The Wicked Pavilion
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The Wicked Pavilion is a satirical 1954 novel by American writer Dawn Powell that portrays the intertwined lives of New York artists, writers, and social climbers centered around a fashionable Manhattan café.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Wicked Pavilion canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5711626 — 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: The Wicked Pavilion Context triple: [Dawn Powell, notableWork, The Wicked Pavilion]
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A.
Wicked as It Seems
"Wicked as It Seems" is a rock song by Keith Richards, released as the lead single from his 1992 solo album *Main Offender*.
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B.
The Weak and the Wicked
The Weak and the Wicked is a 1954 British drama film about women in prison, notable for its ensemble cast and social-realist portrayal of female incarceration.
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C.
The Witch's Familiar
"The Witch's Familiar" is a 2015 Doctor Who television episode featuring the Twelfth Doctor, Missy, and Clara in a confrontation with the Daleks and a dying Davros.
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D.
The Wicked Lady
The Wicked Lady is a 1945 British costume melodrama film, starring Margaret Lockwood as a notorious highwaywoman, that became one of the era’s most popular and controversial UK releases.
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E.
The Intrigue
The Intrigue is a famous 1890 painting by Belgian expressionist James Ensor, known for its grotesque masked figures and satirical depiction of bourgeois society.
- 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: The Wicked Pavilion Target entity description: The Wicked Pavilion is a satirical 1954 novel by American writer Dawn Powell that portrays the intertwined lives of New York artists, writers, and social climbers centered around a fashionable Manhattan café.
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A.
Wicked as It Seems
"Wicked as It Seems" is a rock song by Keith Richards, released as the lead single from his 1992 solo album *Main Offender*.
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B.
The Weak and the Wicked
The Weak and the Wicked is a 1954 British drama film about women in prison, notable for its ensemble cast and social-realist portrayal of female incarceration.
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C.
The Witch's Familiar
"The Witch's Familiar" is a 2015 Doctor Who television episode featuring the Twelfth Doctor, Missy, and Clara in a confrontation with the Daleks and a dying Davros.
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D.
The Wicked Lady
The Wicked Lady is a 1945 British costume melodrama film, starring Margaret Lockwood as a notorious highwaywoman, that became one of the era’s most popular and controversial UK releases.
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E.
The Intrigue
The Intrigue is a famous 1890 painting by Belgian expressionist James Ensor, known for its grotesque masked figures and satirical depiction of bourgeois society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Dawn Powell ⓘ |
| centralLocationInPlot | fashionable Manhattan café ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
intertwined lives of New York artists
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intertwined lives of New York social climbers ⓘ intertwined lives of New York writers ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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satire ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasNotableStyle |
satirical tone
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social observation ⓘ witty dialogue ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American literature ⓘ |
| mainThemes |
New York art world
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bohemian life ⓘ satire of artists and writers ⓘ social climbing ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Manhattan
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New York City ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: The Wicked Pavilion Description of subject: The Wicked Pavilion is a satirical 1954 novel by American writer Dawn Powell that portrays the intertwined lives of New York artists, writers, and social climbers centered around a fashionable Manhattan café.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.