The Price of the Ticket
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The Price of the Ticket is a powerful James Baldwin essay that examines the personal and societal costs of Black existence and identity in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Price of the Ticket canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3288328 — 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 Price of the Ticket Context triple: [Nobody Knows My Name, hasEssay, The Price of the Ticket]
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A.
The Big Ticket
The Big Ticket is the famous nickname of NBA Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett, known for his intense competitiveness and all-around dominance on the basketball court.
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B.
The Ticket That Exploded
The Ticket That Exploded is an experimental 1962 science fiction novel by William S. Burroughs that uses his signature cut-up technique to explore themes of control, language, and media manipulation.
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C.
The Yellow Ticket
The Yellow Ticket is a 1918 American silent drama film, now considered lost, that starred Alice Joyce and dealt with themes of identity and persecution in Tsarist Russia.
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D.
The Price You Pay
"The Price You Pay" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1980 album *The River*, reflecting themes of sacrifice and the consequences of life’s choices.
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E.
The Price
The Price is a 1968 play by American dramatist Arthur Miller that explores family conflict, memory, and the cost of choices through the story of two estranged brothers dividing their late father's possessions.
- 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 Price of the Ticket Target entity description: The Price of the Ticket is a powerful James Baldwin essay that examines the personal and societal costs of Black existence and identity in the United States.
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A.
The Big Ticket
The Big Ticket is the famous nickname of NBA Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett, known for his intense competitiveness and all-around dominance on the basketball court.
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B.
The Ticket That Exploded
The Ticket That Exploded is an experimental 1962 science fiction novel by William S. Burroughs that uses his signature cut-up technique to explore themes of control, language, and media manipulation.
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C.
The Yellow Ticket
The Yellow Ticket is a 1918 American silent drama film, now considered lost, that starred Alice Joyce and dealt with themes of identity and persecution in Tsarist Russia.
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D.
The Price You Pay
"The Price You Pay" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1980 album *The River*, reflecting themes of sacrifice and the consequences of life’s choices.
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E.
The Price
The Price is a 1968 play by American dramatist Arthur Miller that explores family conflict, memory, and the cost of choices through the story of two estranged brothers dividing their late father's possessions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay collection
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | James Baldwin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| describes |
personal costs of Black existence in America
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societal costs of racism ⓘ |
| explores |
intersection of race and history
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political dimensions of Black identity ⓘ psychological impact of racism ⓘ relationship between individual and society ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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essay ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| hasEdition | The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948–1985 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
No Name in the Street
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Nobody Knows My Name ⓘ Notes of a Native Son ⓘ The Devil Finds Work ⓘ The Fire Next Time ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
American literature
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Black intellectual history ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
civil rights movement
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| influenced | contemporary discussions of race in America ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American society
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Black identity ⓘ history of African Americans ⓘ personal identity ⓘ race in the United States ⓘ racism ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableQuote | The price of the ticket is nothing less than one’s own identity. ⓘ |
| partOf | James Baldwin bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| publisher | St. Martin's Press ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | 1948–1985 ⓘ |
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Subject: The Price of the Ticket Description of subject: The Price of the Ticket is a powerful James Baldwin essay that examines the personal and societal costs of Black existence and identity in the United States.
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