Rainy Taxi
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Rainy Taxi is a surrealist installation artwork by Salvador Dalí featuring a taxicab staged in a perpetual artificial rainstorm.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rainy Taxi canonical | 3 |
| Rainy Day Taxi | 1 |
| Rainy Taxi (Rainy Taxi Cab) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9292779 — 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: Rainy Taxi Context triple: [Rainy Taxi installation, hasTitle, Rainy Taxi]
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A.
Ghost Train
Ghost Train is a classic dark ride attraction featuring spooky scenes and special effects, located at the Blackpool Pleasure Beach amusement park in England.
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B.
White Buses
White Buses was a World War II humanitarian rescue operation, led by Swedish diplomat Folke Bernadotte, that used specially marked buses to save thousands of prisoners from Nazi concentration camps.
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C.
Who'll Stop the Rain
"Who'll Stop the Rain" is a classic rock song by Creedence Clearwater Revival, known for its reflective lyrics and enduring popularity since its release in 1970.
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D.
Desolation Row
"Desolation Row" is a long, surreal, and lyrically dense Bob Dylan song widely regarded as one of his greatest and most influential works.
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E.
Walking in the Rain
"Walking in the Rain" is a moody, synth-driven track by Grace Jones that blends new wave, reggae, and art-pop elements to create a dark, atmospheric sound.
- 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: Rainy Taxi Target entity description: Rainy Taxi is a surrealist installation artwork by Salvador Dalí featuring a taxicab staged in a perpetual artificial rainstorm.
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A.
Ghost Train
Ghost Train is a classic dark ride attraction featuring spooky scenes and special effects, located at the Blackpool Pleasure Beach amusement park in England.
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B.
White Buses
White Buses was a World War II humanitarian rescue operation, led by Swedish diplomat Folke Bernadotte, that used specially marked buses to save thousands of prisoners from Nazi concentration camps.
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C.
Who'll Stop the Rain
"Who'll Stop the Rain" is a classic rock song by Creedence Clearwater Revival, known for its reflective lyrics and enduring popularity since its release in 1970.
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D.
Desolation Row
"Desolation Row" is a long, surreal, and lyrically dense Bob Dylan song widely regarded as one of his greatest and most influential works.
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E.
Walking in the Rain
"Walking in the Rain" is a moody, synth-driven track by Grace Jones that blends new wave, reggae, and art-pop elements to create a dark, atmospheric sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | installation artwork ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rainy Day Taxi
ⓘ
linked to:
Rainy Taxi
Taxi pluvieux ⓘ |
| artForm | contemporary installation art precursor ⓘ |
| artist | Salvador Dalí ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | 20th-century art ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
European avant-garde
ⓘ
Paris International Surrealist Exhibition ⓘ
linked to:
Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme
|
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| creator | Salvador Dalí ⓘ |
| depicts | taxicab ⓘ |
| exhibitionType | indoor installation ⓘ |
| feature |
artificial rainstorm
ⓘ
perpetual rain effect ⓘ |
| genre | Surrealism ⓘ |
| hasArtisticGoal |
to create a surreal environment
ⓘ
to disturb everyday perception ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
car interior
ⓘ
figures inside taxi ⓘ rain mechanism ⓘ |
| hasStyle | avant-garde ⓘ |
| hasTitleWord |
Rainy
ⓘ
Taxi ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Freudian psychoanalysis
ⓘ
dream imagery ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| medium | installation ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
immersive environmental effect
ⓘ
surreal transformation of a taxi ⓘ use of real car in gallery setting ⓘ |
| partOf | Surrealist exhibition practice ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
human figures
ⓘ
urban transportation ⓘ weather ⓘ |
| theme |
dreamlike atmosphere
ⓘ
irrational juxtaposition ⓘ subversion of everyday objects ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
automobile
ⓘ
mannequins ⓘ water ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rainy Taxi Description of subject: Rainy Taxi is a surrealist installation artwork by Salvador Dalí featuring a taxicab staged in a perpetual artificial rainstorm.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rainy Taxi
linked to: Rainy Taxi