Gladney family
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The Gladney family is the central household in Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise," whose suburban life is upended by an industrial disaster known as the Airborne Toxic Event.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gladney family canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14695946 — 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: Gladney family Context triple: [Airborne Toxic Event, threatens, Gladney family]
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A.
Gleason family
The Gleason family is a prominent American industrial and engineering dynasty known for its leadership of the Gleason Works gear-manufacturing company and for pioneering contributions to mechanical engineering and business.
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B.
Jennings family
The Jennings family was an English noble lineage best known for producing Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, a powerful courtier and confidante of Queen Anne.
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C.
Jennings family
The Jennings family is a private family that holds ownership of Swains Island, a remote atoll in the Tokelau region of the South Pacific.
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D.
Bordelon family
The Bordelon family is the central fictional Louisiana clan in the television drama "Queen Sugar," around whom the show's interwoven stories of legacy, land, and social issues revolve.
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E.
Farris family
The Farris family is the maternal family of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., known for its deep roots in Atlanta’s Black religious and civic life.
- 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: Gladney family Target entity description: The Gladney family is the central household in Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise," whose suburban life is upended by an industrial disaster known as the Airborne Toxic Event.
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A.
Gleason family
The Gleason family is a prominent American industrial and engineering dynasty known for its leadership of the Gleason Works gear-manufacturing company and for pioneering contributions to mechanical engineering and business.
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B.
Jennings family
The Jennings family was an English noble lineage best known for producing Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, a powerful courtier and confidante of Queen Anne.
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C.
Jennings family
The Jennings family is a private family that holds ownership of Swains Island, a remote atoll in the Tokelau region of the South Pacific.
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D.
Bordelon family
The Bordelon family is the central fictional Louisiana clan in the television drama "Queen Sugar," around whom the show's interwoven stories of legacy, land, and social issues revolve.
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E.
Farris family
The Farris family is the maternal family of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., known for its deep roots in Atlanta’s Black religious and civic life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.