Annie Kilburn
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Annie Kilburn is a realist novel by William Dean Howells that explores social reform, class, and moral responsibility in a small New England town.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Annie Kilburn canonical | 1 |
| Annie Kilburn (character) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T319655 — 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: Annie Kilburn Context triple: [William Dean Howells, notableWork, Annie Kilburn]
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A.
Annie Elizabeth Baird
Annie Elizabeth Baird was the wife of Charles Curtis, the 31st vice president of the United States and the first person of significant Native American ancestry to hold that office.
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B.
Emily Carmichael
Emily Carmichael is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for her work on genre films such as Pacific Rim: Uprising and for her distinctive, imaginative storytelling style.
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C.
Barbara Dickson
Barbara Dickson is a Scottish singer and actress known for her folk-inspired pop music and roles in musical theatre, including the hit musical "Blood Brothers."
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D.
Sylvia Ashley
Sylvia Ashley was a British model, showgirl, and socialite who became known for her high-profile marriages to several prominent men in the entertainment and aristocratic worlds.
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E.
Nora Barlow
Nora Barlow was a British botanist and editor best known as Charles Darwin’s granddaughter and for publishing and annotating key editions of his works and correspondence.
- 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: Annie Kilburn Target entity description: Annie Kilburn is a realist novel by William Dean Howells that explores social reform, class, and moral responsibility in a small New England town.
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A.
Annie Elizabeth Baird
Annie Elizabeth Baird was the wife of Charles Curtis, the 31st vice president of the United States and the first person of significant Native American ancestry to hold that office.
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B.
Emily Carmichael
Emily Carmichael is an American filmmaker and screenwriter known for her work on genre films such as Pacific Rim: Uprising and for her distinctive, imaginative storytelling style.
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C.
Barbara Dickson
Barbara Dickson is a Scottish singer and actress known for her folk-inspired pop music and roles in musical theatre, including the hit musical "Blood Brothers."
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D.
Sylvia Ashley
Sylvia Ashley was a British model, showgirl, and socialite who became known for her high-profile marriages to several prominent men in the entertainment and aristocratic worlds.
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E.
Nora Barlow
Nora Barlow was a British botanist and editor best known as Charles Darwin’s granddaughter and for publishing and annotating key editions of his works and correspondence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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realist novel ⓘ |
| author | William Dean Howells ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
labor issues
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philanthropy ⓘ religious influence in community life ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| explores |
duty of the wealthy toward the poor
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gender roles in 19th-century America ⓘ limits of individual reform ⓘ tension between idealism and practicality ⓘ |
| genre |
realism
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social novel ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
detailed social observation
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psychological realism ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist |
Annie Kilburn
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Annie Kilburn (character)
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| literaryMovement |
Realism
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surface form:
American realism
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| mainTheme |
class
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moral responsibility ⓘ social reform ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | William Dean Howells’s realist works ⓘ |
| period | late 19th century American literature ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingLocation | New England ⓘ |
| settingType | small town ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Annie Kilburn Description of subject: Annie Kilburn is a realist novel by William Dean Howells that explores social reform, class, and moral responsibility in a small New England town.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Annie Kilburn (character)