Woman series
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The Woman series is a group of abstract expressionist paintings by Willem de Kooning that famously depict distorted, aggressive female figures and are considered some of his most influential and controversial works.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Woman series canonical | 11 |
| Woman (series) | 1 |
| Women (series) | 1 |
| Women series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2087068 — 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: Woman series Context triple: [Willem de Kooning, series, Woman series]
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A.
Women’s Worlds
Women’s Worlds is the premier annual international ice hockey tournament for national women’s teams organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
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B.
Woman
Woman is a documentary film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand that presents intimate interviews with women around the world, exploring their experiences, challenges, and perspectives.
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C.
Women’s Week
Women’s Week is an annual festival in Provincetown, Massachusetts that celebrates women and LGBTQ+ culture through performances, workshops, and community events.
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D.
League of Women
The League of Women was a mass women’s organization in communist Poland that mobilized and represented women under the auspices of the ruling Polish United Workers’ Party.
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E.
She
"She" is a track by the American punk rock band Green Day from their breakthrough 1994 album *Dookie*.
- 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: Woman series Target entity description: The Woman series is a group of abstract expressionist paintings by Willem de Kooning that famously depict distorted, aggressive female figures and are considered some of his most influential and controversial works.
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A.
Women’s Worlds
Women’s Worlds is the premier annual international ice hockey tournament for national women’s teams organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
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B.
Woman
Woman is a documentary film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand that presents intimate interviews with women around the world, exploring their experiences, challenges, and perspectives.
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C.
Women’s Week
Women’s Week is an annual festival in Provincetown, Massachusetts that celebrates women and LGBTQ+ culture through performances, workshops, and community events.
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D.
League of Women
The League of Women was a mass women’s organization in communist Poland that mobilized and represented women under the auspices of the ruling Polish United Workers’ Party.
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E.
She
"She" is a track by the American punk rock band Green Day from their breakthrough 1994 album *Dookie*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abstract expressionist artwork
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painting ⓘ painting ⓘ painting ⓘ painting ⓘ painting ⓘ painting ⓘ series of paintings ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
controversial depiction of women
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key work of Abstract Expressionism ⓘ |
| collection | Museum of Modern Art ⓘ |
| collectionLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| controversy | perceived misogynistic imagery ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator |
Willem de Kooning
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Willem de Kooning ⓘ Willem de Kooning ⓘ Willem de Kooning ⓘ Willem de Kooning ⓘ Willem de Kooning ⓘ Willem de Kooning ⓘ |
| depicts |
aggressive female figure
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distorted female figure ⓘ female figure ⓘ |
| genre |
abstract art
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figurative painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Woman I
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Woman II ⓘ Woman III ⓘ Woman IV ⓘ Woman V ⓘ Woman VI ⓘ |
| influentialIn | 20th-century art ⓘ |
| movement |
Abstract Expressionism
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linked to:
Abstract expressionism
Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
linked to:
Abstract expressionism
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| notableWork | Woman series ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Willem de Kooning ⓘ |
| partOf |
Woman series
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Woman series ⓘ Woman series ⓘ Woman series ⓘ Woman series ⓘ Woman series ⓘ |
| period | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| style |
distorted anatomy
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expressive color ⓘ gestural brushwork ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | representation of women in modern art ⓘ |
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: Woman series Description of subject: The Woman series is a group of abstract expressionist paintings by Willem de Kooning that famously depict distorted, aggressive female figures and are considered some of his most influential and controversial works.
Referenced by (14)
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