Spinario
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Spinario is an ancient Roman bronze sculpture depicting a boy removing a thorn from his foot, celebrated for its naturalistic detail and emotional realism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spinario canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5896284 — 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: Spinario Context triple: [Capitoline Museums, containsWork, Spinario]
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A.
Pericos
Pericos is the popular nickname for Spanish football club RCD Espanyol and its supporters.
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B.
Tetro
Tetro is a 2009 drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in which Maribel Verdú plays a key supporting role in a story about fractured family relationships and artistic rivalry in Buenos Aires.
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C.
Rastar
Rastar was an American film and television production company known for producing notable movies and TV series from the 1970s through the 1990s.
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D.
Xyloskalo
Xyloskalo is a mountain pass and popular trailhead on Crete that serves as the main entrance to the Samaria Gorge hiking route.
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E.
Rhexenor
Rhexenor is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as a relative of Queen Arete of the Phaeacians in Homeric tradition.
- 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: Spinario Target entity description: Spinario is an ancient Roman bronze sculpture depicting a boy removing a thorn from his foot, celebrated for its naturalistic detail and emotional realism.
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A.
Pericos
Pericos is the popular nickname for Spanish football club RCD Espanyol and its supporters.
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B.
Tetro
Tetro is a 2009 drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in which Maribel Verdú plays a key supporting role in a story about fractured family relationships and artistic rivalry in Buenos Aires.
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C.
Rastar
Rastar was an American film and television production company known for producing notable movies and TV series from the 1970s through the 1990s.
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D.
Xyloskalo
Xyloskalo is a mountain pass and popular trailhead on Crete that serves as the main entrance to the Samaria Gorge hiking route.
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E.
Rhexenor
Rhexenor is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as a relative of Queen Arete of the Phaeacians in Homeric tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman bronze sculpture
ⓘ
work of art ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Boy with Thorn
ⓘ
Fedele ⓘ |
| artForm | freestanding sculpture ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
frequently cited for its realism in Roman art
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important example of Roman bronze statuary ⓘ |
| artMovement | Hellenistic-influenced Roman art ⓘ |
| bodyOrientation | bent forward examining his foot ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| culture | Roman ⓘ |
| depicts |
boy
ⓘ
seated boy removing a thorn from his foot ⓘ |
| emotionalQuality |
contemplative
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ |
| genre | classical sculpture ⓘ |
| gesture | hand pulling thorn from sole of foot ⓘ |
| hasAestheticQuality |
intimate scale
ⓘ
lifelike presence ⓘ subtle expression of pain ⓘ |
| hasGenre | figurative sculpture ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
barefoot youth
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thorn in foot ⓘ |
| hasType | small-scale bronze ⓘ |
| iconography | youth removing a thorn from his foot ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Hellenistic sculpture ⓘ |
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed anatomical rendering
ⓘ
emotional realism ⓘ expressive pose ⓘ naturalistic detail ⓘ |
| poseFocus | intense focus on the act of removing a thorn ⓘ |
| represents | human figure in everyday action ⓘ |
| sittingPosture | seated with one leg crossed over the other ⓘ |
| subjectAge | adolescent boy ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
everyday life
ⓘ
genre scene ⓘ |
| theme |
human vulnerability
ⓘ
intimate moment ⓘ pain and concentration ⓘ |
| threeDimensionalForm | statue ⓘ |
| timePeriod | ancient Roman period ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
detailed modeling of body
ⓘ
naturalistic ⓘ realistic ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Spinario Description of subject: Spinario is an ancient Roman bronze sculpture depicting a boy removing a thorn from his foot, celebrated for its naturalistic detail and emotional realism.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.