Deaf Child Crossing
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Deaf Child Crossing is a children's novel by Academy Award–winning deaf actress Marlee Matlin that explores friendship, inclusion, and the experiences of a deaf girl growing up.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Deaf Child Crossing canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4863976 — 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: Deaf Child Crossing Context triple: [Marlee Matlin, hasWritten, Deaf Child Crossing]
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A.
The Crossing Guard
The Crossing Guard is a 1995 American drama film written and directed by Sean Penn, starring Jack Nicholson as a grief-stricken father seeking revenge for his daughter's death.
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B.
Jaywalking
Jaywalking is a comedic man-on-the-street interview segment in which Jay Leno asks pedestrians simple questions, often highlighting humorous gaps in their knowledge.
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C.
Child with Cage
"Child with Cage" is a Rococo-era sculpture by French artist Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, depicting a young child in a tender, intimate moment that showcases the sculptor’s refined treatment of form and emotion.
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D.
Tightrope Walker
"Tightrope Walker" is an early 20th-century painting by German Expressionist artist August Macke, showcasing his vibrant color palette and interest in modern urban leisure scenes.
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E.
Children Will Listen
"Children Will Listen" is a reflective and cautionary song from Stephen Sondheim’s musical *Into the Woods*, exploring the impact of adults’ words and actions on children.
- 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: Deaf Child Crossing Target entity description: Deaf Child Crossing is a children's novel by Academy Award–winning deaf actress Marlee Matlin that explores friendship, inclusion, and the experiences of a deaf girl growing up.
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A.
The Crossing Guard
The Crossing Guard is a 1995 American drama film written and directed by Sean Penn, starring Jack Nicholson as a grief-stricken father seeking revenge for his daughter's death.
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B.
Jaywalking
Jaywalking is a comedic man-on-the-street interview segment in which Jay Leno asks pedestrians simple questions, often highlighting humorous gaps in their knowledge.
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C.
Child with Cage
"Child with Cage" is a Rococo-era sculpture by French artist Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, depicting a young child in a tender, intimate moment that showcases the sculptor’s refined treatment of form and emotion.
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D.
Tightrope Walker
"Tightrope Walker" is an early 20th-century painting by German Expressionist artist August Macke, showcasing his vibrant color palette and interest in modern urban leisure scenes.
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E.
Children Will Listen
"Children Will Listen" is a reflective and cautionary song from Stephen Sondheim’s musical *Into the Woods*, exploring the impact of adults’ words and actions on children.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's novel
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literary work ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Marlee Matlin ⓘ |
| authorAward | Academy Award ⓘ |
| authorIsDeaf | true ⓘ |
| authorOccupation | actress ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| exploresExperienceOf |
deaf child
ⓘ
growing up deaf ⓘ |
| featuresProtagonistWithDisability | deaf girl ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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realistic fiction ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Nobody's Perfect ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
education about deafness
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promoting empathy and inclusion in young readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
deaf culture
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disability awareness ⓘ friendship ⓘ growing up ⓘ inclusion ⓘ |
| notableFor |
authentic portrayal of deafness by a deaf author
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representation of deaf characters in children's literature ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 2000s ⓘ |
| settingType | contemporary ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
children
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middle-grade readers ⓘ |
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: Deaf Child Crossing Description of subject: Deaf Child Crossing is a children's novel by Academy Award–winning deaf actress Marlee Matlin that explores friendship, inclusion, and the experiences of a deaf girl growing up.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.