The Gravedigger’s Daughter
E381608
The Gravedigger’s Daughter is a 2007 novel by Joyce Carol Oates that follows the harrowing life of a Jewish immigrant’s daughter in mid-20th-century America as she struggles to escape violence and reinvent herself.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Gravedigger’s Daughter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3724997 — 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 Gravedigger’s Daughter Context triple: [Joyce Carol Oates, notableWork, The Gravedigger’s Daughter]
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A.
The Potter’s Field
The Potter’s Field is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, featuring the medieval monk-sleuth investigating a body found in a field once used for burying strangers and the poor.
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B.
The Wives of the Dead
"The Wives of the Dead" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that blends melancholy, ambiguity, and the supernatural as it follows two women who receive conflicting news about their supposedly deceased husbands.
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C.
Office of the Dead
The Office of the Dead is a traditional set of prayers in the Roman Catholic liturgy, recited for the souls of the deceased, especially in connection with funerals and All Souls’ Day.
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D.
The Yawning Grave
"The Yawning Grave" is a haunting, atmospheric folk-rock song by Lord Huron known for its ghostly narrative and cinematic, Western-tinged sound.
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E.
This House of Grief
"This House of Grief" is Helen Garner’s acclaimed work of narrative true crime that examines the trial and psychology surrounding an Australian father accused of murdering his three sons.
- 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 Gravedigger’s Daughter Target entity description: The Gravedigger’s Daughter is a 2007 novel by Joyce Carol Oates that follows the harrowing life of a Jewish immigrant’s daughter in mid-20th-century America as she struggles to escape violence and reinvent herself.
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A.
The Potter’s Field
The Potter’s Field is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, featuring the medieval monk-sleuth investigating a body found in a field once used for burying strangers and the poor.
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B.
The Wives of the Dead
"The Wives of the Dead" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that blends melancholy, ambiguity, and the supernatural as it follows two women who receive conflicting news about their supposedly deceased husbands.
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C.
Office of the Dead
The Office of the Dead is a traditional set of prayers in the Roman Catholic liturgy, recited for the souls of the deceased, especially in connection with funerals and All Souls’ Day.
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D.
The Yawning Grave
"The Yawning Grave" is a haunting, atmospheric folk-rock song by Lord Huron known for its ghostly narrative and cinematic, Western-tinged sound.
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E.
This House of Grief
"This House of Grief" is Helen Garner’s acclaimed work of narrative true crime that examines the trial and psychology surrounding an Australian father accused of murdering his three sons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Joyce Carol Oates ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| containsElement |
family saga
ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focusesOn |
a woman’s attempt to escape a violent past
ⓘ
reinvention of personal identity in America ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-06-123682-6 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Rebecca Schwart ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorBibliography | works of Joyce Carol Oates ⓘ |
| protagonistBackground | Jewish immigrant’s daughter ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2007 ⓘ |
| publisher | Ecco ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| settingPeriod | mid-20th-century America ⓘ |
| theme |
domestic abuse
ⓘ
identity ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ reinvention ⓘ survival ⓘ trauma ⓘ violence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Gravedigger’s Daughter Description of subject: The Gravedigger’s Daughter is a 2007 novel by Joyce Carol Oates that follows the harrowing life of a Jewish immigrant’s daughter in mid-20th-century America as she struggles to escape violence and reinvent herself.
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