Maud Martha
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Maud Martha is a 1953 novel in vignettes by Gwendolyn Brooks that portrays the interior life and everyday struggles of a young Black woman on Chicago’s South Side.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maud Martha canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3403599 — 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: Maud Martha Context triple: [Gwendolyn Brooks, notableWork, Maud Martha]
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A.
Jacotey
Jacotey is the surname of French pop singer Alizée, known for her early-2000s hit "Moi... Lolita."
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B.
Shirley
"Shirley" is a social and political novel by Charlotte Brontë set during the industrial unrest of early 19th-century England, exploring themes of class conflict, gender roles, and economic hardship.
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C.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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D.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is a suburban area in the London Borough of Croydon, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to green spaces and nearby districts like West Wickham.
- 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: Maud Martha Target entity description: Maud Martha is a 1953 novel in vignettes by Gwendolyn Brooks that portrays the interior life and everyday struggles of a young Black woman on Chicago’s South Side.
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A.
Jacotey
Jacotey is the surname of French pop singer Alizée, known for her early-2000s hit "Moi... Lolita."
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B.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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C.
Shirley
"Shirley" is a social and political novel by Charlotte Brontë set during the industrial unrest of early 19th-century England, exploring themes of class conflict, gender roles, and economic hardship.
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D.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is a suburban area in the London Borough of Croydon, known for its residential neighborhoods and proximity to green spaces and nearby districts like West Wickham.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Gwendolyn Brooks ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
Black womanhood
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class struggle ⓘ colorism ⓘ everyday life ⓘ marriage ⓘ motherhood ⓘ racism ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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coming-of-age novel ⓘ domestic fiction ⓘ novel in vignettes ⓘ realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject | young Black woman on Chicago’s South Side ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
beauty and self-worth
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domestic life ⓘ economic hardship ⓘ family relationships ⓘ gender roles ⓘ identity ⓘ interior life of a Black woman ⓘ ordinary joys ⓘ racial discrimination ⓘ resilience ⓘ urban segregation ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African American literature
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surface form:
African-American literature movement
post-Harlem Renaissance literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Maud Martha Brown ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | series of vignettes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
lyrical prose style
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portrayal of everyday Black life in Chicago ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist | Maud Martha Brown ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1953 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Brothers ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Chicago
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South Side, Chicago ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago’s South Side
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| timePeriodOfSetting |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ World War II era ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maud Martha Description of subject: Maud Martha is a 1953 novel in vignettes by Gwendolyn Brooks that portrays the interior life and everyday struggles of a young Black woman on Chicago’s South Side.
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