The Floating Heads installation
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The Floating Heads installation is a striking contemporary art piece featuring numerous suspended, expressive human heads that has become one of the most recognizable attractions at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Floating Heads installation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2012233 — 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 Floating Heads installation Context triple: [Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, notableWorkOnDisplay, The Floating Heads installation]
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A.
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living is a famous contemporary art installation by Damien Hirst featuring a preserved tiger shark suspended in a glass tank of formaldehyde, exploring themes of mortality and perception.
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B.
Sun Voyager sculpture
The Sun Voyager sculpture is a striking steel artwork on Reykjavík’s waterfront that resembles a Viking ship and symbolizes exploration, hope, and the promise of undiscovered territory.
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C.
Crown Fountain
Crown Fountain is an interactive public art installation in Chicago featuring twin glass brick towers that project video images of local residents and periodically spout water onto a shallow reflecting pool.
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D.
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.
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E.
Fountain
Fountain is Marcel Duchamp’s groundbreaking 1917 readymade artwork consisting of a signed porcelain urinal that radically challenged traditional definitions of art.
- 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 Floating Heads installation Target entity description: The Floating Heads installation is a striking contemporary art piece featuring numerous suspended, expressive human heads that has become one of the most recognizable attractions at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
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A.
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living is a famous contemporary art installation by Damien Hirst featuring a preserved tiger shark suspended in a glass tank of formaldehyde, exploring themes of mortality and perception.
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B.
Sun Voyager sculpture
The Sun Voyager sculpture is a striking steel artwork on Reykjavík’s waterfront that resembles a Viking ship and symbolizes exploration, hope, and the promise of undiscovered territory.
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C.
Crown Fountain
Crown Fountain is an interactive public art installation in Chicago featuring twin glass brick towers that project video images of local residents and periodically spout water onto a shallow reflecting pool.
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D.
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.
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E.
Fountain
Fountain is a small city in Colorado, United States, located just south of Colorado Springs along the Front Range.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art installation
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contemporary artwork ⓘ |
| depicts | human heads ⓘ |
| hasArtworkType | installation art ⓘ |
| hasAudience | museum visitors ⓘ |
| hasCity | Glasgow ⓘ |
| hasColor | predominantly white ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasDisplayType | hanging installation ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
expressive facial expressions
ⓘ
numerous heads suspended from the ceiling ⓘ varied emotional expressions ⓘ white sculpted heads ⓘ |
| hasGenre | contemporary art ⓘ |
| hasLighting | overhead gallery lighting ⓘ |
| hasLocation | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum ⓘ |
| hasMaterial | sculpted heads (likely resin or similar material) ⓘ |
| hasMedium | sculpture ⓘ |
| hasMuseumSection | main hall / central atrium of Kelvingrove ⓘ |
| hasNotability | popular visitor photo spot at Kelvingrove ⓘ |
| hasRecognition | one of the most recognizable attractions at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter | human emotion ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
facial expression
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human psychology ⓘ |
| hasViewingAngles | multiple levels of the museum ⓘ |
| isExhibitedAt | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum ⓘ |
| isIndoorArtwork | true ⓘ |
| isLocatedIn |
Glasgow
ⓘ
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum central hall ⓘ
linked to:
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
|
| isPartOf |
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum collection
ⓘ
linked to:
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
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| isPermanentExhibition | true ⓘ |
| isPhotographedFrequently | true ⓘ |
| isPubliclyAccessible | true ⓘ |
| isSuspended | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Floating Heads installation Description of subject: The Floating Heads installation is a striking contemporary art piece featuring numerous suspended, expressive human heads that has become one of the most recognizable attractions at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
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