Weather Machine
E7914
Weather Machine is a kinetic bronze and stainless-steel sculpture in Portland, Oregon, that theatrically forecasts the day's weather with sound, light, and changing metal symbols.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Weather Machine canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T92723 — 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: Weather Machine Context triple: [Pioneer Courthouse Square, hasPublicArt, Weather Machine]
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A.
World Weather Watch
World Weather Watch is a global program that coordinates the collection, processing, and exchange of meteorological data to support weather forecasting and climate monitoring worldwide.
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B.
NOAA weather radio network
The NOAA Weather Radio network is a nationwide system of radio stations that continuously broadcasts official weather forecasts, warnings, and emergency information directly to the public.
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C.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
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D.
World Meteorological Day
World Meteorological Day is an annual global observance held on 23 March to highlight the importance of weather, climate, and water services and to commemorate the founding of the World Meteorological Organization.
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E.
Cloud Gate
Cloud Gate is a famous stainless-steel public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor, known for its reflective, bean-like shape and prominence in Chicago’s Millennium Park.
- 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: Weather Machine Target entity description: Weather Machine is a kinetic bronze and stainless-steel sculpture in Portland, Oregon, that theatrically forecasts the day's weather with sound, light, and changing metal symbols.
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A.
World Weather Watch
World Weather Watch is a global program that coordinates the collection, processing, and exchange of meteorological data to support weather forecasting and climate monitoring worldwide.
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B.
NOAA weather radio network
The NOAA Weather Radio network is a nationwide system of radio stations that continuously broadcasts official weather forecasts, warnings, and emergency information directly to the public.
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C.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
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D.
World Meteorological Day
World Meteorological Day is an annual global observance held on 23 March to highlight the importance of weather, climate, and water services and to commemorate the founding of the World Meteorological Organization.
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E.
Cloud Gate
Cloud Gate is a famous stainless-steel public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor, known for its reflective, bean-like shape and prominence in Chicago’s Millennium Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
kinetic sculpture
ⓘ
public artwork ⓘ |
| category |
Bronze sculptures in Oregon
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Kinetic sculptures in the United States ⓘ Outdoor sculptures in Portland, Oregon ⓘ Stainless steel sculptures in the United States ⓘ |
| city |
Portland
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linked to:
Portland, Oregon, United States
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| commissionedBy |
Pioneer Courthouse Square, Inc.
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linked to:
Pioneer Courthouse Square
|
| coordinateLocation | 45.5186° N, 122.6793° W ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
blue heron symbol
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dragon symbol ⓘ sun symbol ⓘ |
| designer | Oman-Gibson Associates ⓘ |
| feature |
changing metal symbols
ⓘ
light effects ⓘ sound effects ⓘ |
| function | weather forecasting display ⓘ |
| genre |
interactive public art
ⓘ
kinetic art ⓘ |
| hasEffect | daily noon weather performance ⓘ |
| hasPart |
mechanical armatures
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metal column ⓘ rotating globe ⓘ |
| height | approximately 30 feet ⓘ |
| inception | 1988 ⓘ |
| lighting | colored lights ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Downtown Portland
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linked to:
City Center / Downtown Portland
Pioneer Courthouse Square ⓘ |
| location | Portland, Oregon, United States ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
City of Portland
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linked to:
Portland, Oregon, United States
|
| material |
bronze
ⓘ
stainless steel ⓘ |
| notableFor | dramatic weather predictions at noon ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
City of Portland
ⓘ
linked to:
Portland, Oregon, United States
|
| publicAccess | outdoors ⓘ |
| sound |
musical tones
ⓘ
thunder-like effects ⓘ trumpet fanfare ⓘ |
| state | Oregon ⓘ |
| symbolMeaning |
blue heron symbol indicates changeable or misty weather
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dragon symbol indicates stormy weather ⓘ sun symbol indicates fair weather ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| use | theatrical weather forecast ⓘ |
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: Weather Machine Description of subject: Weather Machine is a kinetic bronze and stainless-steel sculpture in Portland, Oregon, that theatrically forecasts the day's weather with sound, light, and changing metal symbols.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.