The New Lost Generation
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"The New Lost Generation" is an essay by James Baldwin that critiques the disillusionment and struggles of young African Americans in mid-20th-century America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The New Lost Generation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3288326 — 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: The New Lost Generation Context triple: [Nobody Knows My Name, hasEssay, The New Lost Generation]
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A.
The Mutual Disillusion
The Mutual Disillusion is an English title for Surah At-Taghabun, a chapter of the Qur’an that reflects on human loss and gain in the hereafter and the ultimate reality of faith and accountability.
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B.
The Indifferent
"The Indifferent" is a small, elegant painting by French Rococo artist Antoine Watteau, depicting a solitary, gracefully posed figure that exemplifies his delicate brushwork and subtle, introspective mood.
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C.
A World Apart
"A World Apart" is a memoir by Polish writer Gustaw Herling-Grudziński that recounts his harrowing experiences in a Soviet Gulag during World War II.
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D.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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E.
The Seven Good Years
The Seven Good Years is a celebrated work of Yiddish literature by I. L. Peretz that reflects Jewish life and culture with a blend of realism, folklore, and moral insight.
- 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: The New Lost Generation Target entity description: "The New Lost Generation" is an essay by James Baldwin that critiques the disillusionment and struggles of young African Americans in mid-20th-century America.
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A.
The Mutual Disillusion
The Mutual Disillusion is an English title for Surah At-Taghabun, a chapter of the Qur’an that reflects on human loss and gain in the hereafter and the ultimate reality of faith and accountability.
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B.
The Indifferent
"The Indifferent" is a small, elegant painting by French Rococo artist Antoine Watteau, depicting a solitary, gracefully posed figure that exemplifies his delicate brushwork and subtle, introspective mood.
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C.
A World Apart
"A World Apart" is a memoir by Polish writer Gustaw Herling-Grudziński that recounts his harrowing experiences in a Soviet Gulag during World War II.
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D.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
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E.
The Seven Good Years
The Seven Good Years is a celebrated work of Yiddish literature by I. L. Peretz that reflects Jewish life and culture with a blend of realism, folklore, and moral insight.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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literary work ⓘ |
| addresses |
conditions of young Black Americans
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impact of racism on youth ⓘ limitations of the American Dream for African Americans ⓘ |
| author | James Baldwin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | James Baldwin ⓘ |
| genre |
literary criticism
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social criticism ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
critique of American society
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generational conflict ⓘ hope and despair ⓘ search for identity ⓘ social and political disillusionment ⓘ struggles of young African Americans ⓘ systemic racism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
civil rights struggle in the United States
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racial climate of mid-20th-century America ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general American readership
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readers interested in race relations ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African-American literature
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American literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African Americans
civil rights ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ identity ⓘ racial inequality in the United States ⓘ social justice ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| partOf | James Baldwin essays ⓘ |
| perspectiveOf | African American experience ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| setInPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
analytical
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critical ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | James Baldwin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The New Lost Generation Description of subject: "The New Lost Generation" is an essay by James Baldwin that critiques the disillusionment and struggles of young African Americans in mid-20th-century America.
Referenced by (1)
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