Portrait of Laurence Sterne
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Portrait of Laurence Sterne is an 18th-century oil painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds depicting the famed English novelist Laurence Sterne, author of "Tristram Shandy."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Portrait of Laurence Sterne canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7965045 — 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: Portrait of Laurence Sterne Context triple: [Joshua Reynolds, notableWork, Portrait of Laurence Sterne]
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Portrait of Jonathan Swift
Portrait of Jonathan Swift is an early 18th-century oil painting depicting the famed Anglo-Irish satirist, best known as the author of "Gulliver’s Travels."
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B.
Portrait of John Gay
Portrait of John Gay is an early 18th-century oil painting by Charles Jervas depicting the English poet and dramatist best known for works like "The Beggar's Opera."
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C.
Portrait of Alexander Pope
Portrait of Alexander Pope is an early 18th-century oil painting by Charles Jervas depicting the famed English poet and satirist Alexander Pope.
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D.
Portrait of Voltaire
Portrait of Voltaire is an 18th-century pastel portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour depicting the famed French Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire.
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E.
Anecdotes of Painting in England
Anecdotes of Painting in England is an 18th-century multi-volume art history work by Horace Walpole that surveys the lives and works of English painters, sculptors, and engravers.
- 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: Portrait of Laurence Sterne Target entity description: Portrait of Laurence Sterne is an 18th-century oil painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds depicting the famed English novelist Laurence Sterne, author of "Tristram Shandy."
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A.
Portrait of Jonathan Swift
Portrait of Jonathan Swift is an early 18th-century oil painting depicting the famed Anglo-Irish satirist, best known as the author of "Gulliver’s Travels."
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B.
Portrait of John Gay
Portrait of John Gay is an early 18th-century oil painting by Charles Jervas depicting the English poet and dramatist best known for works like "The Beggar's Opera."
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C.
Portrait of Alexander Pope
Portrait of Alexander Pope is an early 18th-century oil painting by Charles Jervas depicting the famed English poet and satirist Alexander Pope.
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D.
Portrait of Voltaire
Portrait of Voltaire is an 18th-century pastel portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour depicting the famed French Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire.
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E.
Anecdotes of Painting in England
Anecdotes of Painting in England is an 18th-century multi-volume art history work by Horace Walpole that surveys the lives and works of English painters, sculptors, and engravers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
18th-century painting
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oil painting ⓘ portrait painting ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Joshua Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | Laurence Sterne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsDateOfBirth | 1713 ⓘ |
| depictsDateOfDeath | 1768 ⓘ |
| depictsEthnicGroup | English people ⓘ |
| depictsName | Laurence Sterne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsNotableWork |
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
NERFINISHED
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsOccupation | novelist ⓘ |
| depictsSexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| depictsTimePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
art historical literature
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biographical works on Laurence Sterne ⓘ catalogues raisonnés of Joshua Reynolds ⓘ |
| genre | portrait art ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStyle | Grand Manner portraiture ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Joshua Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | none ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Portrait of Laurence Sterne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 18th century ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Laurence Sterne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
18th-century British portraiture
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British art ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
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: Portrait of Laurence Sterne Description of subject: Portrait of Laurence Sterne is an 18th-century oil painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds depicting the famed English novelist Laurence Sterne, author of "Tristram Shandy."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.