Bellefleur
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Bellefleur is a sprawling, gothic family saga novel by Joyce Carol Oates that blends dark fantasy with American historical fiction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bellefleur canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3724988 — 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: Bellefleur Context triple: [Joyce Carol Oates, notableWork, Bellefleur]
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Beauséjour
Beauséjour is the main settlement and administrative center of the small Caribbean island of La Désirade in Guadeloupe.
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Chateaubelair
Chateaubelair is a coastal village on the northwest coast of Saint Vincent, known historically as a fishing community and for its proximity to the La Soufrière volcano.
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C.
Belle Haven
Belle Haven is a residential neighborhood in the city of Menlo Park on the San Francisco Peninsula in California.
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Holmwood
Holmwood is a village in Surrey, England, situated within the Mole Valley district and known for its rural character and proximity to the North Downs.
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E.
Rhawnhurst
Rhawnhurst is a residential neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for its post-World War II housing and suburban character.
- 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: Bellefleur Target entity description: Bellefleur is a sprawling, gothic family saga novel by Joyce Carol Oates that blends dark fantasy with American historical fiction.
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A.
Beauséjour
Beauséjour is the main settlement and administrative center of the small Caribbean island of La Désirade in Guadeloupe.
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B.
Chateaubelair
Chateaubelair is a coastal village on the northwest coast of Saint Vincent, known historically as a fishing community and for its proximity to the La Soufrière volcano.
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C.
Belle Haven
Belle Haven is a residential neighborhood in the city of Menlo Park on the San Francisco Peninsula in California.
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D.
Holmwood
Holmwood is a village in Surrey, England, situated within the Mole Valley district and known for its rural character and proximity to the North Downs.
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E.
Rhawnhurst
Rhawnhurst is a residential neighborhood in the Northeast section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for its post-World War II housing and suburban character.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American novel
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family saga ⓘ gothic novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Joyce Carol Oates ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| followedBy | A Bloodsmoor Romance ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fantasy
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family saga ⓘ gothic fiction ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Germaine Bellefleur
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Gideon Bellefleur ⓘ Jean-Pierre Bellefleur ⓘ Jedediah Bellefleur ⓘ Leah Bellefleur ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-525-23969-4 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
curses
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dreams ⓘ labyrinthine mansion ⓘ metamorphosis ⓘ prophecy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
American history
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class and privilege ⓘ family legacy ⓘ fate and destiny ⓘ myth and superstition ⓘ power and corruption ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Bellefleur family ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | multi-generational saga ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| pageCount | 558 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Gothic Saga by Joyce Carol Oates ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| publisher | Dutton ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ |
| setting |
Adirondack Mountains
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New York State ⓘ |
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