Off Keck Road
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Off Keck Road is a novel by American author Mona Simpson that explores themes of family, small-town life, and unfulfilled desire in the American Midwest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Off Keck Road canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3065010 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Off Keck Road Context triple: [Mona Simpson, notableWork, Off Keck Road]
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Long Beach Road
Long Beach Road is a primary thoroughfare in Nassau County, New York, connecting Oceanside with neighboring South Shore communities and serving as a key local commuter and commercial route.
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Iponri Road
Iponri Road is a significant thoroughfare in the Surulere area of Lagos, Nigeria, serving as an important connector within the neighborhood’s road network.
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Flamingo Road
Flamingo Road is a 1949 film noir drama in which Sydney Greenstreet plays a powerful and corrupt Southern political boss.
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Mineral King Road
Mineral King Road is a narrow, winding mountain road in California’s Sierra Nevada that provides vehicle access to the remote Mineral King valley in Sequoia National Park.
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Serpentine Road
Serpentine Road is a notable roadway running alongside the Serpentine in Hyde Park, central London.
- 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: Off Keck Road Target entity description: Off Keck Road is a novel by American author Mona Simpson that explores themes of family, small-town life, and unfulfilled desire in the American Midwest.
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A.
Long Beach Road
Long Beach Road is a primary thoroughfare in Nassau County, New York, connecting Oceanside with neighboring South Shore communities and serving as a key local commuter and commercial route.
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B.
Iponri Road
Iponri Road is a significant thoroughfare in the Surulere area of Lagos, Nigeria, serving as an important connector within the neighborhood’s road network.
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C.
Flamingo Road
Flamingo Road is a 1949 film noir drama in which Sydney Greenstreet plays a powerful and corrupt Southern political boss.
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D.
Mineral King Road
Mineral King Road is a narrow, winding mountain road in California’s Sierra Nevada that provides vehicle access to the remote Mineral King valley in Sequoia National Park.
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E.
Serpentine Road
Serpentine Road is a notable roadway running alongside the Serpentine in Hyde Park, central London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Mona Simpson ⓘ |
| award |
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction finalist
ⓘ
linked to:
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coverArtist | Chip Kidd ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age novel
ⓘ
domestic fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-375-40109-0 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Bea Maxwell
ⓘ
June ⓘ Shelby ⓘ |
| hasPlaceInAuthorOeuvre | third novel by Mona Simpson ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
intergenerational relationships
ⓘ
social isolation ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ women in the Midwest ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of Midwestern small-town life
ⓘ
psychological depth of female characters ⓘ |
| pageCount | 336 ⓘ |
| partOf | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Wisconsin ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
American Midwest
ⓘ
linked to:
Midwestern United States
|
| theme |
aging
ⓘ
class and social status ⓘ family ⓘ female friendship ⓘ loneliness ⓘ marriage ⓘ small-town life ⓘ unfulfilled desire ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
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