Manao tupapau
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Manao tupapau is the original Tahitian title of Paul Gauguin’s famous 1892 painting depicting a young Tahitian girl lying on a bed while a ghostly spirit watches over her.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Manao tupapau canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3388269 — 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: Manao tupapau Context triple: [Spirit of the Dead Watching, originalTitle, Manao tupapau]
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A.
Menou
Menou is a French surname most notably associated with Jacques-François Menou, a general and administrator during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras.
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B.
Mano
Mano is a music producer best known for his work on The Weeknd’s hit single “Starboy.”
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C.
Honancho
Honancho is a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan, known as a residential area with convenient access to central city districts via the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line.
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D.
Bamanankan
Bamanankan is a Mande language widely spoken in Mali and neighboring West African countries, particularly by the Bambara people.
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E.
Mani
Mani is a diminutive form of the given name Marian, commonly used as a familiar or affectionate nickname.
- 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: Manao tupapau Target entity description: Manao tupapau is the original Tahitian title of Paul Gauguin’s famous 1892 painting depicting a young Tahitian girl lying on a bed while a ghostly spirit watches over her.
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A.
Menou
Menou is a French surname most notably associated with Jacques-François Menou, a general and administrator during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras.
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B.
Mano
Mano is a music producer best known for his work on The Weeknd’s hit single “Starboy.”
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C.
Honancho
Honancho is a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan, known as a residential area with convenient access to central city districts via the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line.
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D.
Bamanankan
Bamanankan is a Mande language widely spoken in Mali and neighboring West African countries, particularly by the Bambara people.
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E.
Mani
Mani is a diminutive form of the given name Marian, commonly used as a familiar or affectionate nickname.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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work of art ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Spirit of the Dead Watching ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
dark tones
ⓘ
violet hues ⓘ yellow highlights ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | French Polynesia ⓘ |
| creator |
Paul Gauguin
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surface form:
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| creatorResidenceAtTimeOfCreation | Tahiti ⓘ |
| depicts |
ghostly spirit
ⓘ
interior lit by unnatural light ⓘ young Tahitian girl ⓘ |
| depictsEmotion |
anxiety
ⓘ
fear ⓘ |
| depictsPlace | interior of a Tahitian dwelling ⓘ |
| genre | symbolist painting ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | colonial-era Tahiti ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bed
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lying figure ⓘ watching spirit figure ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
death
ⓘ
eroticism ⓘ primitivism in Western art ⓘ supernatural ⓘ |
| inception | 1892 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Polynesian beliefs about spirits
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Tahitian folklore ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
encounter between life and death
ⓘ
visualization of a girl’s fear of the dead ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Tahitian spirituality
ⓘ
fear of spirits ⓘ female nude ⓘ |
| movement |
Post-Impressionism
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Symbolism ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Manao tupapau ⓘ |
| partOf | Paul Gauguin’s Tahitian period works ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Tahitian language ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Manao tupapau Description of subject: Manao tupapau is the original Tahitian title of Paul Gauguin’s famous 1892 painting depicting a young Tahitian girl lying on a bed while a ghostly spirit watches over her.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.