The Weavers
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The Weavers is a powerful series of prints and a play-inspired artwork by Käthe Kollwitz depicting the suffering and uprising of 19th-century Silesian textile workers, and is considered one of her most important social-realist works.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Weavers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9412159 — 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: The Weavers Context triple: [Käthe Kollwitz, notableWork, The Weavers]
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A.
The Weavers
The Weavers were a pioneering American folk music group whose popular recordings and politically tinged repertoire helped spark the mid-20th-century folk music revival.
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B.
Almanac Singers
The Almanac Singers were an influential early 1940s American folk music group known for their politically charged, pro-labor and anti-war songs and for launching the careers of key folk artists like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.
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C.
The Folk Singers
"The Folk Singers" is a poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on traditional music and rural culture within the broader themes of memory and change.
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D.
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio was a hugely influential American folk group whose polished harmonies and commercial success in the late 1950s and early 1960s helped spark the nationwide folk music boom.
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E.
Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter, Paul and Mary were a highly influential American folk music trio of the 1960s known for their harmonies, political activism, and popularizing songs like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Puff, the Magic Dragon."
- 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: The Weavers Target entity description: The Weavers is a powerful series of prints and a play-inspired artwork by Käthe Kollwitz depicting the suffering and uprising of 19th-century Silesian textile workers, and is considered one of her most important social-realist works.
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A.
The Weavers
The Weavers were a pioneering American folk music group whose popular recordings and politically tinged repertoire helped spark the mid-20th-century folk music revival.
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B.
Almanac Singers
The Almanac Singers were an influential early 1940s American folk music group known for their politically charged, pro-labor and anti-war songs and for launching the careers of key folk artists like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.
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C.
The Folk Singers
"The Folk Singers" is a poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on traditional music and rural culture within the broader themes of memory and change.
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D.
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio was a hugely influential American folk group whose polished harmonies and commercial success in the late 1950s and early 1960s helped spark the nationwide folk music boom.
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E.
Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter, Paul and Mary were a highly influential American folk music trio of the 1960s known for their harmonies, political activism, and popularizing songs like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Puff, the Magic Dragon."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art series
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graphic cycle ⓘ social realist artwork ⓘ |
| artForm | printmaking ⓘ |
| artist | Käthe Kollwitz ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Käthe Kollwitz ⓘ |
| depicts |
19th-century Silesian textile workers
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Silesian weavers ⓘ class struggle ⓘ poverty ⓘ suffering ⓘ workers’ uprising ⓘ |
| describedAs |
major social-realist cycle
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one of Käthe Kollwitz’s most important works ⓘ |
| genre |
political art
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social commentary art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Conspiracy
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Death ⓘ March of the Weavers ⓘ Poverty ⓘ
linked to:
Poverty's Paradise
Storming the Gate ⓘ The End ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Die Weber
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The Weavers (play) ⓘ play by Gerhart Hauptmann ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | German ⓘ |
| locationDepicted | Silesia ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
industrial exploitation
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labor movement ⓘ workers’ rights ⓘ |
| movement | Social realism ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Käthe Kollwitz ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Die Weber ⓘ |
| technique |
etching
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lithography ⓘ woodcut ⓘ |
| theme |
collective action
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human dignity ⓘ oppression ⓘ revolution ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1844 Silesian weavers’ uprising ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Weavers Description of subject: The Weavers is a powerful series of prints and a play-inspired artwork by Käthe Kollwitz depicting the suffering and uprising of 19th-century Silesian textile workers, and is considered one of her most important social-realist works.
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