Manhattan Transfer
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Manhattan Transfer is a modernist novel by John Dos Passos that portrays the fragmented, fast-paced life of early 20th-century New York City through a collage-like narrative style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Manhattan Transfer canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3331158 — 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: Manhattan Transfer Context triple: [John Dos Passos, notableWork, Manhattan Transfer]
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A.
The House on 92nd Street
The House on 92nd Street is a 1945 American film noir spy thriller noted for its semi-documentary style and use of FBI cooperation and real locations.
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B.
Maid in Manhattan
Maid in Manhattan is a 2002 romantic comedy film in which Jennifer Lopez stars as a hotel maid who unexpectedly falls in love with a wealthy politician.
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C.
Room in Brooklyn
Room in Brooklyn is a 1932 painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper that depicts a solitary woman in a sparsely furnished interior, exemplifying his signature themes of urban isolation and quiet introspection.
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D.
Nightwood
Nightwood is a modernist novel by Djuna Barnes, renowned for its experimental style and pioneering portrayal of queer relationships in early 20th-century literature.
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E.
Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American crime drama film, best known for starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy and for being the movie John Dillinger watched before his death.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manhattan Transfer Target entity description: Manhattan Transfer is a modernist novel by John Dos Passos that portrays the fragmented, fast-paced life of early 20th-century New York City through a collage-like narrative style.
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A.
The House on 92nd Street
The House on 92nd Street is a 1945 American film noir spy thriller noted for its semi-documentary style and use of FBI cooperation and real locations.
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B.
Maid in Manhattan
Maid in Manhattan is a 2002 romantic comedy film in which Jennifer Lopez stars as a hotel maid who unexpectedly falls in love with a wealthy politician.
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C.
Room in Brooklyn
Room in Brooklyn is a 1932 painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper that depicts a solitary woman in a sparsely furnished interior, exemplifying his signature themes of urban isolation and quiet introspection.
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D.
Nightwood
Nightwood is a modernist novel by Djuna Barnes, renowned for its experimental style and pioneering portrayal of queer relationships in early 20th-century literature.
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E.
Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American crime drama film, best known for starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy and for being the movie John Dillinger watched before his death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modernist novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | John Dos Passos ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| depicts |
bourgeois society
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fast-paced city life ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | U.S.A. trilogy ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist literature
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urban novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Ellen Thatcher
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George Baldwin ⓘ Gus McNeil ⓘ Jimmy Herf ⓘ Stan Emery ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
capitalism
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industrialization ⓘ mass media ⓘ |
| includedIn | 20th-century American literature canon ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European modernism
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cinematic montage ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
collage-like
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fragmented ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
montage
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multiple viewpoints ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| notableFor |
experimental narrative form
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panoramic portrait of New York City ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| partOf | John Dos Passos’s early major works ⓘ |
| precededBy | Streets of Night ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harcourt Brace & World
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surface form:
Harcourt, Brace and Company
|
| setInLocation |
Manhattan
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New York City ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| structure |
episodic
ⓘ
nonlinear ⓘ |
| theme |
American Dream
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alienation ⓘ modernity ⓘ social stratification ⓘ urbanization ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Manhattan Transfer Description of subject: Manhattan Transfer is a modernist novel by John Dos Passos that portrays the fragmented, fast-paced life of early 20th-century New York City through a collage-like narrative style.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Dos Passos
subject surface form:
John Dos Passos