The Big Wheel
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The Big Wheel is a 1979 performance-installation artwork by Chris Burden in which a large flywheel powered by a motorcycle dramatically explores themes of energy, danger, and mechanical force.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Big Wheel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7967039 — 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: The Big Wheel Context triple: [Chris Burden, notableWork, The Big Wheel]
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A.
Merry-Go-Round
"Merry-Go-Round" is a well-known painting by American artist Reginald Marsh that vividly depicts the crowded, dynamic energy of urban life in early 20th-century New York.
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B.
Merry-Go-Round
Merry-Go-Round is a classic carousel ride featuring ornate, rotating horses and other figures, providing a traditional family-friendly amusement park experience.
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C.
Wonder Wheel
Wonder Wheel is a historic steel Ferris wheel at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, renowned as an iconic seaside amusement attraction.
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D.
The See-Saw
The See-Saw is a playful Rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard that depicts elegantly dressed figures enjoying a garden pastime with a light, flirtatious atmosphere.
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E.
The Giant Coaster
The Giant Coaster is the historic wooden roller coaster later known as Wild One, renowned as one of the classic early 20th-century coasters in the United States.
- 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: The Big Wheel Target entity description: The Big Wheel is a 1979 performance-installation artwork by Chris Burden in which a large flywheel powered by a motorcycle dramatically explores themes of energy, danger, and mechanical force.
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A.
Merry-Go-Round
"Merry-Go-Round" is a well-known painting by American artist Reginald Marsh that vividly depicts the crowded, dynamic energy of urban life in early 20th-century New York.
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B.
Merry-Go-Round
Merry-Go-Round is a classic carousel ride featuring ornate, rotating horses and other figures, providing a traditional family-friendly amusement park experience.
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C.
Wonder Wheel
Wonder Wheel is a historic steel Ferris wheel at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, renowned as an iconic seaside amusement attraction.
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D.
The See-Saw
The See-Saw is a playful Rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard that depicts elegantly dressed figures enjoying a garden pastime with a light, flirtatious atmosphere.
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E.
The Giant Coaster
The Giant Coaster is the historic wooden roller coaster later known as Wild One, renowned as one of the classic early 20th-century coasters in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
kinetic art
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performance-installation artwork ⓘ |
| artworkType |
installation
ⓘ
performance ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Chris Burden’s exploration of risk and control ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Chris Burden ⓘ |
| depicts | industrial machinery ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | various contemporary art museums and galleries ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary art ⓘ |
| hasEffect | gallery filled with sound and vibration ⓘ |
| hasPart |
elevated motorcycle platform
ⓘ
massive horizontal flywheel ⓘ |
| inception | 1979 ⓘ |
| locationOfFirstPerformance | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
danger
ⓘ
energy ⓘ mechanical force ⓘ power ⓘ risk ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| medium | motorcycle, steel flywheel, supporting structure ⓘ |
| movement |
conceptual art
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performance art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic display of stored mechanical energy
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sense of imminent danger for viewers ⓘ use of a running motorcycle inside a gallery ⓘ |
| performer | Chris Burden ⓘ |
| uses |
large flywheel
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motorcycle ⓘ |
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: The Big Wheel Description of subject: The Big Wheel is a 1979 performance-installation artwork by Chris Burden in which a large flywheel powered by a motorcycle dramatically explores themes of energy, danger, and mechanical force.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.