Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Their Eyes Were Watching God is a seminal 1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston that follows the life and self-discovery of Janie Crawford in the early 20th-century American South.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T110801 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Their Eyes Were Watching God Context triple: [American literature, hasNotableWork, Their Eyes Were Watching God]
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Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
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Beloved
"Beloved" is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores the haunting legacy of slavery through the story of a formerly enslaved woman and her family.
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D.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind is a landmark 1939 American epic historical romance film set during the American Civil War and Reconstruction, renowned for its grand scale, cultural impact, and enduring popularity.
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E.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an 1852 anti-slavery novel that powerfully influenced public opinion in the United States and abroad in the years leading up to the American Civil War.
- 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: Their Eyes Were Watching God Target entity description: Their Eyes Were Watching God is a seminal 1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston that follows the life and self-discovery of Janie Crawford in the early 20th-century American South.
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A.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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B.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
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C.
Beloved
"Beloved" is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores the haunting legacy of slavery through the story of a formerly enslaved woman and her family.
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D.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind is a landmark 1939 American epic historical romance film set during the American Civil War and Reconstruction, renowned for its grand scale, cultural impact, and enduring popularity.
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E.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is an 1852 anti-slavery novel that powerfully influenced public opinion in the United States and abroad in the years leading up to the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Their Eyes Were Watching God
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005 film)
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| adaptationNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| adaptationProducer | Oprah Winfrey ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television film ⓘ |
| author | Zora Neale Hurston ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception |
initially mixed reviews
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later acclaimed as a masterpiece ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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Bildungsroman ⓘ Feminist literature ⓘ Romance novel ⓘ Southern literature ⓘ |
| hasDialogueStyle | use of African-American Vernacular English ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| includedIn | American literature canon ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
considered a classic of African-American literature
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considered a landmark of Black feminist literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Janie Crawford
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Joe Starks ⓘ Logan Killicks ⓘ Tea Cake ⓘ |
| motif |
horizon
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hurricane ⓘ pear tree ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView |
frame narrative
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third-person narration ⓘ |
| openingLine | Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 286 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1937 ⓘ |
| publisher | J. B. Lippincott & Co. ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Eatonville, Florida, United States
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surface form:
Eatonville, Florida
Everglades National Park ⓘ
surface form:
Everglades, Florida
Florida ⓘ |
| structure | three marriages of Janie Crawford ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | life of a Black woman in the American South ⓘ |
| taughtIn | university literature courses ⓘ |
| theme |
Black female autonomy
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community and individuality ⓘ love and marriage ⓘ nature and spirituality ⓘ race and gender ⓘ voice and self-expression ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | derived from a line describing people facing a hurricane ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Their Eyes Were Watching God Description of subject: Their Eyes Were Watching God is a seminal 1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston that follows the life and self-discovery of Janie Crawford in the early 20th-century American South.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005 film)
subject surface form:
Eatonville, Florida
this entity surface form:
“Their Eyes Were Watching God”
this entity surface form:
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937 novel)
this entity surface form:
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God
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adaptationOf
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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this entity surface form:
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937 novel)
this entity surface form:
Their Eyes Were Watching God universe
this entity surface form:
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)
subject surface form:
Vergible Woods