The Duchess of Alba
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The Duchess of Alba is a famous full-length portrait by Spanish master Francisco Goya, depicting the aristocrat María Cayetana de Silva in a dramatic black dress and pointing gesture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Duquesa de Alba | 1 |
| The Duchess of Alba canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5038975 — 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 Duchess of Alba Context triple: [The Duchess of Alba by Francisco Goya, title, The Duchess of Alba]
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A.
The Duchess
The Duchess is a 2008 historical drama film in which Keira Knightley portrays 18th-century aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.
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B.
Princess of Beira
The Princess of Beira was a traditional Portuguese royal title granted to the eldest daughter or closest female heir of the monarch, marking her as a prominent figure in the line of succession.
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C.
Madame Royale
Madame Royale is the title historically given to the eldest surviving daughter of the King of France, most notably borne by Marie Thérèse of France, the daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
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D.
El Marqués
El Marqués is a rapidly growing municipality in the Mexican state of Querétaro, known for its industrial parks, residential developments, and proximity to the state capital.
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E.
Princess Regent
A Princess Regent is a female royal who temporarily rules a kingdom or principality in place of the reigning monarch, typically due to the monarch’s minority, absence, or incapacity.
- 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 Duchess of Alba Target entity description: The Duchess of Alba is a famous full-length portrait by Spanish master Francisco Goya, depicting the aristocrat María Cayetana de Silva in a dramatic black dress and pointing gesture.
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A.
The Duchess
The Duchess is a 2008 historical drama film in which Keira Knightley portrays 18th-century aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.
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B.
Princess of Beira
The Princess of Beira was a traditional Portuguese royal title granted to the eldest daughter or closest female heir of the monarch, marking her as a prominent figure in the line of succession.
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C.
Madame Royale
Madame Royale is the title historically given to the eldest surviving daughter of the King of France, most notably borne by Marie Thérèse of France, the daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
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D.
El Marqués
El Marqués is a rapidly growing municipality in the Mexican state of Querétaro, known for its industrial parks, residential developments, and proximity to the state capital.
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E.
Princess Regent
A Princess Regent is a female royal who temporarily rules a kingdom or principality in place of the reigning monarch, typically due to the monarch’s minority, absence, or incapacity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
black
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earth tones ⓘ red ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| creator | Francisco Goya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
13th Duchess of Alba
NERFINISHED
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María Cayetana de Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsClothing |
black dress
ⓘ
faja (red sash) ⓘ mantilla ⓘ |
| depictsEmotion | self-assuredness ⓘ |
| depictsGesture | pointing gesture ⓘ |
| depictsHairstyle | loose hair ⓘ |
| depictsJewelry |
earrings
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rings ⓘ |
| depictsPose |
index finger pointing downward
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right arm extended ⓘ standing ⓘ |
| depictsSetting | outdoor landscape ⓘ |
| depictsSocialStatus | nobility ⓘ |
| genre |
full-length portrait
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portrait ⓘ |
| hasInscriptions |
inscription on the ground near the duchess’s feet
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“Solo Goya” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
background landscape
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figure of the Duchess of Alba ⓘ inscribed ground ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | The Duchess of Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleInSpanish | La Duquesa de Alba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1797 ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Hispanic Society of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Spanish aristocracy ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
canvas
ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Francisco Goya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Goya’s portrait oeuvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantPerson |
Francisco Goya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
María Cayetana de Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: The Duchess of Alba Description of subject: The Duchess of Alba is a famous full-length portrait by Spanish master Francisco Goya, depicting the aristocrat María Cayetana de Silva in a dramatic black dress and pointing gesture.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
La Duquesa de Alba