Background Story (Xu Bing)
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Background Story (Xu Bing) is an installation artwork series by Chinese artist Xu Bing that uses backlit translucent screens and arranged debris to create the illusion of traditional Chinese landscape paintings.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19047881 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Background Story (Xu Bing) Context triple: [Background Story series, alsoKnownAs, Background Story (Xu Bing)]
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A.
Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant Da Vincis and Other Stories
"Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant Da Vincis and Other Stories" is an art book that explores the innovative, often fantastical creations of self-taught Chinese inventors and tinkerers as curated and interpreted by contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang.
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B.
Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireworks from the Sky
Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireworks from the Sky is an art publication focusing on the Chinese artist’s large-scale gunpowder and fireworks projects, exploring his creative process and explosive visual spectacles.
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C.
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Transient Landscape
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Transient Landscape is an exhibition catalogue and art book that explores the Chinese artist’s large-scale gunpowder drawings, installations, and explosion events, highlighting themes of history, memory, and cultural transformation.
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D.
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Dragon’s Gift
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Dragon’s Gift is an exhibition catalogue and art book that explores the work, themes, and creative process of Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang, particularly his use of gunpowder and large-scale installations.
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E.
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang is a documentary film that profiles Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang and his large-scale, gunpowder-based artworks, culminating in his ambitious "Sky Ladder" project.
- 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: Background Story (Xu Bing) Target entity description: Background Story (Xu Bing) is an installation artwork series by Chinese artist Xu Bing that uses backlit translucent screens and arranged debris to create the illusion of traditional Chinese landscape paintings.
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A.
Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant Da Vincis and Other Stories
"Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant Da Vincis and Other Stories" is an art book that explores the innovative, often fantastical creations of self-taught Chinese inventors and tinkerers as curated and interpreted by contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang.
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B.
Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireworks from the Sky
Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireworks from the Sky is an art publication focusing on the Chinese artist’s large-scale gunpowder and fireworks projects, exploring his creative process and explosive visual spectacles.
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C.
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Transient Landscape
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Transient Landscape is an exhibition catalogue and art book that explores the Chinese artist’s large-scale gunpowder drawings, installations, and explosion events, highlighting themes of history, memory, and cultural transformation.
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D.
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Dragon’s Gift
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Dragon’s Gift is an exhibition catalogue and art book that explores the work, themes, and creative process of Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang, particularly his use of gunpowder and large-scale installations.
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E.
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang is a documentary film that profiles Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang and his large-scale, gunpowder-based artworks, culminating in his ambitious "Sky Ladder" project.
- F. None of above. chosen
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