Accordion Crimes
E831995
Accordion Crimes is a novel by Annie Proulx that traces the lives of diverse immigrant families in America through the journey of a single green accordion over several generations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Accordion Crimes canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9962322 — 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: Accordion Crimes Context triple: [Annie Proulx, notableWork, Accordion Crimes]
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A.
Sky Crime
Sky Crime is a British pay television channel from Sky dedicated to true crime documentaries and series.
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B.
The Criminals
The Criminals is a punk rock band known for featuring guitarist Jason White, who later gained prominence with Green Day.
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C.
Crime Busters
Crime Busters is a 1977 Italian action-comedy film starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer as bumbling yet effective crime-fighting partners in Miami.
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D.
Only Crime
Only Crime is an American hardcore punk supergroup featuring members from several notable punk bands, including Good Riddance and Bane.
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E.
Back in Crime
Back in Crime is a French crime thriller film involving time travel, in which a police detective is sent back to the past to solve a serial murder case.
- 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: Accordion Crimes Target entity description: Accordion Crimes is a novel by Annie Proulx that traces the lives of diverse immigrant families in America through the journey of a single green accordion over several generations.
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A.
Sky Crime
Sky Crime is a British pay television channel from Sky dedicated to true crime documentaries and series.
-
B.
The Criminals
The Criminals is a punk rock band known for featuring guitarist Jason White, who later gained prominence with Green Day.
-
C.
Crime Busters
Crime Busters is a 1977 Italian action-comedy film starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer as bumbling yet effective crime-fighting partners in Miami.
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D.
Only Crime
Only Crime is an American hardcore punk supergroup featuring members from several notable punk bands, including Good Riddance and Bane.
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E.
Back in Crime
Back in Crime is a French crime thriller film involving time travel, in which a police detective is sent back to the past to solve a serial murder case.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Annie Proulx ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresEthnicGroup |
Cajun communities
ⓘ
linked to:
Louisiana Acadian communities
French-Canadian immigrants ⓘ German immigrants ⓘ Irish immigrants ⓘ Italian immigrants ⓘ Mexican immigrants ⓘ Polish immigrants ⓘ |
| followsGenerations | multiple generations of immigrant families ⓘ |
| followsObject | green accordion ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCentralObject | accordion ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780684195480 ⓘ |
| hasNarration | third-person narration ⓘ |
| hasSettingRegion |
American Midwest
ⓘ
linked to:
Midwestern United States
American South ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
American West ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
assimilation
ⓘ
cultural identity ⓘ immigrant experience in the United States ⓘ music ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | object-centered narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | linked stories ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark and violent tone
ⓘ
depiction of diverse immigrant communities ⓘ use of regional American dialects ⓘ |
| numberOfPages | approximately 624 ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Shipping News ⓘ |
| protagonistType | ensemble cast ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1996 ⓘ |
| publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| setting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| theme |
American Dream
ⓘ
displacement ⓘ family history ⓘ prejudice ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfNarrative | about 100 years ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | accordion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Accordion Crimes Description of subject: Accordion Crimes is a novel by Annie Proulx that traces the lives of diverse immigrant families in America through the journey of a single green accordion over several generations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Proulx