Great Jones Street
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Great Jones Street is a novel by Don DeLillo that follows a reclusive rock star’s withdrawal from fame into a grimy New York apartment, exploring themes of celebrity, language, and cultural decay.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Great Jones Street canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549357 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Jones Street Context triple: [Don DeLillo, notableWork, Great Jones Street]
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A.
Charles Street
Charles Street is a historic thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts, known for running along the edge of the Boston Public Garden and Beacon Hill and featuring shops, restaurants, and classic brick architecture.
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Craig Street
Craig Street is an American record producer known for his work on acclaimed jazz, soul, and folk albums, often characterized by warm, intimate, and atmospheric soundscapes.
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C.
Mosley Street
Mosley Street is a central street in Manchester, England, known for its historic civic and cultural buildings and its role in the city’s commercial district.
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Hyde Street
Hyde Street is a well-known thoroughfare in San Francisco, famous for its steep hills, scenic views, and role as a popular route for the city’s historic cable cars.
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E.
Argyle Street
Argyle Street is one of Glasgow’s main shopping and thoroughfare streets, running through the city centre and known for its retail outlets and busy pedestrian traffic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Jones Street Target entity description: Great Jones Street is a novel by Don DeLillo that follows a reclusive rock star’s withdrawal from fame into a grimy New York apartment, exploring themes of celebrity, language, and cultural decay.
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A.
Charles Street
Charles Street is a historic thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts, known for running along the edge of the Boston Public Garden and Beacon Hill and featuring shops, restaurants, and classic brick architecture.
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B.
Craig Street
Craig Street is an American record producer known for his work on acclaimed jazz, soul, and folk albums, often characterized by warm, intimate, and atmospheric soundscapes.
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C.
Mosley Street
Mosley Street is a central street in Manchester, England, known for its historic civic and cultural buildings and its role in the city’s commercial district.
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D.
Hyde Street
Hyde Street is a well-known thoroughfare in San Francisco, famous for its steep hills, scenic views, and role as a popular route for the city’s historic cable cars.
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E.
Argyle Street
Argyle Street is one of Glasgow’s main shopping and thoroughfare streets, running through the city centre and known for its retail outlets and busy pedestrian traffic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
commodification of the self
ⓘ
impact of mass media on identity ⓘ relationship between art and commerce ⓘ |
| followedBy | Ratner’s Star ⓘ |
| followsCharacterArc | withdrawal from public life ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ rock-and-roll novel ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtForm | book cover design ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
dark humor
ⓘ
experimental prose ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasSettingFeature | grimy apartment ⓘ |
| hasSettingMood | bleak urban atmosphere ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
counterculture
ⓘ
drug culture ⓘ rock music culture ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | named after Great Jones Street in Manhattan ⓘ |
| includedIn | American postmodern canon ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bucky Wunderlick ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of celebrity culture
ⓘ
dense, allusive language ⓘ portrayal of a reclusive rock star ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | ~265 ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | early novels of Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| precededBy | End Zone ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | rock musician ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| publisher | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Great Jones Street, Manhattan
ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| theme |
celebrity
ⓘ
cultural decay ⓘ fame ⓘ identity ⓘ isolation ⓘ language ⓘ media saturation ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
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