Pack statue
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The Pack statue is one of the bronze duckling figures in Nancy Schön’s famous "Make Way for Ducklings" public sculpture in Boston’s Public Garden, depicting the duck family from Robert McCloskey’s beloved children’s book.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pack (statue) | 2 |
| Pack statue canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1441419 — 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: Pack statue Context triple: [Make Way for Ducklings sculpture, hasPart, Pack statue]
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A.
Rocky statue
The Rocky statue is a bronze sculpture of the fictional boxer Rocky Balboa, famously associated with the "Rocky" film series and a popular tourist attraction in Philadelphia.
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B.
Vulcan statue
The Vulcan statue is a towering cast-iron representation of the Roman god of fire and forge that serves as an iconic symbol of Birmingham, Alabama’s industrial heritage.
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C.
Allow Me statue
The Allow Me statue is a bronze sculpture of a man in a business suit holding an umbrella, located in Portland, Oregon’s Pioneer Courthouse Square and often associated with the city’s rainy, urban character.
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D.
Atlas statue
The Atlas statue is a famous Art Deco bronze sculpture in New York City depicting the Greek Titan Atlas bearing the celestial heavens on his shoulders.
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E.
Stone of Hope sculpture
The Stone of Hope sculpture is the central carved likeness of Martin Luther King Jr. that visitors pass through at his Washington, D.C. memorial, symbolizing his enduring legacy and vision for civil rights.
- 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: Pack statue Target entity description: The Pack statue is one of the bronze duckling figures in Nancy Schön’s famous "Make Way for Ducklings" public sculpture in Boston’s Public Garden, depicting the duck family from Robert McCloskey’s beloved children’s book.
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A.
Rocky statue
The Rocky statue is a bronze sculpture of the fictional boxer Rocky Balboa, famously associated with the "Rocky" film series and a popular tourist attraction in Philadelphia.
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B.
Vulcan statue
The Vulcan statue is a towering cast-iron representation of the Roman god of fire and forge that serves as an iconic symbol of Birmingham, Alabama’s industrial heritage.
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C.
Allow Me statue
The Allow Me statue is a bronze sculpture of a man in a business suit holding an umbrella, located in Portland, Oregon’s Pioneer Courthouse Square and often associated with the city’s rainy, urban character.
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D.
Atlas statue
The Atlas statue is a famous Art Deco bronze sculpture in New York City depicting the Greek Titan Atlas bearing the celestial heavens on his shoulders.
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E.
Stone of Hope sculpture
The Stone of Hope sculpture is the central carved likeness of Martin Luther King Jr. that visitors pass through at his Washington, D.C. memorial, symbolizing his enduring legacy and vision for civil rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
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outdoor sculpture ⓘ public art ⓘ |
| artMovement | representational art ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Make Way for Ducklings (book)
ⓘ
linked to:
Make Way for Ducklings
|
| basedOnWorkBy | Robert McCloskey ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
City of Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Nancy Schön ⓘ |
| depicts | Pack the duckling ⓘ |
| hasColor | bronze ⓘ |
| hasGenre | children’s literature illustration in sculpture ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfSourceWork | English ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | popular landmark in Boston Public Garden ⓘ |
| inception | 1987 ⓘ |
| isFigureIn | Make Way for Ducklings duck family ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boston Public Garden
ⓘ
Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| material | bronze ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the bronze ducklings from Make Way for Ducklings ⓘ |
| partOf |
Make Way for Ducklings sculpture
ⓘ
duckling figures in Make Way for Ducklings ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | duckling ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
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: Pack statue Description of subject: The Pack statue is one of the bronze duckling figures in Nancy Schön’s famous "Make Way for Ducklings" public sculpture in Boston’s Public Garden, depicting the duck family from Robert McCloskey’s beloved children’s book.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pack statue
linked to: Pack statue