Madame X
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Madame X is a famous 1884 portrait by John Singer Sargent, renowned for its provocative depiction of Parisian socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau and the scandal it caused at the Paris Salon.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madame X canonical | 6 |
| Portrait of Madame X | 6 |
| "Madame X" | 1 |
| Portrait de Mme *** | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T43355 — 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: Madame X Context triple: [Madame X, titleAfterExhibition, Madame X]
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A.
The Tender Trap
The Tender Trap is a 1955 romantic comedy film starring Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds, adapted from the Broadway play of the same name.
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B.
The Snake Pit
The Snake Pit is a 1948 psychological drama film about a woman’s harrowing experiences in a mental institution, noted for its early, serious depiction of mental illness.
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C.
Her Majesty
Her Majesty is the formal royal style used to address or refer to a reigning queen such as Anne, Queen of Great Britain.
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D.
Stranger Knights and Ladies
Stranger Knights and Ladies are honorary foreign members of England’s prestigious Order of the Garter, traditionally granted to distinguished non-British monarchs and nobles.
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E.
Statue of Three Lies
The Statue of Three Lies is the famous bronze monument in Harvard Yard whose inscription contains three historical inaccuracies, making it a well-known campus curiosity and tourist attraction.
- 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: Madame X Target entity description: Madame X is a famous 1884 portrait by John Singer Sargent, renowned for its provocative depiction of Parisian socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau and the scandal it caused at the Paris Salon.
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A.
The Tender Trap
The Tender Trap is a 1955 romantic comedy film starring Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds, adapted from the Broadway play of the same name.
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B.
The Snake Pit
The Snake Pit is a 1948 psychological drama film about a woman’s harrowing experiences in a mental institution, noted for its early, serious depiction of mental illness.
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C.
Her Majesty
Her Majesty is the formal royal style used to address or refer to a reigning queen such as Anne, Queen of Great Britain.
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D.
Stranger Knights and Ladies
Stranger Knights and Ladies are honorary foreign members of England’s prestigious Order of the Garter, traditionally granted to distinguished non-British monarchs and nobles.
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E.
Statue of Three Lies
The Statue of Three Lies is the famous bronze monument in Harvard Yard whose inscription contains three historical inaccuracies, making it a well-known campus curiosity and tourist attraction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artForm | easel painting ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn | Metropolitan Museum of Art collection catalog ⓘ |
| collection |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ⓘ
surface form:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
|
| colorPalette | dark background with pale figure ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | John Singer Sargent ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| creatorResidenceAtTimeOfWork | Paris ⓘ |
| depicts | Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau ⓘ |
| depictsNationality | American ⓘ |
| depictsOccupation | socialite ⓘ |
| depictsPerson | Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau ⓘ |
| depictsResidence | Paris ⓘ |
| depictsSex | female ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Paris Salon ⓘ |
| exhibitionYear | 1884 ⓘ |
| genre | portrait painting ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
icon of 19th-century portrait painting
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symbol of scandal in Belle Époque society ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
damage to sitter’s social reputation
ⓘ
temporary setback to Sargent’s career in Paris ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | reputation of John Singer Sargent ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bare shoulders
ⓘ
black evening gown ⓘ jewelled straps on dress ⓘ pale skin tones of sitter ⓘ profile pose of sitter ⓘ |
| inception | 1884 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| location |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ⓘ
surface form:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
|
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Realism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial representation of female beauty
ⓘ
provocative depiction of sitter ⓘ scandal at the 1884 Paris Salon ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Portrait de Mme *** ⓘ |
| partOf | 19th-century portraiture ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Belle Époque ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
art historical analysis
ⓘ
museum exhibitions ⓘ scholarly articles ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| title | Madame X self-link ⓘ |
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: Madame X Description of subject: Madame X is a famous 1884 portrait by John Singer Sargent, renowned for its provocative depiction of Parisian socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau and the scandal it caused at the Paris Salon.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Madame X
this entity surface form:
Portrait de Mme ***
subject surface form:
Madame X
this entity surface form:
Portrait of Madame X
this entity surface form:
Portrait of Madame X
subject surface form:
John Singer Sargent
this entity surface form:
"Madame X"
subject surface form:
Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau
this entity surface form:
Portrait of Madame X
subject surface form:
John Singer Sargent
this entity surface form:
Portrait of Madame X
subject surface form:
Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau
this entity surface form:
Portrait of Madame X
subject surface form:
Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau
this entity surface form:
Portrait of Madame X