Taulkinham, Tennessee
E1007315
Taulkinham, Tennessee is a fictional Southern town that serves as the primary setting in Flannery O’Connor’s novel "Wise Blood."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taulkinham, Tennessee canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12775009 — 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: Taulkinham, Tennessee Context triple: [Enoch Emery, fictionalSetting, Taulkinham, Tennessee]
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A.
Calhoun, Tennessee
Calhoun, Tennessee is a small town in southeastern Tennessee known for its rural character and location along the Hiwassee River.
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B.
Townsend, Tennessee
Townsend, Tennessee is a small gateway city to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park known for its quiet, scenic atmosphere and outdoor recreation.
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C.
Tazewell, Tennessee
Tazewell, Tennessee is a small town in Claiborne County that serves as a local commercial and governmental center in the northeastern part of the state.
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D.
Mount Pleasant, Tennessee
Mount Pleasant, Tennessee is a small city in Middle Tennessee known historically for its phosphate mining industry and its location southwest of Columbia.
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E.
Plainview, Tennessee
Plainview, Tennessee is a small unincorporated rural community located in Union County in the eastern part of the 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: Taulkinham, Tennessee Target entity description: Taulkinham, Tennessee is a fictional Southern town that serves as the primary setting in Flannery O’Connor’s novel "Wise Blood."
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A.
Calhoun, Tennessee
Calhoun, Tennessee is a small town in southeastern Tennessee known for its rural character and location along the Hiwassee River.
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B.
Townsend, Tennessee
Townsend, Tennessee is a small gateway city to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park known for its quiet, scenic atmosphere and outdoor recreation.
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C.
Tazewell, Tennessee
Tazewell, Tennessee is a small town in Claiborne County that serves as a local commercial and governmental center in the northeastern part of the state.
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D.
Mount Pleasant, Tennessee
Mount Pleasant, Tennessee is a small city in Middle Tennessee known historically for its phosphate mining industry and its location southwest of Columbia.
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E.
Plainview, Tennessee
Plainview, Tennessee is a small unincorporated rural community located in Union County in the eastern part of the state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
fictional town ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Wise Blood ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
redemption ⓘ religious fanaticism ⓘ satire of organized religion ⓘ spiritual crisis ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Flannery O’Connor
ⓘ
linked to:
Flannery O'Connor
|
| firstAppearance | Wise Blood ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYearOfWork | 1952 ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkItAppearsIn | novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
postwar American atmosphere
ⓘ
religious street preaching ⓘ urban setting ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfEnvironment | small city ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Southern U.S. towns known to Flannery O’Connor ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Southern Gothic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tennessee ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | primary setting of Wise Blood ⓘ |
| notableCharacterPresent |
Asa Hawks
ⓘ
Enoch Emery ⓘ Hazel Motes ⓘ Mrs. Flood ⓘ Sabbath Lily Hawks ⓘ |
| region |
American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| settingOf | Wise Blood ⓘ |
| usedFor | exploration of grotesque and absurd elements of Southern life ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Taulkinham, Tennessee Description of subject: Taulkinham, Tennessee is a fictional Southern town that serves as the primary setting in Flannery O’Connor’s novel "Wise Blood."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.