Boatwright house
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The Boatwright house is the rural South Carolina home of the Boatwright sisters that becomes a place of refuge and self-discovery for Lily Owens in Sue Monk Kidd’s novel "The Secret Life of Bees."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Boatwright house canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6280546 — 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: Boatwright house Context triple: [Lily Owens, laterStaysAt, Boatwright house]
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A.
Jennie Wade House
The Jennie Wade House is a historic museum in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, preserved as the home of the only civilian killed during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
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B.
Vierling House
Vierling House is a historic residence within the Old Salem district of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, notable for its preserved Moravian architecture and cultural significance.
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C.
Willits House
Willits House is a landmark early 20th-century residence in Highland Park, Illinois, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and celebrated as a seminal example of the Prairie School architectural style.
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D.
Hancock-Clarke House
The Hancock-Clarke House is a historic colonial-era home and museum in Lexington, Massachusetts, best known as the site where Paul Revere and William Dawes warned John Hancock and Samuel Adams of approaching British troops on the night of April 18, 1775.
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E.
Edmund Fowle House
The Edmund Fowle House is a historic 18th-century residence in Watertown, Massachusetts, notable for serving as an early meeting place of the Massachusetts government during the American Revolution.
- 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: Boatwright house Target entity description: The Boatwright house is the rural South Carolina home of the Boatwright sisters that becomes a place of refuge and self-discovery for Lily Owens in Sue Monk Kidd’s novel "The Secret Life of Bees."
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A.
Jennie Wade House
The Jennie Wade House is a historic museum in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, preserved as the home of the only civilian killed during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.
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B.
Vierling House
Vierling House is a historic residence within the Old Salem district of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, notable for its preserved Moravian architecture and cultural significance.
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C.
Willits House
Willits House is a landmark early 20th-century residence in Highland Park, Illinois, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and celebrated as a seminal example of the Prairie School architectural style.
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D.
Hancock-Clarke House
The Hancock-Clarke House is a historic colonial-era home and museum in Lexington, Massachusetts, best known as the site where Paul Revere and William Dawes warned John Hancock and Samuel Adams of approaching British troops on the night of April 18, 1775.
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E.
Edmund Fowle House
The Edmund Fowle House is a historic 18th-century residence in Watertown, Massachusetts, notable for serving as an early meeting place of the Massachusetts government during the American Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional house
ⓘ
literary location ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | pink house ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Secret Life of Bees ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Sue Monk Kidd ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Black Madonna Honey business
ⓘ
Black Madonna statue ⓘ |
| countryInFictional |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstPublicationContext |
The Secret Life of Bees (2001 novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Secret Life of Bees
|
| genreContext |
Southern fiction
ⓘ
coming-of-age novel ⓘ |
| hasColorTheme | pink ⓘ |
| hasFeature | bee hives on the property ⓘ |
| hasGarden | yard with wisteria and flowers ⓘ |
| hasReligiousElement | home altar to the Black Madonna ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
August Boatwright
ⓘ
June Boatwright ⓘ May Boatwright ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | South Carolina ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Boatwright sisters ⓘ |
| ownedByInFiction | August Boatwright ⓘ |
| servesAs |
place of self-discovery for Lily Owens
ⓘ
refuge for Lily Owens ⓘ |
| settingFor |
Lily Owens’ emotional growth
ⓘ
Lily Owens’ exploration of race and family ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
female community
ⓘ
healing and acceptance ⓘ spiritual sanctuary ⓘ |
| timePeriodFictional | 1964 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Boatwright house Description of subject: The Boatwright house is the rural South Carolina home of the Boatwright sisters that becomes a place of refuge and self-discovery for Lily Owens in Sue Monk Kidd’s novel "The Secret Life of Bees."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.