Cress Delahanty
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Cress Delahanty is a coming-of-age novel by American author Jessamyn West that follows the humorous and poignant experiences of a teenage girl growing up in California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cress Delahanty canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13499494 — 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: Cress Delahanty Context triple: [Jessamyn West, notableWork, Cress Delahanty]
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A.
Hugh Delehanty
Hugh Delehanty is an American writer and editor best known for co-authoring influential sports and leadership books, including works with NBA coach Phil Jackson.
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B.
Cap Anson
Cap Anson was a 19th-century American baseball player and manager, widely regarded as one of the sport’s earliest stars and a key figure in the development of professional baseball.
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C.
Homer Wells
Homer Wells is the compassionate, orphaned protagonist of John Irving's novel "The Cider House Rules," who is raised in an orphanage and struggles to define his own moral path.
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D.
Eugene Marchbanks
Eugene Marchbanks is a sensitive young poet and one of the central figures in George Bernard Shaw’s play "Candida," whose idealistic love for the title character drives much of the drama’s emotional and philosophical conflict.
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E.
Billy Keller
Billy Keller is a former American professional basketball guard best known for his sharpshooting and key role on the Indiana Pacers’ championship teams in the American Basketball Association.
- 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: Cress Delahanty Target entity description: Cress Delahanty is a coming-of-age novel by American author Jessamyn West that follows the humorous and poignant experiences of a teenage girl growing up in California.
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A.
Hugh Delehanty
Hugh Delehanty is an American writer and editor best known for co-authoring influential sports and leadership books, including works with NBA coach Phil Jackson.
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B.
Cap Anson
Cap Anson was a 19th-century American baseball player and manager, widely regarded as one of the sport’s earliest stars and a key figure in the development of professional baseball.
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C.
Homer Wells
Homer Wells is the compassionate, orphaned protagonist of John Irving's novel "The Cider House Rules," who is raised in an orphanage and struggles to define his own moral path.
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D.
Eugene Marchbanks
Eugene Marchbanks is a sensitive young poet and one of the central figures in George Bernard Shaw’s play "Candida," whose idealistic love for the title character drives much of the drama’s emotional and philosophical conflict.
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E.
Billy Keller
Billy Keller is a former American professional basketball guard best known for his sharpshooting and key role on the Indiana Pacers’ championship teams in the American Basketball Association.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coming-of-age novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Jessamyn West ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| fictionalUniverse | Cress Delahanty universe ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age fiction
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humorous fiction ⓘ realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorGender | female ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation | writer ⓘ |
| hasSubject | teenage girl’s experiences ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adolescence
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coming of age ⓘ family relationships ⓘ growing up in California ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| hasTone |
humorous
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poignant ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Cress Delahanty ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| protagonistAgeGroup | teenager ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| settingLocation |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cress Delahanty Description of subject: Cress Delahanty is a coming-of-age novel by American author Jessamyn West that follows the humorous and poignant experiences of a teenage girl growing up in California.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.