Broken Chair
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Broken Chair is a monumental wooden sculpture of a giant broken-legged chair installed in Geneva, symbolizing opposition to land mines and cluster bombs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Broken Chair canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8832592 — 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: Broken Chair Context triple: [Daniel Berset, notableWork, Broken Chair]
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A.
The Chairs
The Chairs is a seminal absurdist play by Eugène Ionesco that portrays an elderly couple preparing an ever-growing number of empty chairs for invisible guests in a bleak, existential farce.
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B.
Angry Chair
Angry Chair is a heavy, brooding grunge song by Alice in Chains, known for its dark atmosphere and introspective lyrics.
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C.
The Chair
The Chair is a television series best known as a satirical drama about the challenges facing the first woman of color to chair a struggling university English department.
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D.
The Chair
The Chair is one of the most famous and challenging fences in the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree Racecourse, known for its size and difficulty.
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E.
October in the Chair
"October in the Chair" is a Neil Gaiman short story, framed as a gathering of the months telling tales, that blends melancholy, childhood, and the supernatural.
- 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: Broken Chair Target entity description: Broken Chair is a monumental wooden sculpture of a giant broken-legged chair installed in Geneva, symbolizing opposition to land mines and cluster bombs.
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A.
The Chairs
The Chairs is a seminal absurdist play by Eugène Ionesco that portrays an elderly couple preparing an ever-growing number of empty chairs for invisible guests in a bleak, existential farce.
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B.
Angry Chair
Angry Chair is a heavy, brooding grunge song by Alice in Chains, known for its dark atmosphere and introspective lyrics.
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C.
The Chair
The Chair is a television series best known as a satirical drama about the challenges facing the first woman of color to chair a struggling university English department.
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D.
The Chair
The Chair is one of the most famous and challenging fences in the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree Racecourse, known for its size and difficulty.
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E.
October in the Chair
"October in the Chair" is a Neil Gaiman short story, framed as a gathering of the months telling tales, that blends melancholy, childhood, and the supernatural.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public artwork
ⓘ
wooden sculpture ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization |
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ |
| associatedWithTreaty |
Convention on Cluster Munitions
ⓘ
Ottawa Treaty on anti-personnel mines ⓘ
linked to:
Ottawa Treaty
|
| category |
monument and memorial in Geneva
ⓘ
outdoor sculpture ⓘ |
| city | Geneva ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Handicap International ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| creator | Daniel Berset ⓘ |
| dateOfInstallation | 1997 ⓘ |
| designer | Daniel Berset ⓘ |
| fabricator | Louis Genève ⓘ |
| genre |
political art
ⓘ
protest art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
one broken leg
ⓘ
three intact legs ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
disarmament
ⓘ
humanitarian law ⓘ |
| height |
12 metres
ⓘ
39 feet ⓘ |
| inFrontOf |
Palace of Nations, Geneva
ⓘ
linked to:
Palais des Nations
|
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| location |
Place des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
ⓘ
linked to:
Place des Nations, Geneva
|
| material | wood ⓘ |
| name | Broken Chair ⓘ |
| near |
United Nations Office at Geneva
ⓘ
linked to:
UN Office at Geneva
|
| notableFor |
broken leg representing victims of explosive weapons
ⓘ
giant scale ⓘ |
| owner | Handicap International ⓘ |
| purpose |
to raise awareness of the consequences of armed violence on civilians
ⓘ
to urge states to sign treaties banning land mines ⓘ |
| removedFromSite | 2005 ⓘ |
| returnedToSite | 2007 ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
opposition to cluster bombs
ⓘ
opposition to land mines ⓘ support for victims of land mines ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | Place des Nations ⓘ |
| yearOfCreation | 1997 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Broken Chair Description of subject: Broken Chair is a monumental wooden sculpture of a giant broken-legged chair installed in Geneva, symbolizing opposition to land mines and cluster bombs.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.