Harlem Cycle
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Harlem Cycle is a series of hardboiled crime novels by Chester Himes set in Harlem and featuring the detective duo Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Harlem Cycle canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6271388 — 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: Harlem Cycle Context triple: [A Rage in Harlem, partOfSeries, Harlem Cycle]
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A.
The Harlem Ghetto
"The Harlem Ghetto" is an essay by James Baldwin that examines the social, economic, and racial conditions of Black life in Harlem in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Harlem's Nocturne
"Harlem's Nocturne" is the atmospheric, piano-driven opening track by Alicia Keys that sets a soulful, introspective tone for her album "The Diary of Alicia Keys."
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C.
Harlem Nocturne
"Harlem Nocturne" is a moody, jazz standard saxophone feature composed in 1939 that has become widely associated with film noir and late-night urban atmospheres.
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D.
Harlem Shadows
Harlem Shadows is a landmark 1922 poetry collection by Harlem Renaissance writer Claude McKay that explores Black urban life, racial injustice, and modernist themes.
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E.
A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem is a 1991 crime-comedy film based on Chester Himes's novel, featuring Gregory Hines in a story of hustlers, romance, and deception in 1950s Harlem.
- 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: Harlem Cycle Target entity description: Harlem Cycle is a series of hardboiled crime novels by Chester Himes set in Harlem and featuring the detective duo Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones.
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A.
The Harlem Ghetto
"The Harlem Ghetto" is an essay by James Baldwin that examines the social, economic, and racial conditions of Black life in Harlem in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Harlem's Nocturne
"Harlem's Nocturne" is the atmospheric, piano-driven opening track by Alicia Keys that sets a soulful, introspective tone for her album "The Diary of Alicia Keys."
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C.
Harlem Nocturne
"Harlem Nocturne" is a moody, jazz standard saxophone feature composed in 1939 that has become widely associated with film noir and late-night urban atmospheres.
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D.
Harlem Shadows
Harlem Shadows is a landmark 1922 poetry collection by Harlem Renaissance writer Claude McKay that explores Black urban life, racial injustice, and modernist themes.
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E.
A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem is a 1991 crime-comedy film based on Chester Himes's novel, featuring Gregory Hines in a story of hustlers, romance, and deception in 1950s Harlem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime fiction book series
ⓘ
hardboiled fiction series ⓘ |
| author | Chester Himes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| featuresCharacter |
Coffin Ed Johnson
ⓘ
Grave Digger Jones ⓘ
linked to:
Gravedigger Jones
|
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ hardboiled fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptation of A Rage in Harlem
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film adaptation of Cotton Comes to Harlem ⓘ |
| hasDetectiveDuo |
Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones
ⓘ
linked to:
Coffin Ed Johnson
|
| hasPart |
A Rage in Harlem
ⓘ
All Shot Up ⓘ Blind Man with a Pistol ⓘ Cotton Comes to Harlem ⓘ Plan B ⓘ The Big Gold Dream ⓘ The Crazy Kill ⓘ The Heat’s On ⓘ
linked to:
The Heat's On
The Real Cool Killers ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | African-American literature ⓘ |
| mainSetting | Harlem ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | African American life in Harlem ⓘ |
| notableWorkInSeries |
A Rage in Harlem
ⓘ
Cotton Comes to Harlem ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| periodSetting | mid-20th-century Harlem ⓘ |
| protagonistDuo |
Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones
ⓘ
linked to:
Coffin Ed Johnson
|
| publisher | various publishers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harlem Cycle Description of subject: Harlem Cycle is a series of hardboiled crime novels by Chester Himes set in Harlem and featuring the detective duo Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones.
Referenced by (3)
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