The Prodigal Son in the Tavern
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"The Prodigal Son in the Tavern" is a painting, traditionally attributed to a Northern European Old Master, depicting the biblical prodigal son indulging in revelry and excess before his repentance.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Prodigal Son in the Tavern canonical | 2 |
| Prodigal Son in the tavern | 1 |
| The Prodigal Son | 1 |
| The Prodigal Son in the Tavern (Rembrandt) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2584213 — 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: The Prodigal Son in the Tavern Context triple: [Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, hasNotableWork, The Prodigal Son in the Tavern]
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A.
The Return of the Prodigal Son
The Return of the Prodigal Son is a late masterpiece by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting the biblical parable of forgiveness and reconciliation with profound emotional depth and dramatic use of light and shadow.
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B.
Prodigal Son
Prodigal Son is an American crime drama television series that follows a brilliant but troubled criminal profiler who consults on murders while grappling with the legacy of his serial killer father.
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C.
Parable of the Prodigal Son
The Parable of the Prodigal Son is a well-known New Testament story told by Jesus that illustrates themes of repentance, forgiveness, and the boundless mercy of a loving father toward his wayward son.
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D.
The Preacher
"The Preacher" is a classic hard bop jazz composition by pianist and bandleader Horace Silver, known for its catchy, gospel-inflected melody and enduring popularity in the jazz repertoire.
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E.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
- 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 Prodigal Son in the Tavern Target entity description: "The Prodigal Son in the Tavern" is a painting, traditionally attributed to a Northern European Old Master, depicting the biblical prodigal son indulging in revelry and excess before his repentance.
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A.
The Return of the Prodigal Son
The Return of the Prodigal Son is a late masterpiece by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting the biblical parable of forgiveness and reconciliation with profound emotional depth and dramatic use of light and shadow.
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B.
Prodigal Son
Prodigal Son is an American crime drama television series that follows a brilliant but troubled criminal profiler who consults on murders while grappling with the legacy of his serial killer father.
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C.
Parable of the Prodigal Son
The Parable of the Prodigal Son is a well-known New Testament story told by Jesus that illustrates themes of repentance, forgiveness, and the boundless mercy of a loving father toward his wayward son.
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D.
The Preacher
"The Preacher" is a classic hard bop jazz composition by pianist and bandleader Horace Silver, known for its catchy, gospel-inflected melody and enduring popularity in the jazz repertoire.
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E.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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work of art ⓘ |
| artisticTradition | Northern European art ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Gospel of Luke
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New Testament ⓘ Parable of the Prodigal Son ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Christendom
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surface form:
Christian Europe
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| depicts |
biblical scene
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company of revelers ⓘ drinking ⓘ excess ⓘ feasting ⓘ prodigal son ⓘ revelry ⓘ tavern interior ⓘ |
| genre |
history painting
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religious painting ⓘ |
| hasBiblicalFigure | Prodigal Son ⓘ |
| iconography | biblical parable ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| narrativeMoment | before repentance ⓘ |
| narrativeSequence | episode of dissipation in the Prodigal Son story ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| subjectHeading |
The Prodigal Son in the Tavern
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Prodigal Son in the tavern
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| theme |
Christian morality
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moral decline ⓘ sin and repentance ⓘ worldly pleasures ⓘ |
| title | The Prodigal Son in the Tavern self-link ⓘ |
| traditionalAttribution | Northern European Old Master ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Prodigal Son in the Tavern Description of subject: "The Prodigal Son in the Tavern" is a painting, traditionally attributed to a Northern European Old Master, depicting the biblical prodigal son indulging in revelry and excess before his repentance.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Prodigal Son
this entity surface form:
The Prodigal Son in the Tavern (Rembrandt)
The Prodigal Son in the Tavern
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subjectHeading
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The Prodigal Son in the Tavern
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Prodigal Son in the tavern