Olympia
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Olympia is Édouard Manet’s groundbreaking 1863 oil painting that scandalized Paris with its frank depiction of a reclining nude and is now regarded as a pivotal work in the development of modern art.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Olympia canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T510504 — 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: Olympia Context triple: [Musée d'Orsay, notableWorkHeld, Olympia]
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A.
Olympia
Olympia is an ancient sanctuary in Greece renowned as a major religious center dedicated to Zeus and the original site of the Olympic Games.
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B.
Olympia
Olympia is the capital city of Washington State, located at the southern end of Puget Sound and known as a regional center for government and culture.
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C.
Tukwila
Tukwila is a suburban city just south of Seattle, Washington, known as a regional transportation and retail hub.
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D.
Lacey, Washington
Lacey, Washington is a suburban city in Thurston County near Olympia, known for its proximity to state government centers and its role as a regional administrative and commercial hub.
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E.
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma, Washington is a mid-sized port city in the Pacific Northwest known for its waterfront, industrial history, and vibrant arts and museum scene.
- 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: Olympia Target entity description: Olympia is Édouard Manet’s groundbreaking 1863 oil painting that scandalized Paris with its frank depiction of a reclining nude and is now regarded as a pivotal work in the development of modern art.
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A.
Olympia
Olympia is an ancient sanctuary in Greece renowned as a major religious center dedicated to Zeus and the original site of the Olympic Games.
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B.
Olympia
Olympia is the capital city of Washington State, located at the southern end of Puget Sound and known as a regional center for government and culture.
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C.
Tukwila
Tukwila is a suburban city just south of Seattle, Washington, known as a regional transportation and retail hub.
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D.
Lacey, Washington
Lacey, Washington is a suburban city in Thurston County near Olympia, known for its proximity to state government centers and its role as a regional administrative and commercial hub.
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E.
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma, Washington is a mid-sized port city in the Pacific Northwest known for its waterfront, industrial history, and vibrant arts and museum scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artCriticReception |
initially negative
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later highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext |
Second Empire of France
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surface form:
Second French Empire
|
| artworkSurface | canvas ⓘ |
| collection |
Musée d'Orsay
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surface form:
Musée d’Orsay collection
|
| colorPalette | high contrast light and dark tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Édouard Manet ⓘ |
| depicts |
Victorine Meurent
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black cat ⓘ black maid ⓘ bouquet of flowers ⓘ reclining nude woman ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Salon of 1865 ⓘ |
| genre | nude painting ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
became symbol of modern art
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provoked critical outrage ⓘ scandalized Parisian public ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
20th-century modernist painting
ⓘ
Impressionism ⓘ Post-Impressionism ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class and race
ⓘ
gaze and power dynamics ⓘ modernity ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| inception | 1863 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Titian
ⓘ
Venus of Urbino ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Paris ⓘ |
| location |
Musée d'Orsay
ⓘ
surface form:
Musée d’Orsay
|
| mainSubject |
confrontational female nude
ⓘ
modern courtesan ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| model | Victorine Meurent ⓘ |
| movement |
Modern art
ⓘ
Realism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bold contrasts of light and dark
ⓘ
break with academic conventions ⓘ direct gaze of the model ⓘ flattened pictorial space ⓘ frank depiction of nudity ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | Olympia self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| partOf | development of modern art ⓘ |
| significantEvent | controversial reception at 1865 Salon ⓘ |
| title | Olympia self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Olympia Description of subject: Olympia is Édouard Manet’s groundbreaking 1863 oil painting that scandalized Paris with its frank depiction of a reclining nude and is now regarded as a pivotal work in the development of modern art.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Olympia (painting)