Joad
E293446
Joad is the surname of the central Dust Bowl migrant family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joad canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2579106 — 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: Joad Context triple: [Tom Joad, familyName, Joad]
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A.
Ma Joad
Ma Joad is the resilient, compassionate matriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing strength and unity amid hardship during the Great Depression.
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B.
Winfield Joad
Winfield Joad is the youngest son in the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," representing childhood innocence amid the hardships of the Great Depression.
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C.
Pa Joad
Pa Joad is the hard-working, increasingly disempowered patriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," embodying the struggles of Dust Bowl-era migrant farmers.
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D.
Al Joad
Al Joad is a mechanically skilled, car-obsessed younger son of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," known for his growth from a carefree youth to a more responsible family member during their migration.
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E.
Tom Joad
Tom Joad is the central, morally driven migrant worker in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing social justice and the struggles of the American Dust Bowl era.
- 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: Joad Target entity description: Joad is the surname of the central Dust Bowl migrant family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
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A.
Ma Joad
Ma Joad is the resilient, compassionate matriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing strength and unity amid hardship during the Great Depression.
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B.
Winfield Joad
Winfield Joad is the youngest son in the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," representing childhood innocence amid the hardships of the Great Depression.
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C.
Pa Joad
Pa Joad is the hard-working, increasingly disempowered patriarch of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," embodying the struggles of Dust Bowl-era migrant farmers.
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D.
Al Joad
Al Joad is a mechanically skilled, car-obsessed younger son of the Joad family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath," known for his growth from a carefree youth to a more responsible family member during their migration.
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E.
Tom Joad
Tom Joad is the central, morally driven migrant worker in John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath," symbolizing social justice and the struggles of the American Dust Bowl era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional family name
ⓘ
literary surname ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | novel ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Dust Bowl ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Great Depression
ⓘ
family solidarity ⓘ migration ⓘ poverty ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | John Steinbeck ⓘ |
| familyRoleInWork | central family of Dust Bowl migrants ⓘ |
| genreContext | American realist literature ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| member |
Al Joad
ⓘ
Grampa Joad ⓘ Granma Joad ⓘ Ma Joad ⓘ Noah Joad ⓘ Pa Joad ⓘ Rose of Sharon Joad ⓘ Ruthie Joad ⓘ Tom Joad ⓘ Winfield Joad ⓘ |
| migratesTo |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
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| narrativeFunction | represents struggles of displaced tenant farmers ⓘ |
| portrayedInAdaptation |
The Grapes of Wrath (1940 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Grapes of Wrath
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| setInRegion | Oklahoma ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Joad Description of subject: Joad is the surname of the central Dust Bowl migrant family in John Steinbeck’s novel "The Grapes of Wrath."
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.