A Painted House
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A Painted House is a coming-of-age novel by John Grisham that departs from his usual legal thrillers to portray rural Arkansas farm life in the early 1950s.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Painted House canonical | 6 |
| "A Painted House" | 1 |
| A Painted House (2001 novel) | 1 |
| A Painted House (2003 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2188812 — 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: A Painted House Context triple: [John Grisham, notableWork, A Painted House]
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A.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
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About the House
"About the House" is a 1965 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects on domestic life, memory, and the passage of time through the organizing metaphor of a house.
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C.
The Old House
The Old House is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for his distinctive depictions of urban and industrial scenes in mid-20th-century northern England.
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D.
This House Is Not for Sale
"This House Is Not for Sale" is a rock album by American band Bon Jovi that reflects themes of resilience and integrity, released in 2016 as one of their later-career studio works.
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E.
The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
- 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: A Painted House Target entity description: A Painted House is a coming-of-age novel by John Grisham that departs from his usual legal thrillers to portray rural Arkansas farm life in the early 1950s.
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A.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
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B.
About the House
"About the House" is a 1965 poetry collection by W. H. Auden that reflects on domestic life, memory, and the passage of time through the organizing metaphor of a house.
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C.
The Old House
The Old House is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry, known for his distinctive depictions of urban and industrial scenes in mid-20th-century northern England.
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D.
This House Is Not for Sale
"This House Is Not for Sale" is a rock album by American band Bon Jovi that reflects themes of resilience and integrity, released in 2016 as one of their later-career studio works.
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E.
The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coming-of-age novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
A Painted House (2003 film)
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linked to:
A Painted House
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| adaptationNetwork | Hallmark Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television film ⓘ |
| author | John Grisham ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| coverArtist | Tony Greco ⓘ |
| departsFromTypicalGenreOfAuthor | legal thriller ⓘ |
| depicts |
Mexican migrant workers
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cotton farming ⓘ hill people laborers ⓘ sharecropping ⓘ |
| firstEditionIsbn | 978-0-385-50403-8 ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern fiction
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coming-of-age fiction ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasDeweyDecimalClassification | 813/.54 ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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e-book ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasLibraryOfCongressClassification | PS3557.R5355 P35 2001 ⓘ |
| hasOclcNumber | 45314020 ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
class differences
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coming of age ⓘ family ⓘ moral dilemmas ⓘ poverty ⓘ secrets ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Luke Chandler ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrationType | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | child narrator ⓘ |
| notableFor | departure from John Grisham's legal thrillers ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 384 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 1950s ⓘ |
| setInPlace | Arkansas ⓘ |
| setInRegion | rural Arkansas ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timeSettingEndYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| timeSettingStartYear | 1952 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: A Painted House Description of subject: A Painted House is a coming-of-age novel by John Grisham that departs from his usual legal thrillers to portray rural Arkansas farm life in the early 1950s.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: A Painted House
linked to: A Painted House
subject linked to:
Tony Greco
linked to: A Painted House