Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird
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Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird is a 1940 painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo that depicts her in a symbolic, surreal self-portrait adorned with a thorn necklace, dead hummingbird, and surrounding fauna to express pain, resilience, and identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9118154 — 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: Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird Context triple: [Frida Kahlo, notableWork, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird]
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A.
Self-Portrait with Physalis
Self-Portrait with Physalis is a 1912 painting by Austrian Expressionist artist Egon Schiele, known for its intense psychological depth and distinctive, angular style.
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B.
Self-Portrait with Model
Self-Portrait with Model is a painting by Swedish artist Anders Zorn that depicts the painter alongside a nude female model, showcasing his virtuosity in handling light, flesh tones, and intimate studio scenes.
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C.
Self-Portrait with Two Pupils
Self-Portrait with Two Pupils is an 18th-century painting by French artist Adélaïde Labille-Guiard that depicts herself at the easel alongside two female students, highlighting women’s professional presence in the arts.
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D.
Self-Portrait in Tuxedo
Self-Portrait in Tuxedo is a 1927 painting by German artist Max Beckmann, renowned for its stark, confrontational depiction of the artist that exemplifies the New Objectivity movement.
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E.
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear is a famous 1889 painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting himself after mutilating his ear, often interpreted as a powerful reflection of his psychological turmoil and artistic intensity.
- 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: Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird Target entity description: Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird is a 1940 painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo that depicts her in a symbolic, surreal self-portrait adorned with a thorn necklace, dead hummingbird, and surrounding fauna to express pain, resilience, and identity.
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A.
Self-Portrait with Physalis
Self-Portrait with Physalis is a 1912 painting by Austrian Expressionist artist Egon Schiele, known for its intense psychological depth and distinctive, angular style.
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B.
Self-Portrait with Model
Self-Portrait with Model is a painting by Swedish artist Anders Zorn that depicts the painter alongside a nude female model, showcasing his virtuosity in handling light, flesh tones, and intimate studio scenes.
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C.
Self-Portrait with Two Pupils
Self-Portrait with Two Pupils is an 18th-century painting by French artist Adélaïde Labille-Guiard that depicts herself at the easel alongside two female students, highlighting women’s professional presence in the arts.
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D.
Self-Portrait in Tuxedo
Self-Portrait in Tuxedo is a 1927 painting by German artist Max Beckmann, renowned for its stark, confrontational depiction of the artist that exemplifies the New Objectivity movement.
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E.
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear is a famous 1889 painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting himself after mutilating his ear, often interpreted as a powerful reflection of his psychological turmoil and artistic intensity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artist | Frida Kahlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Harry Ransom Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | copyrighted ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Mexico ⓘ |
| creator | Frida Kahlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Frida Kahlo
NERFINISHED
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black cat ⓘ butterflies ⓘ dead hummingbird ⓘ dragonflies ⓘ lush foliage ⓘ monkey ⓘ thorn necklace ⓘ |
| describedBySource | art historical literature ⓘ |
| genre |
self-portrait
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surrealism ⓘ symbolic art ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
interpretations of feminist art
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readings of Mexican surrealism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
black cat
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butterflies ⓘ dead hummingbird ⓘ dragonflies ⓘ jungle background ⓘ monkey ⓘ thorn necklace ⓘ |
| inception | 1940 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Austin, Texas
NERFINISHED
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Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Harry Ransom Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Frida Kahlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Mexican modernism ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Frida Kahlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Autorretrato con collar de espinas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Frida Kahlo oeuvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
Mexican identity
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pain ⓘ personal symbolism ⓘ resilience ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
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: Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird Description of subject: Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird is a 1940 painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo that depicts her in a symbolic, surreal self-portrait adorned with a thorn necklace, dead hummingbird, and surrounding fauna to express pain, resilience, and identity.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.