Meridian
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Meridian is a 1976 novel by Alice Walker that explores the civil rights movement through the life of a young Black woman activist in the American South.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meridian canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2720124 — 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: Meridian Context triple: [Alice Walker, notableWork, Meridian]
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Meridian
Meridian is a rapidly growing suburban city in southwestern Idaho, known for its family-friendly neighborhoods and proximity to Boise.
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B.
Overton
Overton is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Nevada known as a gateway to the nearby Lake Mead National Recreation Area and the Valley of Fire State Park.
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C.
Winslow
Winslow is the main commercial and residential hub of Bainbridge Island, Washington, known for its downtown shops, restaurants, and ferry terminal connecting to Seattle.
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D.
Winslow
Winslow is an English-origin surname historically associated with early colonial families in New England.
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E.
Riverview
Riverview is a suburban town located across the Petitcodiac River from Moncton in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada.
- 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: Meridian Target entity description: Meridian is a 1976 novel by Alice Walker that explores the civil rights movement through the life of a young Black woman activist in the American South.
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A.
Meridian
Meridian is a rapidly growing suburban city in southwestern Idaho, known for its family-friendly neighborhoods and proximity to Boise.
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B.
Overton
Overton is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Nevada known as a gateway to the nearby Lake Mead National Recreation Area and the Valley of Fire State Park.
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C.
Winslow
Winslow is the main commercial and residential hub of Bainbridge Island, Washington, known for its downtown shops, restaurants, and ferry terminal connecting to Seattle.
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D.
Winslow
Winslow is an English-origin surname historically associated with early colonial families in New England.
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E.
Riverview
Riverview is a suburban town located across the Petitcodiac River from Moncton in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Alice Walker ⓘ |
| authorGender | female ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| explores |
psychological cost of activism
ⓘ
role of women in the civil rights movement ⓘ tension between activism and personal life ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | print ⓘ |
| followsInAuthorBibliography | The Third Life of Grange Copeland ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
ⓘ
Bildungsroman ⓘ novel ⓘ political fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Alice Walker ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Southern Black communities
ⓘ
civil rights workers ⓘ education ⓘ gender roles ⓘ political protest ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ religion and spirituality ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African-American literature
ⓘ
linked to:
African American literature
Black feminist literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Meridian Hill ⓘ |
| medium | book ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| precedesInAuthorBibliography |
The Color Purple
ⓘ
linked to:
The Color Purple (novel)
|
| protagonistEthnicity | Black ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
ⓘ
linked to:
Harcourt Brace & World
|
| settingCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingLocation |
American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| settingPeriod |
Civil Rights Movement
ⓘ
linked to:
American civil rights movement
|
| structure | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
activism
ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
linked to:
American civil rights movement
coming of age ⓘ feminism ⓘ motherhood ⓘ nonviolence ⓘ personal sacrifice ⓘ political commitment ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Meridian Description of subject: Meridian is a 1976 novel by Alice Walker that explores the civil rights movement through the life of a young Black woman activist in the American South.
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