House of Stairs
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House of Stairs is a famous 1951 lithograph print by M. C. Escher that depicts an intricate, impossible architectural space filled with interlocking stairways and strange, insect-like creatures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House of Stairs canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8998095 — 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: House of Stairs Context triple: [M. C. Escher, notableWork, House of Stairs]
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A.
The Stilt
The Stilt is the famous nickname of NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain, renowned for his towering height and dominant scoring and rebounding.
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B.
House of Cramm
The House of Cramm is a German noble family historically associated with the aristocracy of the region that produced figures such as Armgard von Cramm.
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C.
Hall of Lost Steps
The Hall of Lost Steps is a grand, echoing interior hall within Havana’s El Capitolio, renowned for its impressive scale and acoustics.
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D.
The Cellar
The Cellar is the original title of the 2016 psychological thriller film that was later released as 10 Cloverfield Lane.
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E.
The Secret Houses
The Secret Houses is a spy novel by British author John Gardner that continues his series of intricate, character-driven espionage thrillers.
- 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: House of Stairs Target entity description: House of Stairs is a famous 1951 lithograph print by M. C. Escher that depicts an intricate, impossible architectural space filled with interlocking stairways and strange, insect-like creatures.
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A.
The Stilt
The Stilt is the famous nickname of NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain, renowned for his towering height and dominant scoring and rebounding.
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B.
House of Cramm
The House of Cramm is a German noble family historically associated with the aristocracy of the region that produced figures such as Armgard von Cramm.
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C.
Hall of Lost Steps
The Hall of Lost Steps is a grand, echoing interior hall within Havana’s El Capitolio, renowned for its impressive scale and acoustics.
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D.
The Cellar
The Cellar is the original title of the 2016 psychological thriller film that was later released as 10 Cloverfield Lane.
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E.
The Secret Houses
The Secret Houses is a spy novel by British author John Gardner that continues his series of intricate, character-driven espionage thrillers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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lithograph print ⓘ |
| artForm | printmaking ⓘ |
| artist | M. C. Escher ⓘ |
| author | M. C. Escher ⓘ |
| color | black and white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| creator | M. C. Escher ⓘ |
| dateCreated | 1951 ⓘ |
| depicts |
architectural space
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impossible architecture ⓘ insect-like creatures ⓘ interlocking stairways ⓘ strange creatures ⓘ |
| format | print ⓘ |
| genre |
impossible object art
ⓘ
mathematical art ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStyle | black-and-white print ⓘ |
| hasArtisticTheme |
infinity
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paradox ⓘ perspective ⓘ spatial ambiguity ⓘ visual illusion ⓘ |
| hasCreatorNationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
architecture
ⓘ
fantastical creatures ⓘ stairs ⓘ |
| inCollection | various museum and private collections ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
geometry
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mathematics ⓘ perspective drawing ⓘ |
| isFamousFor |
Escher’s use of visual paradox
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complex spatial construction ⓘ depiction of impossible staircases ⓘ |
| language | none ⓘ |
| medium | lithography ⓘ |
| movement |
Op art
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Surrealism ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | M. C. Escher ⓘ |
| originalWorkLocation | Netherlands ⓘ |
| partOf | M. C. Escher’s graphic works ⓘ |
| printingTechnique | lithography ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1951 ⓘ |
| technique | lithograph ⓘ |
| title | House of Stairs ⓘ |
| year | 1951 ⓘ |
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: House of Stairs Description of subject: House of Stairs is a famous 1951 lithograph print by M. C. Escher that depicts an intricate, impossible architectural space filled with interlocking stairways and strange, insect-like creatures.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.