	3
“Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening” by Salvador Dalí	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T333801 — 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: Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening
Context triple: [Salvador Dalí, notableWork, Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening]

A. The Theatre of Dreams
The Theatre of Dreams is the famous moniker for Manchester United’s iconic Old Trafford stadium, renowned for its rich footballing history and passionate atmosphere.
B. The Roving Mind
The Roving Mind is a collection of essays by Isaac Asimov that explores science, technology, humanism, and social issues with his characteristic clarity and wit.
C. Enemies of the Permanent Things
Enemies of the Permanent Things is a collection of essays by conservative thinker Russell Kirk critiquing modern cultural, political, and moral trends in defense of enduring moral and social norms.
D. Some Fruits of Solitude
Some Fruits of Solitude is a collection of aphorisms and reflections on morality, conduct, and inner life by the Quaker leader and philosopher William Penn.
E. Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
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: Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening
Target entity description: Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening is a 1944 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a hyper-realistic dream scene exploring the boundary between sleep and sudden awakening.

A. The Theatre of Dreams
The Theatre of Dreams is the famous moniker for Manchester United’s iconic Old Trafford stadium, renowned for its rich footballing history and passionate atmosphere.
B. The Roving Mind
The Roving Mind is a collection of essays by Isaac Asimov that explores science, technology, humanism, and social issues with his characteristic clarity and wit.
C. Enemies of the Permanent Things
Enemies of the Permanent Things is a collection of essays by conservative thinker Russell Kirk critiquing modern cultural, political, and moral trends in defense of enduring moral and social norms.
D. Some Fruits of Solitude
Some Fruits of Solitude is a collection of aphorisms and reflections on morality, conduct, and inner life by the Quaker leader and philosopher William Penn.
E. Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	painting ⓘ surrealist painting ⓘ
author	Salvador Dalí ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Spain ⓘ
creator	Salvador Dalí ⓘ
creatorNationality	Spanish ⓘ
depicts	Gala Dalí ⓘ bayonet ⓘ bee ⓘ calm water surface ⓘ cloudy sky ⓘ elephant ⓘ fish ⓘ floating female figure ⓘ levitation ⓘ nude female figure ⓘ pomegranate ⓘ rocky pedestal ⓘ sea ⓘ suspended time ⓘ tigers ⓘ
genre	Surrealism ⓘ
hasPart	bayonet approaching the sleeper ⓘ bee flying around a pomegranate ⓘ elephant carrying an obelisk ⓘ tigers leaping from a fish ⓘ
inception	1944 ⓘ
inspiredBy	Freudian psychoanalysis ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Madrid ⓘ Spain ⓘ
location	Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza ⓘ surface form: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
mainSubject	awakening ⓘ dream ⓘ sleep ⓘ subconscious ⓘ
movement	Surrealism ⓘ
paintingTechnique	oil on canvas ⓘ
partOf	Salvador Dalí’s surrealist oeuvre ⓘ
significantFigure	Gala Dalí ⓘ
theme	boundary between dream and reality ⓘ oneiric imagery ⓘ sudden awakening ⓘ
title	Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening self-link ⓘ
usesTechnique	hyperrealism ⓘ illusionism ⓘ

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

Salvador Dalí → notableWork → Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening ⓘ

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum → notableWorkInCollection → Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening ⓘ

this entity surface form: “Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening” by Salvador Dalí

Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening → title → Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening self-link ⓘ

Salvador → notableWork → Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening ⓘ

subject surface form: Salvador Dalí

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