Gas
E183421
"Gas" is a 1940 painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper depicting a solitary gas station at dusk, emblematic of his themes of isolation and the quiet tension of modern American life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gas canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1613823 — 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: Gas Context triple: [Edward Hopper, notableWork, Gas]
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A.
Oxy
Oxy is the commonly used nickname for Occidental College, a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles, California.
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B.
Lefuel
Lefuel is a French surname most notably associated with Hector Lefuel, a 19th-century architect known for his work on the Louvre in Paris.
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C.
Air
"Air" is a 2023 biographical sports drama film directed by Ben Affleck that chronicles Nike's pursuit of a young Michael Jordan, in which Matt Damon stars as talent scout Sonny Vaccaro.
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D.
Co2
Co2 is one of the three sporadic Conway groups, a finite simple group arising from the symmetries of the Leech lattice in group theory.
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E.
Mr. Fuel
Mr. Fuel is a fuel and convenience store brand operated by Pilot Flying J, serving highway travelers with gasoline, diesel, and travel amenities.
- 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: Gas Target entity description: "Gas" is a 1940 painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper depicting a solitary gas station at dusk, emblematic of his themes of isolation and the quiet tension of modern American life.
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A.
Oxy
Oxy is the commonly used nickname for Occidental College, a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles, California.
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B.
Lefuel
Lefuel is a French surname most notably associated with Hector Lefuel, a 19th-century architect known for his work on the Louvre in Paris.
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C.
Air
"Air" is a 2023 biographical sports drama film directed by Ben Affleck that chronicles Nike's pursuit of a young Michael Jordan, in which Matt Damon stars as talent scout Sonny Vaccaro.
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D.
Co2
Co2 is one of the three sporadic Conway groups, a finite simple group arising from the symmetries of the Leech lattice in group theory.
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E.
Mr. Fuel
Mr. Fuel is a fuel and convenience store brand operated by Pilot Flying J, serving highway travelers with gasoline, diesel, and travel amenities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
ⓘ
work of art ⓘ |
| artForm | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| artist | Edward Hopper ⓘ |
| collection |
Museum of Modern Art
ⓘ
surface form:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
|
| colorPalette |
contrasting artificial and natural light
ⓘ
muted tones ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | copyrighted ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Edward Hopper ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| depicts |
dusk
ⓘ
fuel pumps ⓘ gas station ⓘ interior light ⓘ roadside scene ⓘ solitary figure ⓘ wooded background ⓘ |
| depictsTimeOfDay |
dusk
ⓘ
evening ⓘ |
| describedAs |
emblematic of Hopper's themes of isolation
ⓘ
iconic image of the American roadside ⓘ |
| genre | American realism ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | representations of American roadside culture in art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
attendant
ⓘ
gas pumps ⓘ road ⓘ station building ⓘ trees ⓘ |
| inception | 1940 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
New York
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| locatedInTheCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| location | Museum of Modern Art ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
isolation
ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ modern American life ⓘ quiet tension ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Realism
ⓘ
surface form:
American Realism
|
| notableFor | evocation of solitude in a commonplace setting ⓘ |
| partOf | Edward Hopper's mature period ⓘ |
| style | realism ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| title | Gas self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| yearOfCreation | 1940 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gas Description of subject: "Gas" is a 1940 painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper depicting a solitary gas station at dusk, emblematic of his themes of isolation and the quiet tension of modern American life.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Edward Hopper