Angel of the Waters statue
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The Angel of the Waters statue is a celebrated neoclassical bronze sculpture crowning New York City's Bethesda Fountain, symbolizing healing and purity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Angel of the Waters statue canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1913636 — 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: Angel of the Waters statue Context triple: [Bethesda Fountain, significantFor, Angel of the Waters statue]
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A.
Smiling Angel statue
The Smiling Angel statue is a famous Gothic sculpture at Reims Cathedral, celebrated for its serene, gently smiling expression that has become an emblem of the city and French medieval art.
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B.
Fidelity statue
The Fidelity statue is a sculptural figure symbolizing loyalty and steadfastness, located at Dublin’s historic General Post Office.
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C.
Bartholdi Fountain
The Bartholdi Fountain is a monumental bronze fountain in Washington, D.C., designed in the 19th century by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, best known for creating the Statue of Liberty.
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D.
Neptune statue
The Neptune statue is a large bronze sculpture of the Roman sea god that serves as an iconic oceanfront centerpiece and photo spot on the Virginia Beach boardwalk.
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E.
Ouack statue
The Ouack statue is one of the bronze duckling figures in Boston’s famous "Make Way for Ducklings" public sculpture, depicting the characters from Robert McCloskey’s beloved children’s book.
- 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: Angel of the Waters statue Target entity description: The Angel of the Waters statue is a celebrated neoclassical bronze sculpture crowning New York City's Bethesda Fountain, symbolizing healing and purity.
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A.
Smiling Angel statue
The Smiling Angel statue is a famous Gothic sculpture at Reims Cathedral, celebrated for its serene, gently smiling expression that has become an emblem of the city and French medieval art.
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B.
Fidelity statue
The Fidelity statue is a sculptural figure symbolizing loyalty and steadfastness, located at Dublin’s historic General Post Office.
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C.
Bartholdi Fountain
The Bartholdi Fountain is a monumental bronze fountain in Washington, D.C., designed in the 19th century by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, best known for creating the Statue of Liberty.
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D.
Neptune statue
The Neptune statue is a large bronze sculpture of the Roman sea god that serves as an iconic oceanfront centerpiece and photo spot on the Virginia Beach boardwalk.
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E.
Ouack statue
The Ouack statue is one of the bronze duckling figures in Boston’s famous "Make Way for Ducklings" public sculpture, depicting the characters from Robert McCloskey’s beloved children’s book.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
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neoclassical sculpture ⓘ outdoor sculpture ⓘ public artwork ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| category |
Bronze sculptures in New York City
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Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan ⓘ Sculptures in Central Park ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts | angel ⓘ |
| genre | allegorical sculpture ⓘ |
| hasMedium | bronze ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | New York City Landmark ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea |
Central Park Scenic Landmark
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linked to:
Central Park (New York City)
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| location |
Bethesda Fountain
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Bethesda Terrace ⓘ Central Park ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| material | bronze ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Bethesda Terrace
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being one of the most famous fountains in New York City ⓘ religious and symbolic iconography ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bethesda Fountain
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Central Park sculpture collection ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
healing
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life ⓘ purity ⓘ water ⓘ |
| use | fountain decoration ⓘ |
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: Angel of the Waters statue Description of subject: The Angel of the Waters statue is a celebrated neoclassical bronze sculpture crowning New York City's Bethesda Fountain, symbolizing healing and purity.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.