The Smart Set
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The Smart Set was an early 20th-century American literary magazine known for its sophisticated, iconoclastic fiction, criticism, and commentary, and for helping launch the careers of several major writers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Smart Set canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5765395 — 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: The Smart Set Context triple: [H. L. Mencken, employer, The Smart Set]
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A.
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Magazine is a long-running American monthly magazine known for its literary fiction, essays, and commentary on culture, politics, and society.
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B.
The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic Monthly is a long-running American magazine known for its influential essays, literary works, and commentary on politics, culture, and ideas.
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C.
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine renowned for its in-depth journalism, literary fiction, cultural commentary, and distinctive cartoons.
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D.
Evening Magazine
Evening Magazine was a pioneering local television news and entertainment magazine show in the United States that helped popularize the city-focused, human-interest TV magazine format in the 1970s and 1980s.
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E.
The Little Review
The Little Review was an influential early 20th-century American literary magazine known for publishing experimental modernist writers, including James Joyce.
- 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: The Smart Set Target entity description: The Smart Set was an early 20th-century American literary magazine known for its sophisticated, iconoclastic fiction, criticism, and commentary, and for helping launch the careers of several major writers.
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A.
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Magazine is a long-running American monthly magazine known for its literary fiction, essays, and commentary on culture, politics, and society.
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B.
The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic Monthly is a long-running American magazine known for its influential essays, literary works, and commentary on politics, culture, and ideas.
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C.
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine renowned for its in-depth journalism, literary fiction, cultural commentary, and distinctive cartoons.
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D.
Evening Magazine
Evening Magazine was a pioneering local television news and entertainment magazine show in the United States that helped popularize the city-focused, human-interest TV magazine format in the 1970s and 1980s.
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E.
The Little Review
The Little Review was an influential early 20th-century American literary magazine known for publishing experimental modernist writers, including James Joyce.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | literary magazine ⓘ |
| circulationArea | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedBySource | early 20th-century American literary magazine ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolished | 1930 ⓘ |
| editor |
Arthur Grissom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Jean Nathan NERFINISHED ⓘ H. L. Mencken NERFINISHED ⓘ Harrison Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry L. Mencken NERFINISHED ⓘ Marmaduke Pickthall NERFINISHED ⓘ Willard Huntington Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editorialLine |
anti-puritan
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cosmopolitan NERFINISHED ⓘ iconoclastic ⓘ |
| genre |
essay
ⓘ
fiction ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| hasContributor |
D. H. Lawrence
NERFINISHED
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Dorothy Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ F. Scott Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ George Jean Nathan NERFINISHED ⓘ H. L. Mencken NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack London NERFINISHED ⓘ James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Conrad NERFINISHED ⓘ O. Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinclair Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore Dreiser NERFINISHED ⓘ Willa Cather NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
book review section
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drama criticism section ⓘ fiction section ⓘ poetry section ⓘ social commentary column ⓘ |
| inception | 1900 ⓘ |
| influenced |
The American Mercury
NERFINISHED
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modern American literary journalism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locationOfHeadquarters | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
contemporary literature
ⓘ
politics and society ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping launch the careers of several major writers
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iconoclastic criticism ⓘ social satire ⓘ sophisticated fiction ⓘ |
| publicationFrequency | monthly ⓘ |
| publisher | John Adams Thayer Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Smart Set Description of subject: The Smart Set was an early 20th-century American literary magazine known for its sophisticated, iconoclastic fiction, criticism, and commentary, and for helping launch the careers of several major writers.
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