Rocket Thrower (De Lue)
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Rocket Thrower (De Lue) is a bronze sculpture by American artist Donald De Lue, created for the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair and depicting a muscular figure hurling a rocket skyward.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rocket Thrower | 1 |
| Rocket Thrower (De Lue) canonical | 1 |
| The Rocket Thrower | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10535412 — 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: Rocket Thrower (De Lue) Context triple: [Rocket Thrower, subjectHeading, Rocket Thrower (De Lue)]
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A.
The Roller
"The Roller" is a 2011 rock single by English band Beady Eye, noted for its Beatlesque sound and status as one of the group's best-known songs.
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B.
The Rock Blaster
The Rock Blaster is a novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell that explores the harsh lives and inner struggles of working-class laborers in early 20th-century Sweden.
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C.
Boomerang
Boomerang is a 1992 romantic comedy film starring Eddie Murphy that follows a suave advertising executive whose womanizing ways are challenged when he meets his match.
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D.
Boomerang
Boomerang is a television network known for airing classic and contemporary animated programming, particularly cartoons from the Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera libraries.
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E.
Boomerang
Boomerang is a steel shuttle roller coaster known for its forward-and-backward looping layout, operating at the Worlds of Fun amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri.
- 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: Rocket Thrower (De Lue) Target entity description: Rocket Thrower (De Lue) is a bronze sculpture by American artist Donald De Lue, created for the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair and depicting a muscular figure hurling a rocket skyward.
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A.
The Roller
"The Roller" is a 2011 rock single by English band Beady Eye, noted for its Beatlesque sound and status as one of the group's best-known songs.
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B.
The Rock Blaster
The Rock Blaster is a novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell that explores the harsh lives and inner struggles of working-class laborers in early 20th-century Sweden.
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C.
Boomerang
Boomerang is a 1992 romantic comedy film starring Eddie Murphy that follows a suave advertising executive whose womanizing ways are challenged when he meets his match.
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D.
Boomerang
Boomerang is a steel shuttle roller coaster known for its forward-and-backward looping layout, operating at the Worlds of Fun amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri.
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E.
Boomerang
Boomerang is a television network known for airing classic and contemporary animated programming, particularly cartoons from the Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera libraries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
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outdoor sculpture ⓘ |
| artist | Donald De Lue ⓘ |
| artMovement | 20th-century American sculpture ⓘ |
| borough | Queens ⓘ |
| category |
1964 sculptures
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Bronze sculptures in the United States ⓘ Sculptures in New York City ⓘ World's Fair architecture and sculpture ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
New York World's Fair Corporation
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linked to:
1964–1965 New York World's Fair Corporation
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| commissionedFor |
1964–1965 New York World's Fair
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linked to:
New York World's Fair
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| completedFor |
1964–1965 New York World's Fair
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linked to:
New York World's Fair
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| context | Cold War space race era ⓘ |
| coordinates | near Unisphere in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Donald De Lue ⓘ |
| depicts |
celestial bodies
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dynamic, athletic pose ⓘ man reaching toward stars ⓘ muscular male figure ⓘ rocket ⓘ |
| exhibitionHistory | permanent installation in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ |
| foundry | cast in bronze ⓘ |
| genre | figurative sculpture ⓘ |
| hasSubjectHeading | Rocket Thrower (Donald De Lue) ⓘ |
| height | approximately 43 feet ⓘ |
| inception | 1964 ⓘ |
| location |
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park
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Queens, New York City ⓘ
linked to:
Queens
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| material | bronze ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with 1964–1965 New York World's Fair
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space age imagery ⓘ |
| owner | New York City Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| style | heroic realism ⓘ |
| subject | idealized human form ⓘ |
| subjectGender | male ⓘ |
| subjectPosition | figure hurling rocket skyward ⓘ |
| theme |
human aspiration
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space exploration ⓘ |
| yearOfWorldsFair |
1964
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1965 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rocket Thrower (De Lue) Description of subject: Rocket Thrower (De Lue) is a bronze sculpture by American artist Donald De Lue, created for the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair and depicting a muscular figure hurling a rocket skyward.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Rocket Thrower sculpture
linked to: Rocket Thrower (De Lue)
linked to: Rocket Thrower (De Lue)