Concrete Cows
E336113
Concrete Cows is a famous outdoor sculpture in Milton Keynes consisting of life-sized cow figures made from concrete and fiberglass, often seen as an iconic symbol of the town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Concrete Cows canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3190738 — 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: Concrete Cows Context triple: [Milton Keynes, hasPublicArt, Concrete Cows]
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A.
Mad Cows
Mad Cows is a 1999 British comedy film about a chaotic series of misadventures involving a young mother entangled in crime and bureaucracy.
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B.
The Cow
The Cow is the English title of Surah Al-Baqarah, the Quran’s longest chapter, which covers core themes of faith, law, guidance, and the relationship between God and humanity.
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C.
The Cattle
The Cattle is the English title of Surah Al-An'am, the sixth chapter of the Qur’an, which focuses on themes of monotheism, divine guidance, and the refutation of idolatry.
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D.
Blue Cow
Blue Cow is a popular ski area within the Perisher resort in New South Wales, Australia, known for its varied terrain and lift-accessed slopes.
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E.
Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue
Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue is a 1931 modernist painting by Georgia O’Keeffe that depicts a bleached cow skull against stylized red, white, and blue bands, often interpreted as a meditation on the American Southwest and national identity.
- 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: Concrete Cows Target entity description: Concrete Cows is a famous outdoor sculpture in Milton Keynes consisting of life-sized cow figures made from concrete and fiberglass, often seen as an iconic symbol of the town.
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A.
Mad Cows
Mad Cows is a 1999 British comedy film about a chaotic series of misadventures involving a young mother entangled in crime and bureaucracy.
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B.
The Cow
The Cow is the English title of Surah Al-Baqarah, the Quran’s longest chapter, which covers core themes of faith, law, guidance, and the relationship between God and humanity.
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C.
The Cattle
The Cattle is the English title of Surah Al-An'am, the sixth chapter of the Qur’an, which focuses on themes of monotheism, divine guidance, and the refutation of idolatry.
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D.
Blue Cow
Blue Cow is a popular ski area within the Perisher resort in New South Wales, Australia, known for its varied terrain and lift-accessed slopes.
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E.
Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue
Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue is a 1931 modernist painting by Georgia O’Keeffe that depicts a bleached cow skull against stylized red, white, and blue bands, often interpreted as a meditation on the American Southwest and national identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
landmark
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outdoor sculpture ⓘ public artwork ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| artMovement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Milton Keynes Development Corporation ⓘ |
| country |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Liz Leyh ⓘ |
| depicts | cows ⓘ |
| genre | public art ⓘ |
| hasColor | black and white ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | represents the contrast between urban planning and rural imagery ⓘ |
| hasEditionOrTranslation | replica cows in other locations in Milton Keynes ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | identity of Milton Keynes ⓘ |
| hasMediaCoverage | frequently featured in news and travel articles about Milton Keynes ⓘ |
| hasPart | life-sized cow figures ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
life-sized
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site-specific art ⓘ whimsical ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | locally listed artwork ⓘ |
| inception | 1978 ⓘ |
| inspired | souvenirs and merchandise related to Milton Keynes ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Buckinghamshire ⓘ |
| locatedNear | A422 road in Milton Keynes ⓘ |
| location | Milton Keynes ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
concrete
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fiberglass ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an iconic symbol of Milton Keynes
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humorous representation of rural life in a new town ⓘ |
| partOf | public art collection of Milton Keynes ⓘ |
| significantPlace | Milton Keynes ⓘ |
| subjectHasRole | symbol of Milton Keynes ⓘ |
| usedAs |
local cultural icon
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tourist photo spot ⓘ |
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: Concrete Cows Description of subject: Concrete Cows is a famous outdoor sculpture in Milton Keynes consisting of life-sized cow figures made from concrete and fiberglass, often seen as an iconic symbol of the town.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.