Sky Ladder
E463698
Sky Ladder is a monumental pyrotechnic artwork by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, consisting of a temporary “ladder” of fire and light that appears to climb into the sky.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sky Ladder canonical | 2 |
| Sky Ladder (artwork) | 1 |
| Sky Ladder firework ladder to the sky | 1 |
| the Sky Ladder project | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4705827 — 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: Sky Ladder Context triple: [Cai Guo-Qiang, notableWork, Sky Ladder]
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A.
Means of Ascent
Means of Ascent is the second volume in Robert A. Caro’s acclaimed biographical series on Lyndon B. Johnson, focusing on Johnson’s controversial 1948 U.S. Senate campaign and its broader implications for his rise to power.
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B.
Shining Wall
Shining Wall is the famously sheer and challenging west face of Gasherbrum IV, renowned among mountaineers for its extreme difficulty and dramatic appearance.
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C.
Reach for the Summit
Reach for the Summit is a motivational and autobiographical book by legendary basketball coach Pat Summitt that shares her leadership philosophy and life lessons drawn from her coaching career.
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D.
Skydancer
Skydancer is the 1993 debut studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity, regarded as an early and influential release in the Gothenburg metal scene.
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E.
La Rampa
La Rampa is a famous, bustling avenue in Havana’s Vedado district known for its mid-20th-century architecture, nightlife, and cultural landmarks.
- 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: Sky Ladder Target entity description: Sky Ladder is a monumental pyrotechnic artwork by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, consisting of a temporary “ladder” of fire and light that appears to climb into the sky.
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A.
Means of Ascent
Means of Ascent is the second volume in Robert A. Caro’s acclaimed biographical series on Lyndon B. Johnson, focusing on Johnson’s controversial 1948 U.S. Senate campaign and its broader implications for his rise to power.
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B.
Shining Wall
Shining Wall is the famously sheer and challenging west face of Gasherbrum IV, renowned among mountaineers for its extreme difficulty and dramatic appearance.
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C.
Reach for the Summit
Reach for the Summit is a motivational and autobiographical book by legendary basketball coach Pat Summitt that shares her leadership philosophy and life lessons drawn from her coaching career.
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D.
Skydancer
Skydancer is the 1993 debut studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity, regarded as an early and influential release in the Gothenburg metal scene.
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E.
La Rampa
La Rampa is a famous, bustling avenue in Havana’s Vedado district known for its mid-20th-century architecture, nightlife, and cultural landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artwork
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performance art piece ⓘ pyrotechnic artwork ⓘ |
| artMovement |
conceptual art
ⓘ
contemporary Chinese art ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | self-initiated by Cai Guo-Qiang ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| creator | Cai Guo-Qiang ⓘ |
| dateOfFinalRealization | 2015-06-15 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Cai Guo-Qiang’s grandmother ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 2 minutes ⓘ |
| firstSuccessfulRealizationLocation | Huiyu Island fishing village ⓘ |
| genre |
ephemeral art
ⓘ
land art ⓘ |
| hasAttemptCountBeforeSuccess | multiple attempts ⓘ |
| hasColor |
golden
ⓘ
orange ⓘ |
| hasDocumentaryType | Netflix documentary film ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
ladder of fire
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ladder of light ⓘ |
| hasIntendedAudience |
film viewers via documentary
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public spectators ⓘ |
| hasPerformanceType | site-specific performance ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
ambition and perseverance
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connection between earth and sky ⓘ family and hometown ⓘ transience ⓘ |
| height | approximately 500 meters ⓘ |
| inception | 2015 ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang ⓘ |
| lightingMethod | fireworks fuses ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Fujian
ⓘ
Quanzhou ⓘ |
| locatedInTheCountry | China ⓘ |
| locationOfFinalRealization | Huiyu Island ⓘ |
| medium |
gunpowder
ⓘ
light ⓘ smoke ⓘ |
| notableFor |
creating the illusion of a ladder reaching into the sky
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large-scale outdoor pyrotechnic display ⓘ |
| requiresCondition |
nighttime darkness
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outdoor open sky ⓘ |
| safetyClassification | temporary outdoor installation ⓘ |
| structureForm | ladder ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
fireworks
ⓘ
metal framework ⓘ pyrotechnics ⓘ rope ⓘ |
| visibility | visible from long distance ⓘ |
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: Sky Ladder Description of subject: Sky Ladder is a monumental pyrotechnic artwork by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, consisting of a temporary “ladder” of fire and light that appears to climb into the sky.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
documentary film Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
linked to: Sky Ladder
subject linked to:
documentary film Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
linked to: Sky Ladder
linked to: Sky Ladder