They Come to Us without a Word
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"They Come to Us without a Word" is a multimedia installation and performance work by artist Joan Jonas that layers video, sound, drawing, and live action to explore memory, landscape, and the fragility of the natural world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| They Come to Us without a Word canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8843434 — 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: They Come to Us without a Word Context triple: [Joan Jonas, notableWork, They Come to Us without a Word]
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A.
The Corner That Held Them
The Corner That Held Them is a 1948 novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner that portrays several centuries in the life of a medieval English convent through a series of episodic, quietly ironic vignettes.
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B.
Sometimes They Come Back
Sometimes They Come Back is a horror short story by Stephen King about a man haunted by the murderous delinquents who killed his brother and mysteriously return from the dead.
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C.
Like Home
"Like Home" is a progressive house track by Dutch DJ and producer Nicky Romero, known for its uplifting melody and festival-friendly energy.
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D.
If They Come in the Morning
If They Come in the Morning is a landmark 1971 collection of essays, letters, and writings on political imprisonment and Black liberation in the United States, edited by Angela Y. Davis and featuring contributions from various activists and intellectuals.
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E.
I Watched Them Go
"I Watched Them Go" is a song by the Japanese rock band Ultra Q, showcasing their energetic, alternative rock style.
- 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: They Come to Us without a Word Target entity description: "They Come to Us without a Word" is a multimedia installation and performance work by artist Joan Jonas that layers video, sound, drawing, and live action to explore memory, landscape, and the fragility of the natural world.
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A.
The Corner That Held Them
The Corner That Held Them is a 1948 novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner that portrays several centuries in the life of a medieval English convent through a series of episodic, quietly ironic vignettes.
-
B.
Sometimes They Come Back
Sometimes They Come Back is a horror short story by Stephen King about a man haunted by the murderous delinquents who killed his brother and mysteriously return from the dead.
-
C.
Like Home
"Like Home" is a progressive house track by Dutch DJ and producer Nicky Romero, known for its uplifting melody and festival-friendly energy.
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D.
If They Come in the Morning
If They Come in the Morning is a landmark 1971 collection of essays, letters, and writings on political imprisonment and Black liberation in the United States, edited by Angela Y. Davis and featuring contributions from various activists and intellectuals.
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E.
I Watched Them Go
"I Watched Them Go" is a song by the Japanese rock band Ultra Q, showcasing their energetic, alternative rock style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
multimedia installation
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performance work ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Joan Jonas ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary art
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performance art ⓘ video art ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
drawing
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live action ⓘ sound ⓘ video ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
climate change
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environment ⓘ human relationship with nature ⓘ memory and perception ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
fragility of the natural world
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landscape ⓘ memory ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Joan Jonas ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
digital video
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drawing ⓘ performance ⓘ sound installation ⓘ |
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: They Come to Us without a Word Description of subject: "They Come to Us without a Word" is a multimedia installation and performance work by artist Joan Jonas that layers video, sound, drawing, and live action to explore memory, landscape, and the fragility of the natural world.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.