The Eight
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The Eight was a group of early 20th-century American painters who rebelled against academic art standards and helped pave the way for the Ashcan School and modern American art.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Eight canonical | 9 |
| The Eight (artists) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1164064 — 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 Eight Context triple: [Robert Henri, memberOf, The Eight]
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A.
The Great Eight
The Great Eight is the famous nickname of Russian ice hockey superstar Alex Ovechkin, one of the most prolific goal scorers in NHL history.
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B.
The Five
The Five is a Fox News Channel weekday panel show where five co-hosts discuss current news, politics, and pop culture from a generally conservative perspective.
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C.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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D.
The Chief
The Chief is the nickname of Robert Parish, a Hall of Fame NBA center best known for his long, successful tenure with the Boston Celtics and his record for most games played in league history.
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E.
the Traitorous Eight
The Traitorous Eight were a group of engineers who left Shockley Semiconductor in 1957 to found Fairchild Semiconductor, a pivotal company in the birth of Silicon Valley.
- 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 Eight Target entity description: The Eight was a group of early 20th-century American painters who rebelled against academic art standards and helped pave the way for the Ashcan School and modern American art.
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A.
The Great Eight
The Great Eight is the famous nickname of Russian ice hockey superstar Alex Ovechkin, one of the most prolific goal scorers in NHL history.
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B.
The Five
The Five is a Fox News Channel weekday panel show where five co-hosts discuss current news, politics, and pop culture from a generally conservative perspective.
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C.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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D.
The Chief
The Chief is the nickname of Robert Parish, a Hall of Fame NBA center best known for his long, successful tenure with the Boston Celtics and his record for most games played in league history.
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E.
the Traitorous Eight
The Traitorous Eight were a group of engineers who left Shockley Semiconductor in 1957 to found Fairchild Semiconductor, a pivotal company in the birth of Silicon Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American art movement
ⓘ
group of painters ⓘ |
| activeIn | early 20th century ⓘ |
| artisticGoal |
greater artistic independence
ⓘ
representation of everyday life ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| exhibitedAt | Macbeth Gallery ⓘ |
| field | painting ⓘ |
| formedBy | Robert Henri ⓘ |
| genre |
realism
ⓘ
urban scenes ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Arthur B. Davies
NERFINISHED
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Ernest Lawson ⓘ Everett Shinn ⓘ George Luks ⓘ John Sloan ⓘ Maurice Prendergast ⓘ Robert Henri ⓘ William Glackens ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ashcan School
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modern American art ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Ashcan School precursor
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modern American art ⓘ |
| movementCharacteristic |
focus on contemporary urban subjects
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loose association rather than formal group ⓘ rejection of academic conventions ⓘ |
| notableEvent | 1908 exhibition at Macbeth Gallery ⓘ |
| notableWorkContext | American urban realism ⓘ |
| opposed |
National Academy of Design establishment
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academic art standards ⓘ |
| startTime | 1907 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Eight Description of subject: The Eight was a group of early 20th-century American painters who rebelled against academic art standards and helped pave the way for the Ashcan School and modern American art.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Eight