Sad-Faced Boy
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Sad-Faced Boy is a children's book by Harlem Renaissance writer Arna Bontemps that portrays the experiences and emotions of an African American boy growing up in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sad-Faced Boy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7264240 — 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: Sad-Faced Boy Context triple: [Arna Bontemps, notableWork, Sad-Faced Boy]
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A.
So Sad the Song
"So Sad the Song" is a soulful ballad best known from Gladys Knight & the Pips’ 1976 recording, showcasing Gerry Goffin’s emotive songwriting.
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B.
This Boy
"This Boy" is a memoir by British politician Alan Johnson that recounts his impoverished childhood in post-war London.
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C.
Broken Face
"Broken Face" is a raw, punk-influenced track by the Pixies, featured on their influential 1988 album *Surfer Rosa*.
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D.
Fool to Cry
"Fool to Cry" is a soulful 1976 ballad by The Rolling Stones, noted for its emotional lyrics, falsetto vocals by Mick Jagger, and prominent use of electric piano and string arrangements.
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E.
The Sad Night
The Sad Night refers to the disastrous 1520 retreat of Hernán Cortés and his forces from Tenochtitlan, during which many Spanish conquistadors and their allies were killed by the Aztecs.
- 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: Sad-Faced Boy Target entity description: Sad-Faced Boy is a children's book by Harlem Renaissance writer Arna Bontemps that portrays the experiences and emotions of an African American boy growing up in the early 20th century.
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A.
So Sad the Song
"So Sad the Song" is a soulful ballad best known from Gladys Knight & the Pips’ 1976 recording, showcasing Gerry Goffin’s emotive songwriting.
-
B.
This Boy
"This Boy" is a memoir by British politician Alan Johnson that recounts his impoverished childhood in post-war London.
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C.
Broken Face
"Broken Face" is a raw, punk-influenced track by the Pixies, featured on their influential 1988 album *Surfer Rosa*.
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D.
Fool to Cry
"Fool to Cry" is a soulful 1976 ballad by The Rolling Stones, noted for its emotional lyrics, falsetto vocals by Mick Jagger, and prominent use of electric piano and string arrangements.
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E.
The Sad Night
The Sad Night refers to the disastrous 1520 retreat of Hernán Cortés and his forces from Tenochtitlan, during which many Spanish conquistadors and their allies were killed by the Aztecs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's book
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ |
| author | Arna Bontemps ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
African American literature
ⓘ
children's literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthorEthnicity |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| hasSubject | African American family life ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacterEmotion | sadness ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | an African American boy ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| portrays | experiences of an African American boy in the early 20th century ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
African American childhood
ⓘ
emotional experiences of a Black child ⓘ racial identity ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sad-Faced Boy Description of subject: Sad-Faced Boy is a children's book by Harlem Renaissance writer Arna Bontemps that portrays the experiences and emotions of an African American boy growing up in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.