Glendale, California (fictional setting)
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Glendale, California (fictional setting) is the suburban Los Angeles-area community depicted in James M. Cain’s novel and its adaptations as the primary home and social milieu of Mildred Pierce.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Glendale, California (fictional setting) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21610276 — 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: Glendale, California (fictional setting) Context triple: [Mildred Pierce, residence, Glendale, California (fictional setting)]
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Los Angeles area (fictional)
The fictional Los Angeles area is the suburban Southern California setting where Alex Dunphy and her family live in the TV series "Modern Family."
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B.
Fairvale, California (fictional)
Fairvale, California is a fictional small town best known as the nearby community to the Bates Motel in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller "Psycho."
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C.
San Vicente, California (fictional city)
San Vicente, California is a fictional coastal city that serves as the primary backdrop for the supernatural drama series "Hand of God."
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Cuesta Verde, California (fictional suburb)
Cuesta Verde, California is a fictional planned suburban community best known as the haunted setting of the 1982 horror film "Poltergeist," where the Freeling family’s home is built atop a disturbed cemetery.
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E.
City of Glendale
The City of Glendale is a suburban municipality in southeastern Wisconsin, known for its residential neighborhoods, commercial districts, and proximity to downtown Milwaukee.
- 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: Glendale, California (fictional setting) Target entity description: Glendale, California (fictional setting) is the suburban Los Angeles-area community depicted in James M. Cain’s novel and its adaptations as the primary home and social milieu of Mildred Pierce.
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A.
Los Angeles area (fictional)
The fictional Los Angeles area is the suburban Southern California setting where Alex Dunphy and her family live in the TV series "Modern Family."
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B.
Fairvale, California (fictional)
Fairvale, California is a fictional small town best known as the nearby community to the Bates Motel in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller "Psycho."
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C.
San Vicente, California (fictional city)
San Vicente, California is a fictional coastal city that serves as the primary backdrop for the supernatural drama series "Hand of God."
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D.
Cuesta Verde, California (fictional suburb)
Cuesta Verde, California is a fictional planned suburban community best known as the haunted setting of the 1982 horror film "Poltergeist," where the Freeling family’s home is built atop a disturbed cemetery.
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E.
City of Glendale
The City of Glendale is a suburban municipality in southeastern Wisconsin, known for its residential neighborhoods, commercial districts, and proximity to downtown Milwaukee.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mildred Pierce (character)