Sort of Human
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Sort of Human is an artwork by British visual artist David Shrigley, reflecting his characteristic dark humor and minimalist, cartoon-like style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sort of Human canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10949486 — 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: Sort of Human Context triple: [David Shrigley, notableWork, Sort of Human]
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A.
The Human Kind
The Human Kind is a 1953 collection of World War II short stories by British author Alexander Baron, drawing on his own combat experiences to depict the lives of ordinary soldiers.
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B.
More Than Human
More Than Human is a classic 1953 science fiction novel by Theodore Sturgeon that explores the emergence of a gestalt superhuman formed from several misfit individuals with extraordinary abilities.
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C.
I Am Not a Human Being
I Am Not a Human Being is a 2010 studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne that blends Southern hip hop and punchline-heavy lyricism, released while he was serving a prison sentence.
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D.
No Longer Human
No Longer Human is a seminal Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai that portrays a man’s profound alienation and descent into despair, and is widely regarded as one of the author’s most important and autobiographical works.
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E.
Human (album)
Human is the 2008 R&B studio album by American singer Brandy, noted for its introspective themes, mature vocal performances, and collaborations with producers like Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins.
- 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: Sort of Human Target entity description: Sort of Human is an artwork by British visual artist David Shrigley, reflecting his characteristic dark humor and minimalist, cartoon-like style.
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A.
The Human Kind
The Human Kind is a 1953 collection of World War II short stories by British author Alexander Baron, drawing on his own combat experiences to depict the lives of ordinary soldiers.
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B.
More Than Human
More Than Human is a classic 1953 science fiction novel by Theodore Sturgeon that explores the emergence of a gestalt superhuman formed from several misfit individuals with extraordinary abilities.
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C.
I Am Not a Human Being
I Am Not a Human Being is a 2010 studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne that blends Southern hip hop and punchline-heavy lyricism, released while he was serving a prison sentence.
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D.
No Longer Human
No Longer Human is a seminal Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai that portrays a man’s profound alienation and descent into despair, and is widely regarded as one of the author’s most important and autobiographical works.
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E.
Human (album)
Human is the 2008 R&B studio album by American singer Brandy, noted for its introspective themes, mature vocal performances, and collaborations with producers like Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
ⓘ
drawing ⓘ |
| artMovement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| colorPalette | minimal ⓘ |
| copyrightHolder | David Shrigley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | David Shrigley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | British ⓘ |
| depicts | human figure ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ |
| hasArtisticTheme |
absurdity
ⓘ
human condition ⓘ irony ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | David Shrigley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic | dark humor ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle | dark humor ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
cartoon-like
ⓘ
minimalist ⓘ |
| hasVisualForm | line drawing ⓘ |
| influencedBy | cartoon illustration ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | art viewers ⓘ |
| intendedEffect |
evoke uneasy laughter
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provoke reflection ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | drawing ⓘ |
| partOf | David Shrigley oeuvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Sort of Human Description of subject: Sort of Human is an artwork by British visual artist David Shrigley, reflecting his characteristic dark humor and minimalist, cartoon-like style.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.