The Makioka Sisters
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The Makioka Sisters is a classic Japanese novel by Junichiro Tanizaki that portrays the decline of an aristocratic Osaka family in the years leading up to World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Makioka Sisters canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15629391 — 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 Makioka Sisters Context triple: [Junichiro Tanizaki, notableWork, The Makioka Sisters]
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A.
A Lost Lady
A Lost Lady is a 1923 novel by Willa Cather that explores the decline of the American frontier aristocracy through the enigmatic figure of Marian Forrester.
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B.
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding is a 1946 coming-of-age novel by Carson McCullers that explores loneliness, identity, and adolescence through the perspective of a restless twelve-year-old girl in the American South.
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C.
The Prairie Wife
The Prairie Wife is a 1925 American silent comedy-drama film set on the Western frontier, notable for its portrayal of domestic life and marital dynamics in a rural prairie setting.
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D.
Places in the Heart
Places in the Heart is a 1984 American drama film set in Depression-era Texas, focusing on a widow’s struggle to save her farm and family.
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E.
Middle March
Middle March was a historically contested frontier district along the Anglo-Scottish border, notorious for lawlessness and raiding during the era of the Border Reivers.
- 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 Makioka Sisters Target entity description: The Makioka Sisters is a classic Japanese novel by Junichiro Tanizaki that portrays the decline of an aristocratic Osaka family in the years leading up to World War II.
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A.
A Lost Lady
A Lost Lady is a 1923 novel by Willa Cather that explores the decline of the American frontier aristocracy through the enigmatic figure of Marian Forrester.
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B.
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding is a 1946 coming-of-age novel by Carson McCullers that explores loneliness, identity, and adolescence through the perspective of a restless twelve-year-old girl in the American South.
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C.
The Prairie Wife
The Prairie Wife is a 1925 American silent comedy-drama film set on the Western frontier, notable for its portrayal of domestic life and marital dynamics in a rural prairie setting.
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D.
Places in the Heart
Places in the Heart is a 1984 American drama film set in Depression-era Texas, focusing on a widow’s struggle to save her farm and family.
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E.
Middle March
Middle March was a historically contested frontier district along the Anglo-Scottish border, notorious for lawlessness and raiding during the era of the Border Reivers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.