Light House: A Trifle
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Light House: A Trifle is a darkly comic novel by screenwriter and author William Monahan, centered on eccentric characters converging at a remote New England lighthouse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Light House: A Trifle canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8691109 — 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: Light House: A Trifle Context triple: [William Monahan, wroteNovel, Light House: A Trifle]
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A.
House of Light
House of Light is a celebrated poetry collection by Mary Oliver that reflects her signature meditative focus on nature, spirituality, and the inner life.
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B.
Just a Little Light
"Just a Little Light" is a song by the Grateful Dead, featured on their 1989 studio album "Built to Last."
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C.
The Lights
The Lights is the popular nickname for Blackpool Illuminations, the famous annual seaside light festival that transforms the English resort town of Blackpool into a major nighttime attraction.
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D.
Lights of Home
"Lights of Home" is a song by Irish rock band U2 from their album *Songs of Experience*, noted for its reflective lyrics and anthemic sound.
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E.
A Lamp in a Window
"A Lamp in a Window" is a track from the 1980 experimental jazz-fusion album *Music for Chameleons* by British musician Gary Numan.
- 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: Light House: A Trifle Target entity description: Light House: A Trifle is a darkly comic novel by screenwriter and author William Monahan, centered on eccentric characters converging at a remote New England lighthouse.
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A.
House of Light
House of Light is a celebrated poetry collection by Mary Oliver that reflects her signature meditative focus on nature, spirituality, and the inner life.
-
B.
Just a Little Light
"Just a Little Light" is a song by the Grateful Dead, featured on their 1989 studio album "Built to Last."
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C.
The Lights
The Lights is the popular nickname for Blackpool Illuminations, the famous annual seaside light festival that transforms the English resort town of Blackpool into a major nighttime attraction.
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D.
Lights of Home
"Lights of Home" is a song by Irish rock band U2 from their album *Songs of Experience*, noted for its reflective lyrics and anthemic sound.
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E.
A Lamp in a Window
"A Lamp in a Window" is a track from the 1980 experimental jazz-fusion album *Music for Chameleons* by British musician Gary Numan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dark comedy
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | William Monahan ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
novelist
ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
comic novel
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme |
eccentric characters
ⓘ
family dysfunction ⓘ greed ⓘ isolation ⓘ satire ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
crime
ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ lighthouse ⓘ seclusion ⓘ storm ⓘ |
| hasStructure | ensemble cast ⓘ |
| hasTone |
absurdist
ⓘ
darkly comic ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | convergence of eccentric characters at a lighthouse ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
New England
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remote lighthouse ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Light House: A Trifle Description of subject: Light House: A Trifle is a darkly comic novel by screenwriter and author William Monahan, centered on eccentric characters converging at a remote New England lighthouse.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Monahan