The Old Neighborhood
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The Old Neighborhood is a novel by American author Avery Corman that explores themes of family, memory, and the changing urban landscape.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Old Neighborhood canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9392775 — 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 Old Neighborhood Context triple: [Avery Corman, notableWork, The Old Neighborhood]
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A.
The Neighborhood
"The Neighborhood" is a track by American rapper Common from his 2014 album "Nobody's Smiling," which reflects on life and struggles in Chicago's inner-city communities.
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B.
The Neighborhood
The Neighborhood is an American television sitcom that explores cultural clashes and unlikely friendships when a friendly Midwestern family moves into a predominantly Black neighborhood in Los Angeles.
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C.
The Neighborhood
The Neighborhood is a 1990 album by American rock band Los Lobos that blends rock, blues, and traditional Mexican influences into a richly textured, roots-oriented sound.
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D.
The City of Neighborhoods
"The City of Neighborhoods" is a nickname for Baltimore that highlights its patchwork of distinct, historically and culturally rich communities.
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E.
The City of Homes
The City of Homes is a nickname for Springfield, Massachusetts, highlighting its historic residential architecture and notable stock of well-preserved houses.
- 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 Old Neighborhood Target entity description: The Old Neighborhood is a novel by American author Avery Corman that explores themes of family, memory, and the changing urban landscape.
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A.
The Neighborhood
The Neighborhood is an American television sitcom that explores cultural clashes and unlikely friendships when a friendly Midwestern family moves into a predominantly Black neighborhood in Los Angeles.
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B.
The Neighborhood
"The Neighborhood" is a track by American rapper Common from his 2014 album "Nobody's Smiling," which reflects on life and struggles in Chicago's inner-city communities.
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C.
The Neighborhood
The Neighborhood is a 1990 album by American rock band Los Lobos that blends rock, blues, and traditional Mexican influences into a richly textured, roots-oriented sound.
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D.
The City of Neighborhoods
"The City of Neighborhoods" is a nickname for Baltimore that highlights its patchwork of distinct, historically and culturally rich communities.
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E.
The City of Homes
The City of Homes is a nickname for Springfield, Massachusetts, highlighting its historic residential architecture and notable stock of well-preserved houses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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person ⓘ |
| author | Avery Corman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Avery Corman ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
New York City
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urban neighborhood ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Jewish American families
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childhood recollection ⓘ ethnic neighborhoods ⓘ urban change ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
changing urban landscape
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family ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Old Neighborhood ⓘ |
| occupation | novelist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod |
mid-20th century
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post-World War II era ⓘ |
| writtenInLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: The Old Neighborhood Description of subject: The Old Neighborhood is a novel by American author Avery Corman that explores themes of family, memory, and the changing urban landscape.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Old Neighborhood