Perseus with the Head of Medusa
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Perseus with the Head of Medusa is a renowned bronze Renaissance sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini depicting the mythological hero triumphantly holding Medusa’s severed head.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Perseus with the Head of Medusa canonical | 2 |
| severed head of Medusa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21515053 — 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: Perseus with the Head of Medusa Context triple: [Loggia dei Lanzi, hasWork, Perseus with the Head of Medusa]
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A.
The Gorgon
The Gorgon is a 1964 British horror film from Hammer Films that blends Gothic atmosphere with Greek mythology, centering on a deadly monster turning victims to stone in a remote European village.
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B.
Medusa’s Ankles
Medusa’s Ankles is a short film adaptation of an A.S. Byatt story, known for its exploration of beauty, aging, and identity within the setting of a hair salon.
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C.
Medusa
Medusa is a famous monster from Greek mythology, typically depicted as a winged woman with snakes for hair whose gaze turns onlookers to stone.
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D.
Medusa
Medusa is a Marvel Comics character best known as the red-haired queen of the Inhumans whose prehensile hair serves as her primary superpower.
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E.
Medusa
Medusa is a covert black-ops program within the Jason Bourne film universe, central to the conspiracy and government corruption revealed in "The Bourne Ultimatum."
- 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: Perseus with the Head of Medusa Target entity description: Perseus with the Head of Medusa is a renowned bronze Renaissance sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini depicting the mythological hero triumphantly holding Medusa’s severed head.
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A.
The Gorgon
The Gorgon is a 1964 British horror film from Hammer Films that blends Gothic atmosphere with Greek mythology, centering on a deadly monster turning victims to stone in a remote European village.
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B.
Medusa’s Ankles
Medusa’s Ankles is a short film adaptation of an A.S. Byatt story, known for its exploration of beauty, aging, and identity within the setting of a hair salon.
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C.
Medusa
Medusa is a famous monster from Greek mythology, typically depicted as a winged woman with snakes for hair whose gaze turns onlookers to stone.
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D.
Medusa
Medusa is a Marvel Comics character best known as the red-haired queen of the Inhumans whose prehensile hair serves as her primary superpower.
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E.
Medusa
Medusa is a covert black-ops program within the Jason Bourne film universe, central to the conspiracy and government corruption revealed in "The Bourne Ultimatum."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.