Miguel Street
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Miguel Street is a 1959 collection of interconnected short stories by V. S. Naipaul that portrays the lives of colorful characters in a fictionalized neighborhood of Port of Spain, Trinidad.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miguel Street canonical | 1 |
| Miguel Street (television film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8897369 — 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: Miguel Street Context triple: [V. S. Naipaul, notableWork, Miguel Street]
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A.
Maud Martha
Maud Martha is a 1953 novel in vignettes by Gwendolyn Brooks that portrays the interior life and everyday struggles of a young Black woman on Chicago’s South Side.
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B.
Weep Not, Child
Weep Not, Child is a landmark Kenyan novel by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that explores the impact of British colonialism and the Mau Mau uprising on a young boy and his community.
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C.
House of Nyahbinghi
The House of Nyahbinghi is a Rastafari mansion known for its strict adherence to traditional African-centered spirituality, communal living, and ceremonial drumming and chanting.
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D.
Mumbo Jumbo
Mumbo Jumbo is a 1972 satirical novel by Ishmael Reed that blends African American folklore, postmodern narrative techniques, and political commentary to critique Western culture and history.
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E.
Anthills of the Savannah
Anthills of the Savannah is a political novel by Chinua Achebe that explores power, corruption, and resistance in a fictional postcolonial African state.
- 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: Miguel Street Target entity description: Miguel Street is a 1959 collection of interconnected short stories by V. S. Naipaul that portrays the lives of colorful characters in a fictionalized neighborhood of Port of Spain, Trinidad.
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A.
Maud Martha
Maud Martha is a 1953 novel in vignettes by Gwendolyn Brooks that portrays the interior life and everyday struggles of a young Black woman on Chicago’s South Side.
-
B.
Weep Not, Child
Weep Not, Child is a landmark Kenyan novel by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that explores the impact of British colonialism and the Mau Mau uprising on a young boy and his community.
-
C.
House of Nyahbinghi
The House of Nyahbinghi is a Rastafari mansion known for its strict adherence to traditional African-centered spirituality, communal living, and ceremonial drumming and chanting.
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D.
Mumbo Jumbo
Mumbo Jumbo is a 1972 satirical novel by Ishmael Reed that blends African American folklore, postmodern narrative techniques, and political commentary to critique Western culture and history.
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E.
Anthills of the Savannah
Anthills of the Savannah is a political novel by Chinua Achebe that explores power, corruption, and resistance in a fictional postcolonial African state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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short story collection ⓘ |
| adaptationBroadcaster | BBC ⓘ |
| adaptationCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television film ⓘ |
| adaptationYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| author | V. S. Naipaul ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ |
| depicts |
colonial society in the British West Indies
ⓘ
urban lower-middle-class life in Trinidad ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
short stories ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Miguel Street (television film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Miguel Street
|
| hasCharacter |
B. Wordsworth
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Bhakcu ⓘ Bogart ⓘ Eddoes ⓘ Edward ⓘ Elias ⓘ George ⓘ Hat ⓘ Laura ⓘ Man-man ⓘ Mrs. Hereira ⓘ Popo ⓘ Titus Hoyt ⓘ Uncle Bhakcu ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
colonial identity
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community life ⓘ failure and aspiration ⓘ humor and pathos ⓘ masculinity ⓘ poverty ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | interconnected short stories ⓘ |
| narrator | unnamed boy narrator ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of Naipaul’s Caribbean fiction
ⓘ
portrayal of Trinidadian Creole culture ⓘ |
| originallyPublishedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCareerPhase | Naipaul’s early Trinidad works ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Andre Deutsch
ⓘ
linked to:
André Deutsch
|
| settingCountry | Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Port of Spain ⓘ |
| structure | linked stories centered on residents of one street ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | fictional street in Port of Spain ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Miguel Street Description of subject: Miguel Street is a 1959 collection of interconnected short stories by V. S. Naipaul that portrays the lives of colorful characters in a fictionalized neighborhood of Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Miguel Street