Slaves of New York
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Slaves of New York is a 1989 comedy-drama film set in New York’s bohemian art scene, following the romantic and creative struggles of aspiring artists and featuring Bernadette Peters in a leading role.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Slaves of New York canonical | 3 |
| Slaves of New York (1989 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8851731 — 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: Slaves of New York Context triple: [Bernadette Peters, notableWork, Slaves of New York]
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A.
New Slaves
"New Slaves" is a politically charged hip-hop song by Kanye West that critiques racism, consumerism, and mass incarceration in modern society.
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B.
Slaves
"Slaves" is a work associated with scholar Jolyon Thomas, likely examining themes of bondage, power, and social or religious structures.
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C.
A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem is a 1991 crime-comedy film based on Chester Himes's novel, featuring Gregory Hines in a story of hustlers, romance, and deception in 1950s Harlem.
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D.
Parade of the Slave Children
"Parade of the Slave Children" is a musical cue composed by John Williams for the film *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*, accompanying the sequence of enslaved children being freed.
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E.
House of Slaves
The House of Slaves is a historic museum and former slave-holding facility on Gorée Island in Senegal, memorializing the Atlantic slave trade and its human toll.
- 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: Slaves of New York Target entity description: Slaves of New York is a 1989 comedy-drama film set in New York’s bohemian art scene, following the romantic and creative struggles of aspiring artists and featuring Bernadette Peters in a leading role.
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A.
New Slaves
"New Slaves" is a politically charged hip-hop song by Kanye West that critiques racism, consumerism, and mass incarceration in modern society.
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B.
Slaves
"Slaves" is a work associated with scholar Jolyon Thomas, likely examining themes of bondage, power, and social or religious structures.
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C.
A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem is a 1991 crime-comedy film based on Chester Himes's novel, featuring Gregory Hines in a story of hustlers, romance, and deception in 1950s Harlem.
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D.
Parade of the Slave Children
"Parade of the Slave Children" is a musical cue composed by John Williams for the film *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*, accompanying the sequence of enslaved children being freed.
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E.
House of Slaves
The House of Slaves is a historic museum and former slave-holding facility on Gorée Island in Senegal, memorializing the Atlantic slave trade and its human toll.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Slaves of New York (short story collection) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Tama Janowitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Tony Pierce-Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | James Ivory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Orion Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Katherine Wenning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama film
ⓘ
romantic comedy-drama film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
artistic ambition
ⓘ
bohemian lifestyle ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ |
| leadActor | Bernadette Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Eleanor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterPortrayedBy | Bernadette Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Richard Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
creative struggles of aspiring artists
ⓘ
romantic struggles of aspiring artists ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of New York bohemian art scene ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Ismail Merchant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Merchant Ivory Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1989 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 124 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tama Janowitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | New York City ⓘ |
| settingEnvironment | bohemian art scene ⓘ |
| starring |
Adam Coleman Howard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bernadette Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Sarandon NERFINISHED ⓘ John Harkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Madeleine Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Beth Hurt NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercedes Ruehl NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Schoeffling NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Buscemi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adults ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting | 1980s ⓘ |
| title | Slaves of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Slaves of New York Description of subject: Slaves of New York is a 1989 comedy-drama film set in New York’s bohemian art scene, following the romantic and creative struggles of aspiring artists and featuring Bernadette Peters in a leading role.
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Slaves of New York (1989 film)