Rainy Taxi installation
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The Rainy Taxi installation is a surrealist artwork by Salvador Dalí featuring a taxicab with a continuously raining interior, exemplifying his immersive and dreamlike artistic style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rainy Taxi installation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1978382 — 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: Rainy Taxi installation Context triple: [Dalí Theatre-Museum, hasPart, Rainy Taxi installation]
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A.
Pylons Project
Pylons Project is an open-source organization that develops and maintains Python web frameworks and related tools, including the Pyramid framework.
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B.
Red Rain
"Red Rain" is a 1986 art rock song by Peter Gabriel, known for its atmospheric production, vivid apocalyptic imagery, and role as the opening track on his acclaimed album *So*.
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C.
The Station
The Station is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for its distinctive depiction of industrial urban life with stylized figures and stark architectural forms.
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D.
Can You Stand the Rain
"Can You Stand the Rain" is a 1988 R&B ballad by New Edition, known for its lush harmonies and themes of enduring love through difficult times.
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E.
Metropol Parasol
Metropol Parasol is a large contemporary wooden structure and viewing platform in Seville, Spain, known for its striking honeycomb-like canopy design.
- 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: Rainy Taxi installation Target entity description: The Rainy Taxi installation is a surrealist artwork by Salvador Dalí featuring a taxicab with a continuously raining interior, exemplifying his immersive and dreamlike artistic style.
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A.
Pylons Project
Pylons Project is an open-source organization that develops and maintains Python web frameworks and related tools, including the Pyramid framework.
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B.
Red Rain
"Red Rain" is a 1986 art rock song by Peter Gabriel, known for its atmospheric production, vivid apocalyptic imagery, and role as the opening track on his acclaimed album *So*.
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C.
The Station
The Station is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for its distinctive depiction of industrial urban life with stylized figures and stark architectural forms.
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D.
Can You Stand the Rain
"Can You Stand the Rain" is a 1988 R&B ballad by New Edition, known for its lush harmonies and themes of enduring love through difficult times.
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E.
Metropol Parasol
Metropol Parasol is a large contemporary wooden structure and viewing platform in Seville, Spain, known for its striking honeycomb-like canopy design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art installation
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surrealist artwork ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rainy Taxi
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surface form:
Rainy Taxi (Rainy Taxi Cab)
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| artisticStyle |
dreamlike
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immersive ⓘ |
| creator | Salvador Dalí ⓘ |
| depicts | taxicab ⓘ |
| feature | continuously raining interior ⓘ |
| genre | installation art ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | none ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
automobile interior
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rain ⓘ surreal dream experience ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
disorientation
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dream versus reality ⓘ immersion ⓘ subversion of everyday objects ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Rainy Taxi ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
dream imagery
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surrealist interest in the unconscious ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
combines sculpture and environment
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example of Dalí’s three‑dimensional surrealism ⓘ viewers can see rain falling inside the car ⓘ |
| partOf | Salvador Dalí’s body of surrealist works ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
mannequins
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mechanical rain system ⓘ real automobile ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rainy Taxi installation Description of subject: The Rainy Taxi installation is a surrealist artwork by Salvador Dalí featuring a taxicab with a continuously raining interior, exemplifying his immersive and dreamlike artistic style.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dalí Theatre-Museum