The Crucifixion
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"The Crucifixion" is a poetic sermon by James Weldon Johnson that vividly reimagines the biblical account of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion in rich, rhythmic language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Crucifixion canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11712992 — 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 Crucifixion Context triple: [God’s Trombones, hasPart, The Crucifixion]
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A.
The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion is a religious painting by German Renaissance artist Hans Baldung depicting the crucified Christ surrounded by mourners and symbolic figures.
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B.
The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion is a Mannerist religious painting by Dutch artist Joachim Wtewael depicting the biblical scene of Christ’s crucifixion with dramatic composition and vivid detail.
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C.
The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion is a 17th-century Spanish Baroque painting by Francisco de Zurbarán depicting Christ on the cross with stark realism and dramatic chiaroscuro.
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D.
The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion is a religious painting by French Baroque artist Jean Restout the Younger depicting the biblical scene of Christ’s crucifixion with dramatic emotional intensity.
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E.
Christ fallen under the Cross
Christ fallen under the Cross is a Christian iconographic depiction of Jesus collapsing to the ground while bearing the cross on the way to his crucifixion, emphasizing his human suffering and burden.
- 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 Crucifixion Target entity description: "The Crucifixion" is a poetic sermon by James Weldon Johnson that vividly reimagines the biblical account of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion in rich, rhythmic language.
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A.
The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion is a religious painting by French Baroque artist Jean Restout the Younger depicting the biblical scene of Christ’s crucifixion with dramatic emotional intensity.
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B.
The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion is a Mannerist religious painting by Dutch artist Joachim Wtewael depicting the biblical scene of Christ’s crucifixion with dramatic composition and vivid detail.
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C.
The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion is a 17th-century Spanish Baroque painting by Francisco de Zurbarán depicting Christ on the cross with stark realism and dramatic chiaroscuro.
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D.
The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion is a religious painting by German Renaissance artist Hans Baldung depicting the crucified Christ surrounded by mourners and symbolic figures.
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E.
Christ fallen under the Cross
Christ fallen under the Cross is a Christian iconographic depiction of Jesus collapsing to the ground while bearing the cross on the way to his crucifixion, emphasizing his human suffering and burden.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem
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religious poem ⓘ sermon poem ⓘ |
| author | James Weldon Johnson ⓘ |
| collectionBy | James Weldon Johnson ⓘ |
| collectionGenre | sermon-poems ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depictsCharacter |
God the Father
ⓘ
linked to:
God
Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
death of Jesus on the cross
ⓘ
nailing of Jesus to the cross ⓘ trial of Jesus ⓘ |
| form | verse ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian religious literature
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ sermon ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
African American preaching tradition
ⓘ
New Testament Passion narratives ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Christian congregations
ⓘ
general readers of religious poetry ⓘ |
| intendedMode | oral performance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
allusion to the Bible
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direct address to the audience ⓘ imagery ⓘ personification ⓘ repetition ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | preacher-like narrator ⓘ |
| partOf | God’s Trombones ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| setting | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| style |
oratorical
ⓘ
rhythmic ⓘ vernacular-inflected ⓘ |
| subject |
Passion of Christ
ⓘ
crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ
linked to:
Crucifixion of Jesus
|
| theme |
God’s power and wrath
ⓘ
divine love ⓘ emotional immediacy of biblical events ⓘ redemption ⓘ sacrifice of Jesus ⓘ sin and atonement ⓘ suffering and salvation ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| tone |
dramatic
ⓘ
emotive ⓘ reverent ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Crucifixion Description of subject: "The Crucifixion" is a poetic sermon by James Weldon Johnson that vividly reimagines the biblical account of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion in rich, rhythmic language.
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