Tanning
E711583
Tanning is a surname most notably associated with Dorothea Tanning, the American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and writer linked to the Surrealist movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tanning canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8102900 — 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: Tanning Context triple: [Dorothea Tanning, familyName, Tanning]
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A.
Tattoo
"Tattoo" is a 2002 German crime thriller film directed by Robert Schwentke, centered on a dark investigation involving a serial killer and tattooed skin.
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B.
Tattoo
"Tattoo" is a mid-2000s pop-R&B single by American singer Jordin Sparks that became one of her breakout hits following her American Idol win.
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C.
Tinge
Tinge is a figure from Greek mythology known primarily as the wife of the Libyan giant Antaeus.
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D.
Tinte
Tinte is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its rural character and annual local festivities.
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E.
Soak Up the Sun
"Soak Up the Sun" is a 2002 pop-rock song by Sheryl Crow known for its upbeat, feel-good sound and themes of optimism and enjoying life's simple pleasures.
- 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: Tanning Target entity description: Tanning is a surname most notably associated with Dorothea Tanning, the American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and writer linked to the Surrealist movement.
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A.
Tattoo
"Tattoo" is a 2002 German crime thriller film directed by Robert Schwentke, centered on a dark investigation involving a serial killer and tattooed skin.
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B.
Tattoo
"Tattoo" is a mid-2000s pop-R&B single by American singer Jordin Sparks that became one of her breakout hits following her American Idol win.
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C.
Tinge
Tinge is a figure from Greek mythology known primarily as the wife of the Libyan giant Antaeus.
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D.
Tinte
Tinte is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its rural character and annual local festivities.
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E.
Soak Up the Sun
"Soak Up the Sun" is a 2002 pop-rock song by Sheryl Crow known for its upbeat, feel-good sound and themes of optimism and enjoying life's simple pleasures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| familyName | Tanning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Dorothea Tanning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation |
painter
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printmaker ⓘ sculptor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
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: Tanning Description of subject: Tanning is a surname most notably associated with Dorothea Tanning, the American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and writer linked to the Surrealist movement.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.