Étant donnés: 1° la chute d’eau, 2° le gaz d’éclairage
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Étant donnés: 1° la chute d’eau, 2° le gaz d’éclairage is a late, enigmatic installation artwork by Marcel Duchamp featuring a voyeuristic tableau viewed through peepholes in a wooden door.
All labels observed (1)
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| Étant donnés: 1° la chute d’eau, 2° le gaz d’éclairage canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8509398 — 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: Étant donnés: 1° la chute d’eau, 2° le gaz d’éclairage Context triple: [Étant donnés, title, Étant donnés: 1° la chute d’eau, 2° le gaz d’éclairage]
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A.
La Grande-2-A generating station
La Grande-2-A generating station is a large hydroelectric power plant in Quebec, Canada, that forms part of Hydro-Québec’s James Bay Project on the La Grande River.
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B.
Les Cèdres generating station
Les Cèdres generating station is a hydroelectric power plant in Quebec, Canada, that harnesses the flow of the Saint Lawrence River to generate electricity.
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C.
Holyoke Gas and Electric hydroelectric facilities
The Holyoke Gas and Electric hydroelectric facilities are a network of dams and power stations on the Connecticut River that generate renewable electricity for the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts.
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D.
Beauharnois generating station
The Beauharnois generating station is a large hydroelectric power plant in Quebec, Canada, known for harnessing the flow of the Saint Lawrence River to produce electricity.
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E.
Durance-Verdon hydroelectric system
The Durance-Verdon hydroelectric system is a major French network of dams, reservoirs, and power plants along the Durance and Verdon rivers that provides significant hydroelectric power, irrigation, and water regulation in southeastern France.
- 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: Étant donnés: 1° la chute d’eau, 2° le gaz d’éclairage Target entity description: Étant donnés: 1° la chute d’eau, 2° le gaz d’éclairage is a late, enigmatic installation artwork by Marcel Duchamp featuring a voyeuristic tableau viewed through peepholes in a wooden door.
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A.
La Grande-2-A generating station
La Grande-2-A generating station is a large hydroelectric power plant in Quebec, Canada, that forms part of Hydro-Québec’s James Bay Project on the La Grande River.
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B.
Les Cèdres generating station
Les Cèdres generating station is a hydroelectric power plant in Quebec, Canada, that harnesses the flow of the Saint Lawrence River to generate electricity.
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C.
Holyoke Gas and Electric hydroelectric facilities
The Holyoke Gas and Electric hydroelectric facilities are a network of dams and power stations on the Connecticut River that generate renewable electricity for the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts.
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D.
Beauharnois generating station
The Beauharnois generating station is a large hydroelectric power plant in Quebec, Canada, known for harnessing the flow of the Saint Lawrence River to produce electricity.
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E.
Durance-Verdon hydroelectric system
The Durance-Verdon hydroelectric system is a major French network of dams, reservoirs, and power plants along the Durance and Verdon rivers that provides significant hydroelectric power, irrigation, and water regulation in southeastern France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
installation artwork
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tableau ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
important work in 20th-century installation art
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key work in Marcel Duchamp's oeuvre ⓘ |
| artist | Marcel Duchamp ⓘ |
| chronology | late work by Marcel Duchamp ⓘ |
| completionStatus | completed late in Marcel Duchamp's life ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Marcel Duchamp ⓘ |
| describedAs | enigmatic ⓘ |
| displayMode | viewed one person at a time ⓘ |
| feature |
gas lamp representation
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landscape backdrop ⓘ life-size nude female figure ⓘ peepholes in a wooden door ⓘ waterfall representation ⓘ |
| genre | conceptual art ⓘ |
| inEnglish | Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas ⓘ |
| interpretation |
often discussed in relation to the male gaze
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often interpreted as a meditation on desire and looking ⓘ |
| medium |
electric light
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found objects ⓘ glass ⓘ metal ⓘ mixed media ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| movement |
Dada
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Surrealism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex construction hidden behind a rustic door
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secretive production and posthumous revelation ⓘ |
| relationToArtist | considered Duchamp's final major artwork ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
artificial landscape with waterfall and gas lamp
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reclining nude seen from behind ⓘ |
| theme |
eroticism
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mystery ⓘ voyeurism ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| viewingMethod |
through a wooden door
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through peepholes ⓘ |
| workType |
environmental artwork
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peepshow-like construction ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
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