Piers of the Homeless Night
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Piers of the Homeless Night is a section of Jack Kerouac’s travel memoir Lonesome Traveler that recounts his experiences living among drifters and the homeless on waterfront piers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Piers of the Homeless Night canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Piers of the Homeless Night Context triple: [Lonesome Traveler, hasPart, Piers of the Homeless Night]
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A.
The City Weeps Tonight
"The City Weeps Tonight" is a track from the album *Soulfire* by Steven Van Zandt (Little Steven), blending soulful rock with reflective, urban-themed lyrics.
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B.
A City Sleeps
A City Sleeps is a rhythm-based twin-stick shooter video game known for blending music-driven mechanics with fast-paced, arcade-style action.
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C.
The Crier by Night
The Crier by Night is a dramatic poem by British writer Gordon Bottomley, known for its lyrical, symbolist treatment of death and the supernatural.
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D.
The Charity of Night
The Charity of Night is a 1996 studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn, noted for its introspective lyrics and sophisticated folk-jazz arrangements.
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E.
Paradise Street
Paradise Street is a central Birmingham city-centre street located near Victoria Square, known for its proximity to major civic and commercial landmarks.
- 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: Piers of the Homeless Night Target entity description: Piers of the Homeless Night is a section of Jack Kerouac’s travel memoir Lonesome Traveler that recounts his experiences living among drifters and the homeless on waterfront piers.
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A.
The City Weeps Tonight
"The City Weeps Tonight" is a track from the album *Soulfire* by Steven Van Zandt (Little Steven), blending soulful rock with reflective, urban-themed lyrics.
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B.
A City Sleeps
A City Sleeps is a rhythm-based twin-stick shooter video game known for blending music-driven mechanics with fast-paced, arcade-style action.
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C.
The Crier by Night
The Crier by Night is a dramatic poem by British writer Gordon Bottomley, known for its lyrical, symbolist treatment of death and the supernatural.
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D.
The Charity of Night
The Charity of Night is a 1996 studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn, noted for its introspective lyrics and sophisticated folk-jazz arrangements.
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E.
Paradise Street
Paradise Street is a central Birmingham city-centre street located near Victoria Square, known for its proximity to major civic and commercial landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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literary work ⓘ memoir chapter ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American counterculture literature
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Beat literature ⓘ |
| author | Jack Kerouac ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describes |
life among drifters
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life among the homeless ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical prose
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travel memoir ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialPersona | Kerouac as wandering traveler ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
informal communities on the margins of society
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transient lifestyles ⓘ urban nightscapes ⓘ |
| includedIn | first edition of Lonesome Traveler ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Beat Generation ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jack Kerouac ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| partOf | Lonesome Traveler ⓘ |
| publicationEra | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| setting |
urban waterfronts
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waterfront piers ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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companionship among drifters ⓘ homelessness ⓘ poverty ⓘ social marginalization ⓘ spiritual searching ⓘ |
| workChronologyRelativeToAuthor | written after On the Road ⓘ |
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