McSorley’s Bar
E617966
McSorley’s Bar is a famous early 20th-century painting by American Ashcan School artist John Sloan that depicts the lively interior of New York City’s historic McSorley’s Old Ale House.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McSorley’s Bar canonical | 2 |
| McSorley’s Old Ale House | 2 |
| McSorley | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6758612 — 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: McSorley’s Bar Context triple: [John Sloan, notableWork, McSorley’s Bar]
-
A.
Finnegan’s Bar & Grill
Finnegan’s Bar & Grill is an Irish-themed pub and restaurant located inside Universal Studios Florida, known for its hearty fare, live entertainment, and lively atmosphere.
-
B.
Fife & Drum Tavern
Fife & Drum Tavern is a colonial-themed quick-service eatery in EPCOT’s American Adventure pavilion, known for serving American classics like turkey legs, pretzels, and craft beers.
-
C.
Peacock Alley Bar
Peacock Alley Bar is an upscale, historic cocktail bar and lounge located inside New York City’s Waldorf Astoria hotel, known for its elegant ambiance and classic drinks.
-
D.
Boar’s Head Tavern
Boar’s Head Tavern is a fictional London inn in Shakespeare’s history plays, best known as the lively haunt of Sir John Falstaff and Prince Hal.
-
E.
Folsom Tavern
Folsom Tavern is a historic 18th-century tavern in Exeter, New Hampshire, known for its colonial-era architecture and role in early American history.
- 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: McSorley’s Bar Target entity description: McSorley’s Bar is a famous early 20th-century painting by American Ashcan School artist John Sloan that depicts the lively interior of New York City’s historic McSorley’s Old Ale House.
-
A.
Finnegan’s Bar & Grill
Finnegan’s Bar & Grill is an Irish-themed pub and restaurant located inside Universal Studios Florida, known for its hearty fare, live entertainment, and lively atmosphere.
-
B.
Fife & Drum Tavern
Fife & Drum Tavern is a colonial-themed quick-service eatery in EPCOT’s American Adventure pavilion, known for serving American classics like turkey legs, pretzels, and craft beers.
-
C.
Peacock Alley Bar
Peacock Alley Bar is an upscale, historic cocktail bar and lounge located inside New York City’s Waldorf Astoria hotel, known for its elegant ambiance and classic drinks.
-
D.
Boar’s Head Tavern
Boar’s Head Tavern is a fictional London inn in Shakespeare’s history plays, best known as the lively haunt of Sir John Falstaff and Prince Hal.
-
E.
Folsom Tavern
Folsom Tavern is a historic 18th-century tavern in Exeter, New Hampshire, known for its colonial-era architecture and role in early American history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
ⓘ
painting ⓘ |
| artist | John Sloan ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
Ashcan School realism
ⓘ
linked to:
Ashcan School
realism ⓘ |
| colorPalette | earth tones ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | John Sloan ⓘ |
| depicts |
McSorley’s Old Ale House
ⓘ
linked to:
McSorley’s Bar
New York City saloon ⓘ all-male clientele ⓘ bar interior ⓘ bartender at work ⓘ bartop with drinks ⓘ beer mugs ⓘ conversation among patrons ⓘ framed pictures on walls ⓘ gas or early electric lighting ⓘ male patrons drinking ⓘ sawdust-covered floor ⓘ smoky atmosphere ⓘ |
| depictsTimePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| genre | genre painting ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
American realism
ⓘ
urban social life ⓘ working-class leisure ⓘ |
| hasType |
saloon painting
ⓘ
urban interior scene ⓘ |
| inception | 1912 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
McSorley’s Old Ale House
ⓘ
linked to:
McSorley’s Bar
|
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locationOfDepictedPlace |
East Village, Manhattan
ⓘ
linked to:
East Village
New York City ⓘ |
| movement | Ashcan School ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | John Sloan ⓘ |
| partOf | Ashcan School urban life scenes ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | pre-Prohibition era ⓘ |
| title | McSorley’s Bar ⓘ |
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: McSorley’s Bar Description of subject: McSorley’s Bar is a famous early 20th-century painting by American Ashcan School artist John Sloan that depicts the lively interior of New York City’s historic McSorley’s Old Ale House.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: McSorley’s Bar
linked to: McSorley’s Bar
linked to: McSorley’s Bar