The First Step
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"The First Step" is an early 20th-century painting by Czech abstract pioneer František Kupka that reflects his transition from figurative symbolism toward pure abstraction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The First Step canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9412587 — 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: The First Step Context triple: [František Kupka, notableWork, The First Step]
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A.
Step by Step
"Step by Step" is a notable work associated with American actress, model, and singer Shari Belafonte, contributing to her recognition in entertainment.
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B.
Step by Step
"Step by Step" is a 1990 pop song by New Kids on the Block that became one of their biggest hits and a defining track of early ’90s teen pop.
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C.
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back is a 1904 political pamphlet by Vladimir Lenin that analyzes internal conflicts within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and defends his conception of a disciplined revolutionary party.
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D.
The Next Step
The Next Step is a Canadian teen drama television series that follows the lives and relationships of members of a competitive dance studio.
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E.
Every Little Step
"Every Little Step" is a 1989 R&B/New Jack Swing hit single by Bobby Brown that became one of his signature songs and a major commercial success.
- 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: The First Step Target entity description: "The First Step" is an early 20th-century painting by Czech abstract pioneer František Kupka that reflects his transition from figurative symbolism toward pure abstraction.
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A.
Step by Step
"Step by Step" is a 1990 pop song by New Kids on the Block that became one of their biggest hits and a defining track of early ’90s teen pop.
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B.
Step by Step
"Step by Step" is a notable work associated with American actress, model, and singer Shari Belafonte, contributing to her recognition in entertainment.
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C.
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back is a 1904 political pamphlet by Vladimir Lenin that analyzes internal conflicts within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and defends his conception of a disciplined revolutionary party.
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D.
The Next Step
The Next Step is a Canadian teen drama television series that follows the lives and relationships of members of a competitive dance studio.
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E.
Every Little Step
"Every Little Step" is a 1989 R&B/New Jack Swing hit single by Bobby Brown that became one of his signature songs and a major commercial success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
documents Kupka’s move toward pure abstraction
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early example of Czech abstract painting ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
abstraction
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figurative symbolism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Czech lands ⓘ |
| creator | František Kupka ⓘ |
| creatorBirthName | František Kupka ⓘ |
| creatorGender | male ⓘ |
| creatorMovement |
Orphism
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abstract art ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Czech ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation | painter ⓘ |
| depicts | transition from figurative symbolism to abstraction ⓘ |
| genre |
abstract painting
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symbolist painting ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
experimental composition
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pioneering abstraction ⓘ transitional work ⓘ |
| inception | early 20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
early abstract tendencies in European art
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symbolism ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | evolution of visual form toward abstraction ⓘ |
| movement |
abstract art
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modern art ⓘ |
| partOf | František Kupka’s early abstract works ⓘ |
| period | early modernism ⓘ |
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: The First Step Description of subject: "The First Step" is an early 20th-century painting by Czech abstract pioneer František Kupka that reflects his transition from figurative symbolism toward pure abstraction.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.