Turn, Magic Wheel
E541610
"Turn, Magic Wheel" is a satirical 1936 novel by American writer Dawn Powell that skewers New York literary and social circles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Turn, Magic Wheel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5711623 — 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: Turn, Magic Wheel Context triple: [Dawn Powell, notableWork, Turn, Magic Wheel]
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A.
Merry-Go-Round
Merry-Go-Round is a classic carousel ride featuring ornate, rotating horses and other figures, providing a traditional family-friendly amusement park experience.
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B.
It's Magic
"It's Magic" is a popular song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn, best known for its introduction in the 1948 film "Romance on the High Seas" and subsequent status as a pop standard.
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C.
Winged Wheel
Winged Wheel is the iconic winged tire logo that symbolizes the Detroit Red Wings hockey franchise.
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D.
The Wheel of Fortune
The Wheel of Fortune is a late 19th-century allegorical painting by Edward Burne-Jones depicting the capricious rise and fall of human fortunes under the turning wheel of fate.
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E.
The Wheel
The Wheel is a prominent observation wheel attraction at ICON Park in Orlando, offering panoramic views of the city and surrounding area.
- 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: Turn, Magic Wheel Target entity description: "Turn, Magic Wheel" is a satirical 1936 novel by American writer Dawn Powell that skewers New York literary and social circles.
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A.
Merry-Go-Round
Merry-Go-Round is a classic carousel ride featuring ornate, rotating horses and other figures, providing a traditional family-friendly amusement park experience.
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B.
It's Magic
"It's Magic" is a popular song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn, best known for its introduction in the 1948 film "Romance on the High Seas" and subsequent status as a pop standard.
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C.
Winged Wheel
Winged Wheel is the iconic winged tire logo that symbolizes the Detroit Red Wings hockey franchise.
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D.
The Wheel of Fortune
The Wheel of Fortune is a late 19th-century allegorical painting by Edward Burne-Jones depicting the capricious rise and fall of human fortunes under the turning wheel of fate.
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E.
The Wheel
The Wheel is a prominent observation wheel attraction at ICON Park in Orlando, offering panoramic views of the city and surrounding area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Dawn Powell ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
New York literary circles
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New York social circles ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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satire ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Dawn Powell ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
New York society
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linked to:
New York high society
literary culture ⓘ publishing world ⓘ satire of intellectuals ⓘ social climbing ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| settingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
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: Turn, Magic Wheel Description of subject: "Turn, Magic Wheel" is a satirical 1936 novel by American writer Dawn Powell that skewers New York literary and social circles.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.