The Shepherd’s Dream
E667180
The Shepherd’s Dream is a dramatic Romantic-era painting by Henry Fuseli that depicts a fantastical, nightmarish vision inspired by literature and the subconscious.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Shepherd’s Dream canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7466168 — 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 Shepherd’s Dream Context triple: [Henry Fuseli, notableWork, The Shepherd’s Dream]
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A.
The Shepherd
The Shepherd is a pastoral painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Abraham Bloemaert, exemplifying his refined treatment of rural subjects and atmospheric landscapes.
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B.
The Gentle Shepherd
The Gentle Shepherd is a celebrated 18th-century Scottish pastoral drama by Allan Ramsay that blends rustic comedy with social commentary and helped shape modern Scottish literary tradition.
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C.
The Shepherd’s Crown
The Shepherd’s Crown is a fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, set in his Discworld universe and featuring young witch Tiffany Aching as she confronts new threats to her world.
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D.
The Shepherd's Week
The Shepherd's Week is a 1714 pastoral poem sequence by English writer John Gay that humorously imitates and satirizes the rustic style of contemporary pastoral poetry.
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E.
Shepherd’s Welcome
Shepherd’s Welcome is the opening track on Bill Callahan’s album "Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest," setting the reflective, intimate tone for the record.
- 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 Shepherd’s Dream Target entity description: The Shepherd’s Dream is a dramatic Romantic-era painting by Henry Fuseli that depicts a fantastical, nightmarish vision inspired by literature and the subconscious.
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A.
The Shepherd
The Shepherd is a pastoral painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Abraham Bloemaert, exemplifying his refined treatment of rural subjects and atmospheric landscapes.
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B.
The Gentle Shepherd
The Gentle Shepherd is a celebrated 18th-century Scottish pastoral drama by Allan Ramsay that blends rustic comedy with social commentary and helped shape modern Scottish literary tradition.
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C.
The Shepherd’s Crown
The Shepherd’s Crown is a fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, set in his Discworld universe and featuring young witch Tiffany Aching as she confronts new threats to her world.
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D.
The Shepherd's Week
The Shepherd's Week is a 1714 pastoral poem sequence by English writer John Gay that humorously imitates and satirizes the rustic style of contemporary pastoral poetry.
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E.
Shepherd’s Welcome
Shepherd’s Welcome is the opening track on Bill Callahan’s album "Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest," setting the reflective, intimate tone for the record.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artisticMovementOfCreator | Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Henry Fuseli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorLifespan | 1741–1825 ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Swiss-born British ⓘ |
| depicts |
fantastical vision
ⓘ
nightmarish scene ⓘ sleeping shepherd ⓘ supernatural beings ⓘ |
| genre |
Romanticism
ⓘ
history painting ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStyle |
dramatic lighting
ⓘ
expressive figures ⓘ fantasy imagery ⓘ strong chiaroscuro ⓘ |
| hasMedium | oil paint ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
dream versus reality
ⓘ
imagination ⓘ psychological states ⓘ the uncanny ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
literature
ⓘ
the subconscious ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
dream
ⓘ
shepherd ⓘ vision ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era ⓘ |
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 Shepherd’s Dream Description of subject: The Shepherd’s Dream is a dramatic Romantic-era painting by Henry Fuseli that depicts a fantastical, nightmarish vision inspired by literature and the subconscious.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.