Gaslight Cafe
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The Gaslight Cafe was a famed Greenwich Village coffeehouse and performance venue that became a central hub of the 1960s folk music revival in New York City.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Gaslight Cafe | 5 |
| Gaslight Cafe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4551417 — 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: Gaslight Cafe Context triple: [Dave Van Ronk, associatedWith, Gaslight Cafe]
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Rum Boogie Cafe
Rum Boogie Cafe is a famed Beale Street blues club and restaurant in Memphis known for live music, Southern cuisine, and walls lined with guitars and music memorabilia.
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B.
Frank's Place
Frank's Place is an American television dramedy series from the late 1980s, acclaimed for its sophisticated storytelling and portrayal of life in New Orleans.
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C.
All Star Cafe
All Star Cafe was a themed sports restaurant chain backed by prominent athletes and media partners that operated in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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Tangierine Café
Tangierine Café is a quick-service restaurant in the Morocco Pavilion at EPCOT, known for serving Middle Eastern and North African-inspired dishes.
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Monk’s Parlour
Monk’s Parlour is an atmospheric, theatrically arranged basement room in Sir John Soane’s Museum, designed to evoke a Gothic monastic retreat and showcase Soane’s fascination with romantic ruin and illusion.
- 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: Gaslight Cafe Target entity description: The Gaslight Cafe was a famed Greenwich Village coffeehouse and performance venue that became a central hub of the 1960s folk music revival in New York City.
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A.
Rum Boogie Cafe
Rum Boogie Cafe is a famed Beale Street blues club and restaurant in Memphis known for live music, Southern cuisine, and walls lined with guitars and music memorabilia.
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B.
Frank's Place
Frank's Place is an American television dramedy series from the late 1980s, acclaimed for its sophisticated storytelling and portrayal of life in New Orleans.
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C.
All Star Cafe
All Star Cafe was a themed sports restaurant chain backed by prominent athletes and media partners that operated in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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D.
Tangierine Café
Tangierine Café is a quick-service restaurant in the Morocco Pavilion at EPCOT, known for serving Middle Eastern and North African-inspired dishes.
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E.
Monk’s Parlour
Monk’s Parlour is an atmospheric, theatrically arranged basement room in Sir John Soane’s Museum, designed to evoke a Gothic monastic retreat and showcase Soane’s fascination with romantic ruin and illusion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coffeehouse
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music venue ⓘ nightclub ⓘ performance venue ⓘ |
| activeDuring | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
MacDougal Street music clubs
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Village coffeehouse circuit ⓘ |
| audienceType |
artists and writers
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bohemian crowd ⓘ college students ⓘ |
| closedIn | 1970s ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| culturalMovement | American folk music revival ⓘ |
| era | postwar American counterculture ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
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comedy ⓘ folk music ⓘ spoken word ⓘ |
| hostedPerformer |
Allen Ginsberg
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Bill Cosby ⓘ Bob Dylan ⓘ Dave Van Ronk ⓘ Eric Andersen ⓘ Jose Feliciano ⓘ
linked to:
José Feliciano
Mississippi John Hurt ⓘ Phil Ochs ⓘ Richie Havens ⓘ Tom Paxton ⓘ Woody Allen ⓘ |
| knownFor |
beat poetry readings
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being a hub of the 1960s folk music revival ⓘ comedy performances ⓘ folk music performances ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
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New York City ⓘ |
| location | Greenwich Village ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Greenwich Village ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intimate performance space
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low-paying but influential gigs for musicians ⓘ role in New York City folk revival history ⓘ |
| openedIn | 1950s ⓘ |
| scene |
Greenwich Village beat scene
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linked to:
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village folk scene ⓘ |
| significance |
central gathering place for folk musicians in New York City
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helped launch careers of notable folk artists ⓘ important venue for emerging singer-songwriters ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gaslight Cafe Description of subject: The Gaslight Cafe was a famed Greenwich Village coffeehouse and performance venue that became a central hub of the 1960s folk music revival in New York City.
Referenced by (6)
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