The Parakeet and the Mermaid
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"The Parakeet and the Mermaid" is a 1948 surrealist painting by Joan Miró, featuring bold abstract forms and vibrant colors that evoke fantastical bird and sea-creature imagery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Parakeet and the Mermaid canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1977393 — 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 Parakeet and the Mermaid Context triple: [The Snail, relatedWorkBySameArtist, The Parakeet and the Mermaid]
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A.
A Mermaid
A Mermaid is an 1900 oil painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a solitary mermaid combing her hair by the rocky seashore in a romantic, Pre-Raphaelite style.
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B.
The Sea Beast
The Sea Beast is a 1926 silent adventure film loosely based on Herman Melville’s "Moby-Dick," notable for starring John Barrymore in one of his most famous early screen roles.
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C.
The Island of the Pelicans
The Island of the Pelicans is a place name referring to a pelican-inhabited island, known in Spanish as “La Isla de los Alcatraces.”
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D.
Under the Sea-Wind
Under the Sea-Wind is a 1941 nature book by marine biologist Rachel Carson that vividly portrays the lives of sea creatures through lyrical, scientifically informed narrative.
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E.
House of the Dolphins
House of the Dolphins is an ancient Greek residence on the island of Delos, notable for its well-preserved mosaics depicting dolphins and other marine motifs.
- 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 Parakeet and the Mermaid Target entity description: "The Parakeet and the Mermaid" is a 1948 surrealist painting by Joan Miró, featuring bold abstract forms and vibrant colors that evoke fantastical bird and sea-creature imagery.
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A.
A Mermaid
A Mermaid is an 1900 oil painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a solitary mermaid combing her hair by the rocky seashore in a romantic, Pre-Raphaelite style.
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B.
The Sea Beast
The Sea Beast is a 1926 silent adventure film loosely based on Herman Melville’s "Moby-Dick," notable for starring John Barrymore in one of his most famous early screen roles.
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C.
The Island of the Pelicans
The Island of the Pelicans is a place name referring to a pelican-inhabited island, known in Spanish as “La Isla de los Alcatraces.”
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D.
Under the Sea-Wind
Under the Sea-Wind is a 1941 nature book by marine biologist Rachel Carson that vividly portrays the lives of sea creatures through lyrical, scientifically informed narrative.
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E.
House of the Dolphins
House of the Dolphins is an ancient Greek residence on the island of Delos, notable for its well-preserved mosaics depicting dolphins and other marine motifs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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work of art ⓘ |
| artStyle | abstract ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| creator | Joan Miró ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| depicts |
bird
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mermaid ⓘ parakeet ⓘ sea creature ⓘ |
| genre | surrealist painting ⓘ |
| hasArtisticMovement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| hasArtisticTechnique |
abstraction
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surrealist composition ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
bird imagery
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fantastical imagery ⓘ marine imagery ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Parakeet and the Mermaid ⓘ |
| inception | 1948 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century art ⓘ |
| usesColor | vibrant colors ⓘ |
| usesForm | bold abstract forms ⓘ |
| year | 1948 ⓘ |
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: The Parakeet and the Mermaid Description of subject: "The Parakeet and the Mermaid" is a 1948 surrealist painting by Joan Miró, featuring bold abstract forms and vibrant colors that evoke fantastical bird and sea-creature imagery.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.