Equal in Paris
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"Equal in Paris" is an autobiographical essay by James Baldwin recounting his arrest and imprisonment in Paris, used to explore themes of race, justice, and identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Equal in Paris canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3288278 — 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: Equal in Paris Context triple: [Notes of a Native Son, containsEssay, Equal in Paris]
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A.
Le Ventre de Paris
Le Ventre de Paris is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that vividly portrays life around Paris’s central market, Les Halles, while exploring themes of social conflict, hunger, and abundance.
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B.
Les Parisiens
Les Parisiens is the widely used French nickname for Paris Saint-Germain Football Club and its players, emphasizing their identity as representatives of Paris.
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C.
Paris When It Sizzles
Paris When It Sizzles is a 1964 romantic comedy film starring Audrey Hepburn and William Holden, known for its playful, self-referential take on Hollywood screenwriting.
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D.
The Last Time I Saw Paris
The Last Time I Saw Paris is a 1954 romantic drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson, adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Babylon Revisited.”
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E.
La Promenade
La Promenade is an Impressionist painting by Claude Monet depicting a woman with a parasol standing in a breezy, sunlit landscape.
- 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: Equal in Paris Target entity description: "Equal in Paris" is an autobiographical essay by James Baldwin recounting his arrest and imprisonment in Paris, used to explore themes of race, justice, and identity.
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A.
Le Ventre de Paris
Le Ventre de Paris is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that vividly portrays life around Paris’s central market, Les Halles, while exploring themes of social conflict, hunger, and abundance.
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B.
Les Parisiens
Les Parisiens is the widely used French nickname for Paris Saint-Germain Football Club and its players, emphasizing their identity as representatives of Paris.
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C.
Paris When It Sizzles
Paris When It Sizzles is a 1964 romantic comedy film starring Audrey Hepburn and William Holden, known for its playful, self-referential take on Hollywood screenwriting.
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D.
The Last Time I Saw Paris
The Last Time I Saw Paris is a 1954 romantic drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson, adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Babylon Revisited.”
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E.
La Promenade
La Promenade is an Impressionist painting by Claude Monet depicting a woman with a parasol standing in a breezy, sunlit landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical essay
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essay ⓘ |
| addresses |
moral responsibility
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notions of equality before the law ⓘ racial consciousness ⓘ |
| author | James Baldwin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
French prison conditions
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bureaucracy of justice ⓘ cross-cultural misunderstandings ⓘ |
| explores |
Baldwin's arrest in Paris
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Baldwin's imprisonment in Paris ⓘ comparisons between American and French justice systems ⓘ experience of a Black American in Europe ⓘ psychological impact of imprisonment ⓘ social perceptions of crime and guilt ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical literature
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nonfiction ⓘ prison narrative ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African-American literature
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civil rights era literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th century literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
autobiographical
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essayistic ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
| mainLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| partOf | James Baldwin's nonfiction oeuvre ⓘ |
| protagonist | James Baldwin ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | narrator ⓘ |
| setting | Paris ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
criminal accusation
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detention ⓘ personal experience ⓘ trial process ⓘ |
| theme |
American identity abroad
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alienation ⓘ belonging ⓘ exile ⓘ identity ⓘ incarceration ⓘ justice ⓘ legal system ⓘ race ⓘ racial inequality ⓘ |
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Subject: Equal in Paris Description of subject: "Equal in Paris" is an autobiographical essay by James Baldwin recounting his arrest and imprisonment in Paris, used to explore themes of race, justice, and identity.
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