Clearing
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"Clearing" is a large-scale photographic work by German artist Thomas Demand, known for its meticulously constructed paper model of a forest scene that blurs the line between reality and fabrication.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clearing canonical | 1 |
| Clearing II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4745855 — 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: Clearing Context triple: [Thomas Demand, notableWork, Clearing]
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A.
Clearing
Clearing is a residential and industrial neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago, known for encompassing and surrounding Midway International Airport.
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B.
Clearinghouse
Clearinghouse is a U.S. federal database that tracks commercial drivers’ drug and alcohol program violations to improve roadway safety and compliance.
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C.
The Clearing
The Clearing is a psychological thriller film featuring Miranda Otto in a prominent role.
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D.
After the Smoke Is Clear
"After the Smoke Is Clear" is a hip-hop track by Ironman, known for its gritty lyricism and atmospheric production.
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E.
When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up
"When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up" is the second studio album by Northern Irish-Scottish rock band Snow Patrol, marking their early indie rock sound before their mainstream breakthrough.
- 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: Clearing Target entity description: "Clearing" is a large-scale photographic work by German artist Thomas Demand, known for its meticulously constructed paper model of a forest scene that blurs the line between reality and fabrication.
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A.
Clearing
Clearing is a residential and industrial neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago, known for encompassing and surrounding Midway International Airport.
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B.
Clearinghouse
Clearinghouse is a U.S. federal database that tracks commercial drivers’ drug and alcohol program violations to improve roadway safety and compliance.
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C.
The Clearing
The Clearing is a psychological thriller film featuring Miranda Otto in a prominent role.
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D.
After the Smoke Is Clear
"After the Smoke Is Clear" is a hip-hop track by Ironman, known for its gritty lyricism and atmospheric production.
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E.
When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up
"When It’s All Over We Still Have to Clear Up" is the second studio album by Northern Irish-Scottish rock band Snow Patrol, marking their early indie rock sound before their mainstream breakthrough.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artwork
ⓘ
photographic work ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
constructed reality
ⓘ
model-based photography ⓘ staged photography ⓘ |
| artMovement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| colorSpace | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Thomas Demand ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | German ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation |
artist
ⓘ
photographer ⓘ |
| depicts |
forest clearing
ⓘ
trees ⓘ undergrowth ⓘ |
| exhibitionContext |
gallery exhibitions
ⓘ
museum exhibitions ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual photography
ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
model-making traditions
ⓘ
photographic realism ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| mainMedium | photography ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
absence of human figures
ⓘ
blurs boundary between reality and fabrication ⓘ large-scale print ⓘ meticulously constructed paper model ⓘ |
| partOf |
Thomas Demand’s body of work
ⓘ
linked to:
Thomas Demand
|
| relatedWorkBySameArtist |
Clearing II
ⓘ
linked to:
Clearing
Grotto ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
forest
ⓘ
landscape ⓘ |
| technique |
color photography
ⓘ
photographing life-size paper model ⓘ |
| theme |
artifice and simulation
ⓘ
memory and reconstruction ⓘ perception of reality ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
cardboard
ⓘ
paper ⓘ |
| workTitleLanguageNote | English title used internationally ⓘ |
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: Clearing Description of subject: "Clearing" is a large-scale photographic work by German artist Thomas Demand, known for its meticulously constructed paper model of a forest scene that blurs the line between reality and fabrication.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Clearing