Reptiles
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Reptiles is a 1943 lithograph print by M. C. Escher that depicts small reptiles crawling out of and back into a flat tessellated drawing, blending two-dimensional and three-dimensional space in a surreal, self-referential loop.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reptiles canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8998098 — 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: Reptiles Context triple: [M. C. Escher, notableWork, Reptiles]
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A.
Reptile
Reptile is a 1988 pop album by British singer-songwriter Simon Climie, known for its polished production and melodic, radio-friendly sound.
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B.
Reptilia
Reptilia is a major vertebrate class comprising reptiles such as turtles, lizards, snakes, and crocodiles, typically characterized by scaly skin and laying shelled eggs on land.
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C.
Snakes
Snakes is the nickname of the Cairns Taipans, a professional basketball team in Australia's National Basketball League.
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D.
Squamata
Squamata is the large order of reptiles that includes all lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians, characterized by their scaled skin and movable quadrate bones.
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E.
Lepidosauria
Lepidosauria is a major reptile clade that includes lizards, snakes, and tuataras, characterized by overlapping scales and periodic skin shedding.
- 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: Reptiles Target entity description: Reptiles is a 1943 lithograph print by M. C. Escher that depicts small reptiles crawling out of and back into a flat tessellated drawing, blending two-dimensional and three-dimensional space in a surreal, self-referential loop.
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A.
Reptile
Reptile is a 1988 pop album by British singer-songwriter Simon Climie, known for its polished production and melodic, radio-friendly sound.
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B.
Reptilia
Reptilia is a major vertebrate class comprising reptiles such as turtles, lizards, snakes, and crocodiles, typically characterized by scaly skin and laying shelled eggs on land.
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C.
Snakes
Snakes is the nickname of the Cairns Taipans, a professional basketball team in Australia's National Basketball League.
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D.
Squamata
Squamata is the large order of reptiles that includes all lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians, characterized by their scaled skin and movable quadrate bones.
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E.
Lepidosauria
Lepidosauria is a major reptile clade that includes lizards, snakes, and tuataras, characterized by overlapping scales and periodic skin shedding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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lithograph print ⓘ |
| artist | M. C. Escher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artworkSurface | paper ⓘ |
| author | M. C. Escher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | copyrighted ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| creator | M. C. Escher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| depicts |
ashtray
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book ⓘ bottle ⓘ calendar ⓘ cigarette box ⓘ desk ⓘ dodecahedron ⓘ geometric shapes ⓘ matches ⓘ notebook ⓘ pencil ⓘ potted plant ⓘ reptiles ⓘ self-referential loop ⓘ tessellation ⓘ three-dimensional objects ⓘ two-dimensional drawing ⓘ |
| dimensionInteraction | two-dimensional and three-dimensional space ⓘ |
| genre | surrealism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
still life arrangement
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tessellated drawing of reptiles ⓘ three-dimensional reptiles ⓘ |
| inception | 1943 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Op art
NERFINISHED
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mathematical art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending 2D and 3D space
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self-referential composition ⓘ use of tessellation ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
M. C. Escher’s prints exploring impossible realities
NERFINISHED
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M. C. Escher’s prints exploring tessellations ⓘ |
| printingTechnique | lithography ⓘ |
| technique | lithography ⓘ |
| theme |
illusion
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infinite loop ⓘ paradox ⓘ self-reference ⓘ transition between dimensions ⓘ |
| title | Reptiles ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Reptiles Description of subject: Reptiles is a 1943 lithograph print by M. C. Escher that depicts small reptiles crawling out of and back into a flat tessellated drawing, blending two-dimensional and three-dimensional space in a surreal, self-referential loop.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.