Wave Field
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Wave Field is a large-scale earthwork sculpture by artist Maya Lin that evokes the motion of ocean waves through undulating landforms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wave Field canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4357516 — 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: Wave Field Context triple: [Maya Lin, notableWork, Wave Field]
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A.
Wave
Wave is a 1979 studio album by American musician Patti Smith that blends punk, rock, and poetic lyricism and marked her last release before a long hiatus from recording.
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B.
Waves
"Waves" is a melodic, gospel-influenced hip-hop song by Kanye West featuring Chris Brown and Kid Cudi, known for its soaring chorus and spiritual themes.
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C.
Waves
"Waves" is a smooth, atmospheric R&B song by Miguel that showcases his sensual vocals and genre-blending production.
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D.
Waves
The Waves is the nickname for the athletic teams that represent Pepperdine University in intercollegiate sports.
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E.
Hertzian waves
Hertzian waves are early experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic waves that confirmed James Clerk Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism and paved the way for modern radio communication.
- 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: Wave Field Target entity description: Wave Field is a large-scale earthwork sculpture by artist Maya Lin that evokes the motion of ocean waves through undulating landforms.
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A.
Wave
Wave is a 1979 studio album by American musician Patti Smith that blends punk, rock, and poetic lyricism and marked her last release before a long hiatus from recording.
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B.
Waves
"Waves" is a melodic, gospel-influenced hip-hop song by Kanye West featuring Chris Brown and Kid Cudi, known for its soaring chorus and spiritual themes.
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C.
Waves
"Waves" is a smooth, atmospheric R&B song by Miguel that showcases his sensual vocals and genre-blending production.
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D.
Waves
The Waves is the nickname for the athletic teams that represent Pepperdine University in intercollegiate sports.
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E.
Hertzian waves
Hertzian waves are early experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic waves that confirmed James Clerk Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism and paved the way for modern radio communication.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
earthwork sculpture
ⓘ
land art ⓘ site-specific artwork ⓘ |
| access | public ⓘ |
| artForm | sculpture ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | University of Michigan ⓘ |
| context | campus public art collection of the University of Michigan ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Maya Lin ⓘ |
| depicts | motion of waves ⓘ |
| designedAs | outdoor sculpture ⓘ |
| genre | environmental art ⓘ |
| hasColor | green ⓘ |
| hasPart |
series of parallel ridges
ⓘ
troughs between ridges ⓘ |
| hasShape | undulating landforms ⓘ |
| inception | 1995 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | ocean waves ⓘ |
| locatedIn | University of Michigan ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
North Campus of the University of Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
North Campus, University of Michigan
|
| location |
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Ann Arbor
|
| materialUsed |
earth
ⓘ
grass ⓘ |
| movement | Land art ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Maya Lin ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | wave-inspired earthworks by Maya Lin ⓘ |
| purpose | evoke the sensation of ocean waves through landform ⓘ |
| scale | large-scale ⓘ |
| surfaceFeature | grassy mounds ⓘ |
| terrainType | manipulated landscape ⓘ |
| viewedFrom |
aerial perspective
ⓘ
ground level ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Wave Field Description of subject: Wave Field is a large-scale earthwork sculpture by artist Maya Lin that evokes the motion of ocean waves through undulating landforms.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.