Tara Road
E621328
"Tara Road" is a bestselling contemporary novel by Irish author Maeve Binchy that follows the intertwined lives of two women from Dublin and Connecticut who swap houses to escape personal crises.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tara Road canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6739535 — 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: Tara Road Context triple: [Maeve Binchy, notableWork, Tara Road]
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A.
Iponri Road
Iponri Road is a significant thoroughfare in the Surulere area of Lagos, Nigeria, serving as an important connector within the neighborhood’s road network.
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B.
Packhorse Road
Packhorse Road is the main shopping and commercial street in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, known for its mix of independent shops, cafes, and services.
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C.
Brindabella Road
Brindabella Road is a rural roadway in southeastern Australia that traverses the Brindabella Ranges, providing a key link between Canberra and the Brindabella Valley.
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D.
Saddle Road
Saddle Road is a major cross-island highway on Hawaii’s Big Island that traverses the high plateau between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, providing a key inland route between Hilo and the Kona side.
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E.
Kennon Road
Kennon Road is a historic and scenic mountain highway in the Philippines that serves as one of the main routes connecting the lowlands of La Union to the city of Baguio in Benguet.
- 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: Tara Road Target entity description: "Tara Road" is a bestselling contemporary novel by Irish author Maeve Binchy that follows the intertwined lives of two women from Dublin and Connecticut who swap houses to escape personal crises.
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A.
Iponri Road
Iponri Road is a significant thoroughfare in the Surulere area of Lagos, Nigeria, serving as an important connector within the neighborhood’s road network.
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B.
Packhorse Road
Packhorse Road is the main shopping and commercial street in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, known for its mix of independent shops, cafes, and services.
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C.
Brindabella Road
Brindabella Road is a rural roadway in southeastern Australia that traverses the Brindabella Ranges, providing a key link between Canberra and the Brindabella Valley.
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D.
Saddle Road
Saddle Road is a major cross-island highway on Hawaii’s Big Island that traverses the high plateau between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, providing a key inland route between Hilo and the Kona side.
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E.
Kennon Road
Kennon Road is a historic and scenic mountain highway in the Philippines that serves as one of the main routes connecting the lowlands of La Union to the city of Baguio in Benguet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Tara Road (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Tara Road (2005 film)
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| adaptationType | film adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Maeve Binchy ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| award |
An Post Irish Book Award (popular fiction category, shortlisting)
ⓘ
linked to:
Irish Book Award
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| bestsellerStatus | bestselling novel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationCountry |
Ireland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| filmAdaptationDirector | Gillian Armstrong ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Scarlet Feather ⓘ |
| follows | Evening Class ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
ⓘ
domestic fiction ⓘ women's fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-7528-0364-4 ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | around 600 pages ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Marilyn Vine
ⓘ
Ria Lynch ⓘ |
| market | international bestseller ⓘ |
| notableFor | depicting intertwined lives of two women who exchange homes across Ireland and the United States. ⓘ |
| partOf | Maeve Binchy bibliography ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two women from Dublin and Connecticut swap houses to escape personal crises and transform their lives. ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Dutton
ⓘ
Orion Books ⓘ
linked to:
Orion Publishing Group
|
| setting |
Connecticut
ⓘ
Dublin ⓘ |
| theme |
escape and self-discovery
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ grief and loss ⓘ marriage and family ⓘ personal transformation ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tara Road Description of subject: "Tara Road" is a bestselling contemporary novel by Irish author Maeve Binchy that follows the intertwined lives of two women from Dublin and Connecticut who swap houses to escape personal crises.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.