Daniel Berset
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Daniel Berset is a Swiss artist and sculptor best known for creating the monumental "Broken Chair" installation in Geneva, a symbol of opposition to landmines and armed violence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Daniel Berset canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1889679 — 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: Daniel Berset Context triple: [Broken Chair, creator, Daniel Berset]
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A.
Micheline Calmy-Rey
Micheline Calmy-Rey is a Swiss politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council who served as Switzerland’s foreign minister and twice as President of the Swiss Confederation.
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B.
André Calmy
André Calmy is the husband of Swiss politician and former President Micheline Calmy-Rey.
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C.
Corine Mauch
Corine Mauch is a Swiss politician who has served as the mayor of Zurich and is known as the city’s first openly lesbian leader.
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D.
François Chollet
François Chollet is a French software engineer and AI researcher best known as the creator of the Keras deep learning library and a prominent advocate for practical, human-centric machine learning.
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E.
Laurent Fabius
Laurent Fabius is a French Socialist politician who served as Prime Minister in the 1980s and later held key roles including Foreign Minister and President of the Constitutional Council.
- 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: Daniel Berset Target entity description: Daniel Berset is a Swiss artist and sculptor best known for creating the monumental "Broken Chair" installation in Geneva, a symbol of opposition to landmines and armed violence.
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A.
Micheline Calmy-Rey
Micheline Calmy-Rey is a Swiss politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council who served as Switzerland’s foreign minister and twice as President of the Swiss Confederation.
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B.
André Calmy
André Calmy is the husband of Swiss politician and former President Micheline Calmy-Rey.
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C.
Corine Mauch
Corine Mauch is a Swiss politician who has served as the mayor of Zurich and is known as the city’s first openly lesbian leader.
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D.
François Chollet
François Chollet is a French software engineer and AI researcher best known as the creator of the Keras deep learning library and a prominent advocate for practical, human-centric machine learning.
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E.
Laurent Fabius
Laurent Fabius is a French Socialist politician who served as Prime Minister in the 1980s and later held key roles including Foreign Minister and President of the Constitutional Council.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artist
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human ⓘ public sculpture ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Handicap International ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| creator | Daniel Berset ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
public art
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sculpture ⓘ |
| genre |
politically engaged art
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protest art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
one broken leg
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three intact legs ⓘ |
| height | 12 metres ⓘ |
| inception | 1997 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
creating the Broken Chair sculpture
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public monumental sculpture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
United Nations Office at Geneva
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linked to:
UN Office at Geneva
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| location | Place des Nations, Geneva ⓘ |
| materialUsed | wood ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| nationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| notableWork | Broken Chair ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Geneva ⓘ |
| purpose |
symbol of opposition to armed violence
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symbol of opposition to cluster munitions ⓘ symbol of opposition to landmines ⓘ |
| use | awareness-raising on the impact of landmines on civilians ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Daniel Berset Description of subject: Daniel Berset is a Swiss artist and sculptor best known for creating the monumental "Broken Chair" installation in Geneva, a symbol of opposition to landmines and armed violence.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Broken Chair sculpture
subject linked to:
Broken Chair sculpture
subject linked to:
Daniel Berset
subject linked to:
Broken Chair sculpture (nearby at Place des Nations)
subject linked to:
Broken Chair sculpture (nearby at Place des Nations)