Suicide (Jumping Man)
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Suicide (Jumping Man) is a well-known photograph by the duo Death and Disaster that hauntingly captures a man in mid-air during an apparent suicide leap, symbolizing urban despair and existential crisis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Suicide (Jumping Man) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8074654 — 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: Suicide (Jumping Man) Context triple: [Death and Disaster, notableWork, Suicide (Jumping Man)]
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A.
Suicide Bridge
Suicide Bridge is the grim nickname for Pasadena’s historic Colorado Street Bridge, notorious for the large number of people who have died by jumping from it.
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B.
Suicide Guy
Suicide Guy is a darkly comedic character in George Carlin’s stand-up special "Life Is Worth Losing," used to explore themes of depression, mortality, and the absurdity of suicidal thoughts.
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C.
Suicide Cliff
Suicide Cliff is a historic coastal promontory on Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, known as the site of mass civilian and military suicides during World War II and now a memorial and scenic overlook.
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D.
"Jump"
"Jump" is a 1992 hit hip-hop single by Kris Kross, produced and written by Jermaine Dupri, that became a chart-topping anthem of early ’90s rap.
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E.
Suicide Is Painless
"Suicide Is Painless" is the melancholic, jazz-influenced song best known as the theme for the film and television series M*A*S*H, noted for its darkly ironic lyrics about war and death.
- 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: Suicide (Jumping Man) Target entity description: Suicide (Jumping Man) is a well-known photograph by the duo Death and Disaster that hauntingly captures a man in mid-air during an apparent suicide leap, symbolizing urban despair and existential crisis.
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A.
Suicide Bridge
Suicide Bridge is the grim nickname for Pasadena’s historic Colorado Street Bridge, notorious for the large number of people who have died by jumping from it.
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B.
Suicide Guy
Suicide Guy is a darkly comedic character in George Carlin’s stand-up special "Life Is Worth Losing," used to explore themes of depression, mortality, and the absurdity of suicidal thoughts.
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C.
Suicide Cliff
Suicide Cliff is a historic coastal promontory on Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, known as the site of mass civilian and military suicides during World War II and now a memorial and scenic overlook.
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D.
"Jump"
"Jump" is a 1992 hit hip-hop single by Kris Kross, produced and written by Jermaine Dupri, that became a chart-topping anthem of early ’90s rap.
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E.
Suicide Is Painless
"Suicide Is Painless" is the melancholic, jazz-influenced song best known as the theme for the film and television series M*A*S*H, noted for its darkly ironic lyrics about war and death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | photograph ⓘ |
| addressesIssue |
psychological isolation in cities
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suicide in modern life ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
themes of death
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themes of mental anguish ⓘ urban existentialism ⓘ |
| createdBy | Death and Disaster ⓘ |
| creator | Death and Disaster ⓘ |
| culturalContext | contemporary urban society ⓘ |
| depicts |
man in mid-air during an apparent suicide leap
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urban environment ⓘ |
| emotionalTone |
haunting
ⓘ
somber ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
| features |
architectural elements of a city
ⓘ
single human figure ⓘ |
| genre |
fine art photography
ⓘ
urban photography ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStyle |
conceptual photography
ⓘ
documentary-style photography ⓘ |
| hasMotive | suicide ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | observer looking at a falling person from a distance ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
existential crisis
ⓘ
urban despair ⓘ |
| intendedEffect |
confront viewers with urban despair
ⓘ
provoke reflection on suicide ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
critique of urban life
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meditation on mortality ⓘ representation of psychological crisis ⓘ |
| medium | photographic print ⓘ |
| narrativeContext | apparent suicide attempt ⓘ |
| notableFor |
capturing a man mid-air in a fatal leap
ⓘ
evocative portrayal of despair ⓘ striking composition centered on a falling body ⓘ |
| portrays | moment of a suicide leap ⓘ |
| portraysMoment | suspended instant before impact ⓘ |
| setting | cityscape ⓘ |
| subject | anonymous male figure ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
despair in modern city life
ⓘ
existential anxiety ⓘ urban alienation ⓘ |
| title | Suicide (Jumping Man) ⓘ |
| visualElements | high-contrast figure against city background ⓘ |
| visualFocus | falling human figure ⓘ |
| workType | photographic image ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Suicide (Jumping Man) Description of subject: Suicide (Jumping Man) is a well-known photograph by the duo Death and Disaster that hauntingly captures a man in mid-air during an apparent suicide leap, symbolizing urban despair and existential crisis.
Referenced by (2)
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