Kowalski apartment
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The Kowalski apartment is the cramped, working-class New Orleans home where much of the dramatic conflict unfolds in Tennessee Williams’s play "A Streetcar Named Desire."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kowalski apartment canonical | 1 |
| Kowalski apartment in New Orleans | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13128378 — 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: Kowalski apartment Context triple: [Stella Kowalski, settingOfActions, Kowalski apartment]
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A.
Hipolit House
Hipolit House is a historic townhouse in Kraków’s Main Market Square that now serves as a branch museum showcasing bourgeois interiors and urban life from past centuries.
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B.
Schindler Terrace
Schindler Terrace is an outdoor architectural and viewing space within Los Angeles’s Barnsdall Art Park, associated with the modernist legacy of architect Rudolf Schindler.
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C.
Belnord apartment building
The Belnord apartment building is a historic, grand prewar residential complex on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, known for its massive courtyard and landmarked Beaux-Arts architecture.
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D.
Arconia apartment building
The Arconia apartment building is the grand, historic New York City residence that serves as the central backdrop for the mystery-comedy series "Only Murders in the Building."
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E.
Westgate Apartments
Westgate Apartments is a graduate student housing complex located on MIT’s West Campus, providing apartment-style residences for students and their families.
- 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: Kowalski apartment Target entity description: The Kowalski apartment is the cramped, working-class New Orleans home where much of the dramatic conflict unfolds in Tennessee Williams’s play "A Streetcar Named Desire."
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A.
Hipolit House
Hipolit House is a historic townhouse in Kraków’s Main Market Square that now serves as a branch museum showcasing bourgeois interiors and urban life from past centuries.
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B.
Schindler Terrace
Schindler Terrace is an outdoor architectural and viewing space within Los Angeles’s Barnsdall Art Park, associated with the modernist legacy of architect Rudolf Schindler.
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C.
Belnord apartment building
The Belnord apartment building is a historic, grand prewar residential complex on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, known for its massive courtyard and landmarked Beaux-Arts architecture.
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D.
Arconia apartment building
The Arconia apartment building is the grand, historic New York City residence that serves as the central backdrop for the mystery-comedy series "Only Murders in the Building."
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E.
Westgate Apartments
Westgate Apartments is a graduate student housing complex located on MIT’s West Campus, providing apartment-style residences for students and their families.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
apartment
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fictional location ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Streetcar Named Desire ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacterArc |
Blanche DuBois mental deterioration
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Stanley Kowalski assertion of dominance ⓘ Stella Kowalski emotional conflict ⓘ |
| associatedWorkGenre |
Southern Gothic
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drama ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginalWork |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Tennessee Williams ⓘ |
| describedAs |
cramped
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working-class ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceMedium | stage play ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| frequentVisitorInFiction |
Blanche DuBois
ⓘ
Harold "Mitch" Mitchell ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationDepictionIn |
1951 film adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire
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linked to:
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)
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| hasFeature |
curtains used as room dividers
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small living area ⓘ street entrance ⓘ |
| hasRoom |
bathroom
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bedroom ⓘ kitchen ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | New Orleans ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
primary setting of the play
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site of major conflicts between Blanche and Stanley ⓘ symbol of working-class realism ⓘ |
| occupantInFiction |
Stanley Kowalski
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Stella Kowalski ⓘ |
| settingForWork | A Streetcar Named Desire ⓘ |
| stageDesignTradition |
often depicted as two-room flat
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often designed to emphasize heat and claustrophobia ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
clash between old Southern gentility and modern urban life
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confinement ⓘ economic struggle ⓘ sexual tension ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | post-World War II era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kowalski apartment Description of subject: The Kowalski apartment is the cramped, working-class New Orleans home where much of the dramatic conflict unfolds in Tennessee Williams’s play "A Streetcar Named Desire."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kowalski apartment