Spirit of the Dead Watching
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Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spirit of the Dead Watching canonical | 3 |
| Manao tupapau (The Spirit of the Dead Watching) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T564298 — 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: Spirit of the Dead Watching Context triple: [Paul Gauguin, notableWork, Spirit of the Dead Watching]
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A.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
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B.
the Pale Man
The Pale Man is a terrifying, child-eating monster from the dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth," known for his sagging skin and eyes embedded in his hands.
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C.
Last Rites
Last Rites is a traditional set of Catholic sacramental practices given to a gravely ill or dying person to prepare their soul for death.
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D.
The Night
The Night is a haunting Expressionist painting by Max Beckmann that depicts the brutal terror and psychological trauma of a violent home invasion.
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E.
The Backbone of Night
"The Backbone of Night" is an episode of the science documentary series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" in which Carl Sagan explores humanity’s evolving understanding of the Milky Way and our place in the universe.
- 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: Spirit of the Dead Watching Target entity description: Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
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A.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a comic fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams featuring the eccentric holistic detective Dirk Gently as he becomes entangled with Norse gods and bizarre supernatural events in modern-day London.
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B.
the Pale Man
The Pale Man is a terrifying, child-eating monster from the dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth," known for his sagging skin and eyes embedded in his hands.
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C.
Last Rites
Last Rites is a traditional set of Catholic sacramental practices given to a gravely ill or dying person to prepare their soul for death.
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D.
The Night
The Night is a haunting Expressionist painting by Max Beckmann that depicts the brutal terror and psychological trauma of a violent home invasion.
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E.
The Backbone of Night
"The Backbone of Night" is an episode of the science documentary series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" in which Carl Sagan explores humanity’s evolving understanding of the Milky Way and our place in the universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Symbolist painting
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oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | Post-Impressionism ⓘ |
| artist | Paul Gauguin ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn | Gauguin catalogue raisonné ⓘ |
| collection | Albright-Knox Art Gallery ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
deep blues
ⓘ
violet tones ⓘ yellow tones ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1892 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | French Polynesia ⓘ |
| creator | Paul Gauguin ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| depicts |
Tahitian girl
ⓘ
bedroom interior ⓘ fear ⓘ ghostly figure ⓘ spirit of the dead ⓘ |
| genre |
genre painting
ⓘ
nude painting ⓘ |
| hasReference | tupapau (spirit of the dead in Tahitian belief) ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Polynesian spirituality
ⓘ
colonial gaze ⓘ death ⓘ eroticism ⓘ fear and anxiety ⓘ |
| imageSubjectAge | adolescent girl ⓘ |
| inception | 1892 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Polynesian beliefs about spirits
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Tahitian mythology ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Tahitian ⓘ |
| location |
Buffalo
ⓘ
surface form:
Buffalo, New York
|
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Symbolism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combination of Western and Polynesian motifs
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depiction of a frightened nude adolescent ⓘ symbolic use of color ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Manao tupapau ⓘ |
| owner |
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
ⓘ
surface form:
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
|
| partOf |
Gauguin's Tahitian period
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul Gauguin’s Tahitian period
|
| period | Gauguin’s first Tahitian stay ⓘ |
| placeOfCreation | Tahiti ⓘ |
| support |
burlap
ⓘ
canvas ⓘ |
| title | Spirit of the Dead Watching self-link ⓘ |
| year | 1892 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Spirit of the Dead Watching Description of subject: Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Manao tupapau (The Spirit of the Dead Watching)