The Milles Fountain at Cranbrook
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The Milles Fountain at Cranbrook is a prominent outdoor sculptural fountain by Swedish artist Carl Milles, featuring dynamic bronze figures and water displays on the campus of Cranbrook in Michigan.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Milles Fountain at Cranbrook canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Milles Fountain at Cranbrook Context triple: [Carl Milles, notableWork, The Milles Fountain at Cranbrook]
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A.
Raíces Fountain
Raíces Fountain is a prominent seaside monument in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, featuring bronze sculptures that celebrate the island’s cultural and ethnic heritage.
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B.
Swann Memorial Fountain
Swann Memorial Fountain is a prominent Beaux-Arts style fountain and sculpture in Philadelphia, known for its allegorical figures representing the city’s major waterways.
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C.
Crown Fountain
Crown Fountain is an interactive public art installation in Chicago featuring twin glass brick towers that project video images of local residents and periodically spout water onto a shallow reflecting pool.
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D.
James Scott Memorial Fountain
The James Scott Memorial Fountain is a grand Beaux-Arts marble fountain on Detroit’s Belle Isle, renowned for its elaborate sculptures and dramatic water displays.
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E.
Samson Fountain
Samson Fountain is a grand Baroque water feature at Peterhof renowned for its dramatic sculpture of Samson tearing open a lion’s jaws and its powerful central jet symbolizing Russian victory over Sweden.
- 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 Milles Fountain at Cranbrook Target entity description: The Milles Fountain at Cranbrook is a prominent outdoor sculptural fountain by Swedish artist Carl Milles, featuring dynamic bronze figures and water displays on the campus of Cranbrook in Michigan.
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A.
Raíces Fountain
Raíces Fountain is a prominent seaside monument in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, featuring bronze sculptures that celebrate the island’s cultural and ethnic heritage.
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B.
Swann Memorial Fountain
Swann Memorial Fountain is a prominent Beaux-Arts style fountain and sculpture in Philadelphia, known for its allegorical figures representing the city’s major waterways.
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C.
Crown Fountain
Crown Fountain is an interactive public art installation in Chicago featuring twin glass brick towers that project video images of local residents and periodically spout water onto a shallow reflecting pool.
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D.
James Scott Memorial Fountain
The James Scott Memorial Fountain is a grand Beaux-Arts marble fountain on Detroit’s Belle Isle, renowned for its elaborate sculptures and dramatic water displays.
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E.
Samson Fountain
Samson Fountain is a grand Baroque water feature at Peterhof renowned for its dramatic sculpture of Samson tearing open a lion’s jaws and its powerful central jet symbolizing Russian victory over Sweden.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fountain
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outdoor sculpture ⓘ public artwork ⓘ |
| artMovement | 20th-century sculpture ⓘ |
| category |
Bronze sculptures in Michigan
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Fountains in Michigan ⓘ Outdoor sculptures in Michigan ⓘ Public art in Michigan ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Carl Milles ⓘ |
| genre | sculptural fountain ⓘ |
| hasPart |
basin
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bronze figures ⓘ water jets ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
dynamic composition
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outdoor installation ⓘ water display ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of Cranbrook National Historic Landmark District ⓘ |
| inception | 20th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cranbrook Educational Community
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surface form:
Cranbrook campus
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| locatedInTimeZone | America/Detroit ⓘ |
| location |
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, United States
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surface form:
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Cranbrook Educational Community ⓘ |
| mainSubject | mythological figures ⓘ |
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Carl Milles ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Cranbrook Educational Community ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cranbrook Art Museum
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surface form:
Cranbrook Art Museum campus
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Milles Fountain at Cranbrook Description of subject: The Milles Fountain at Cranbrook is a prominent outdoor sculptural fountain by Swedish artist Carl Milles, featuring dynamic bronze figures and water displays on the campus of Cranbrook in Michigan.
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