Jacob’s Folly
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Jacob’s Folly is a novel by Rebecca Miller that blends historical and contemporary narratives through the story of an 18th-century French Jew reincarnated as a modern-day American housefly.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jacob’s Folly canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1129827 — 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: Jacob’s Folly Context triple: [Rebecca Miller, notableWork, Jacob’s Folly]
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Jacob's ladder
Jacob's ladder is the biblical vision of a stairway or ladder reaching between earth and heaven, seen by the patriarch Jacob and symbolizing the connection between God and humanity.
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B.
House of the Blackheads
The House of the Blackheads is a richly ornamented historic guild building in Riga, Latvia, renowned for its striking Renaissance-style façade and role as a symbol of the city’s medieval mercantile past.
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C.
The Great Commoner
The Great Commoner was the popular nickname of William Pitt the Elder, a prominent 18th-century British statesman celebrated for his leadership during the Seven Years' War and his advocacy for parliamentary reform.
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The Doubtful Heir
The Doubtful Heir is a Caroline-era tragicomedy play by English dramatist James Shirley, centered on courtly intrigue, disputed succession, and romantic entanglements.
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E.
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat is a famous 1856 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt depicting a lone goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the people in a desolate landscape.
- 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: Jacob’s Folly Target entity description: Jacob’s Folly is a novel by Rebecca Miller that blends historical and contemporary narratives through the story of an 18th-century French Jew reincarnated as a modern-day American housefly.
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A.
Jacob's ladder
Jacob's ladder is the biblical vision of a stairway or ladder reaching between earth and heaven, seen by the patriarch Jacob and symbolizing the connection between God and humanity.
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B.
House of the Blackheads
The House of the Blackheads is a richly ornamented historic guild building in Riga, Latvia, renowned for its striking Renaissance-style façade and role as a symbol of the city’s medieval mercantile past.
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C.
The Great Commoner
The Great Commoner was the popular nickname of William Pitt the Elder, a prominent 18th-century British statesman celebrated for his leadership during the Seven Years' War and his advocacy for parliamentary reform.
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D.
The Doubtful Heir
The Doubtful Heir is a Caroline-era tragicomedy play by English dramatist James Shirley, centered on courtly intrigue, disputed succession, and romantic entanglements.
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E.
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat is a famous 1856 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt depicting a lone goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the people in a desolate landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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novel ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
| author | Rebecca Miller ⓘ |
| authorInstanceOf | Rebecca Miller ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | Jacob Cerf ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
fantasy fiction
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historical fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Deirdre Senzatimore
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Jacob Cerf ⓘ Leslie Senzatimore ⓘ Masha ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780374176771 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | multi-strand narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective |
first-person
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third-person ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending historical and contemporary narratives
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use of a reincarnated housefly narrator ⓘ |
| protagonistType | 18th-century French Jew reincarnated as a housefly ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ |
| setting |
18th-century France
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New York City ⓘ contemporary Long Island ⓘ |
| theme |
Jewish identity
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assimilation ⓘ faith ⓘ free will ⓘ identity ⓘ reincarnation ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
18th century
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21st century ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jacob’s Folly Description of subject: Jacob’s Folly is a novel by Rebecca Miller that blends historical and contemporary narratives through the story of an 18th-century French Jew reincarnated as a modern-day American housefly.
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