Abstract Speed + Sound
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Abstract Speed + Sound is a 1913 Futurist painting by Giacomo Balla that visually explores motion, dynamism, and the sensation of speed through fragmented, rhythmic forms.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abstract Speed + Sound canonical | 2 |
| Abstract Speed series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6595239 — 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: Abstract Speed + Sound Context triple: [Giacomo Balla, notableWork, Abstract Speed + Sound]
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A.
Speed of Sound
"Speed of Sound" is a song titled track, likely a rock composition, featured on Pearl Jam’s album *Backspacer*.
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B.
You Shall Know Our Velocity
You Shall Know Our Velocity is a novel by Dave Eggers that follows two friends on a whirlwind, grief-fueled trip around the world as they attempt to give away a sudden windfall of money.
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C.
SPEED
SPEED was an American cable and satellite television network focused on motorsports and automotive programming.
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D.
Sound & Color
Sound & Color is the critically acclaimed second studio album by American rock band Alabama Shakes, noted for its soulful blend of rock, blues, and R&B.
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E.
"Searching for the Sound"
"Searching for the Sound" is Phil Lesh’s memoir chronicling his life, musical journey, and experiences as the bassist of the Grateful Dead.
- 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: Abstract Speed + Sound Target entity description: Abstract Speed + Sound is a 1913 Futurist painting by Giacomo Balla that visually explores motion, dynamism, and the sensation of speed through fragmented, rhythmic forms.
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A.
Speed of Sound
"Speed of Sound" is a song titled track, likely a rock composition, featured on Pearl Jam’s album *Backspacer*.
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B.
You Shall Know Our Velocity
You Shall Know Our Velocity is a novel by Dave Eggers that follows two friends on a whirlwind, grief-fueled trip around the world as they attempt to give away a sudden windfall of money.
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C.
SPEED
SPEED was an American cable and satellite television network focused on motorsports and automotive programming.
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D.
Sound & Color
Sound & Color is the critically acclaimed second studio album by American rock band Alabama Shakes, noted for its soulful blend of rock, blues, and R&B.
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E.
"Searching for the Sound"
"Searching for the Sound" is Phil Lesh’s memoir chronicling his life, musical journey, and experiences as the bassist of the Grateful Dead.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Futurist artwork
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painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
early 20th-century abstract painting
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key example of Futurist exploration of movement ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
sensation of speed
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synaesthetic experience of sound and motion ⓘ |
| colorCharacteristic | dynamic contrasts ⓘ |
| compositionCharacteristic |
diagonal lines
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overlapping planes ⓘ sense of vibration ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Giacomo Balla ⓘ |
| creatorMovement |
Italian Futurism
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linked to:
Italian Futurist movement
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| creatorRole | Giacomo Balla as Futurist painter ⓘ |
| depicts |
dynamism
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motion ⓘ sound ⓘ speed ⓘ |
| genre | abstract art ⓘ |
| inception | 1913 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Futurist theories of dynamism
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technological modernity ⓘ urban movement ⓘ |
| movement | Futurism ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Abstract Speed series
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linked to:
Abstract Speed + Sound
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| subjectMatter |
abstraction of a moving object
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translation of sound into visual form ⓘ |
| usesVisualElement |
fragmented forms
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geometric abstraction ⓘ rhythmic forms ⓘ |
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: Abstract Speed + Sound Description of subject: Abstract Speed + Sound is a 1913 Futurist painting by Giacomo Balla that visually explores motion, dynamism, and the sensation of speed through fragmented, rhythmic forms.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.