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Is the subject here the Statue of Liberty itself, or is it the string "Statue of Liberty"? It's probably the string.

There are several problems with this approach. Most subjects aren't strings. Almost every subject can have multiple names, in multiple languages, for use in multiple contexts. Which one should we use? Users are different and will look for different strings.

Traditional approach: organize everything about a subject around a text symbol.