Cecil Price
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Cecil Price is a character in Terry McMillan’s novel "A Day Late and a Dollar Short," involved in the complex family dynamics and personal struggles that drive the story.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cecil Price canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6270892 — 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: Cecil Price Context triple: [A Day Late and a Dollar Short, featuresCharacter, Cecil Price]
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A.
Cecil Poynton
Cecil Poynton was an English footballer and long-serving full-back for Tottenham Hotspur during the early 20th century.
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B.
Cecil Clementi
Cecil Clementi was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Hong Kong and later as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements in the early 20th century.
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C.
Cecil Parker
Cecil Parker was a distinguished English character actor known for his suave, often pompous roles in mid-20th-century British and Hollywood films.
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D.
Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway was a South African-born character actor known for his warm, avuncular screen presence in numerous Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
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E.
Cecil Staton
Cecil Staton is an American academic administrator and former politician who served as a Georgia state senator and later as chancellor of East Carolina University.
- 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: Cecil Price Target entity description: Cecil Price is a character in Terry McMillan’s novel "A Day Late and a Dollar Short," involved in the complex family dynamics and personal struggles that drive the story.
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A.
Cecil Poynton
Cecil Poynton was an English footballer and long-serving full-back for Tottenham Hotspur during the early 20th century.
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B.
Cecil Clementi
Cecil Clementi was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Hong Kong and later as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements in the early 20th century.
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C.
Cecil Parker
Cecil Parker was a distinguished English character actor known for his suave, often pompous roles in mid-20th-century British and Hollywood films.
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D.
Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway was a South African-born character actor known for his warm, avuncular screen presence in numerous Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
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E.
Cecil Staton
Cecil Staton is an American academic administrator and former politician who served as a Georgia state senator and later as chancellor of East Carolina University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (16)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Day Late and a Dollar Short ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalContext |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Terry McMillan ⓘ |
| hasRole |
central figure in family dynamics
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member of the Price family ⓘ |
| hasThemeAssociation |
African American family life
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family relationships ⓘ personal struggle ⓘ |
| isCharacterInGenre | contemporary fiction ⓘ |
| isCharacterInWorkType | novel ⓘ |
| isFictionalUniverse | A Day Late and a Dollar Short fictional universe ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
contributes to exploration of generational issues
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drives plot through family conflict ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cecil Price Description of subject: Cecil Price is a character in Terry McMillan’s novel "A Day Late and a Dollar Short," involved in the complex family dynamics and personal struggles that drive the story.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.