Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith
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Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith was an early 20th-century American publishing firm noted for issuing significant works of modernist literature, including novels by William Faulkner.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith canonical | 11 |
| Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith | 1 |
| Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith (first edition) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T614508 — 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: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith Context triple: [The Sound and the Fury, publisher, Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith]
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A.
George Allen & Unwin
George Allen & Unwin was a prominent British publishing house known for releasing influential works in philosophy, literature, and academic scholarship, including major titles by authors such as Bertrand Russell and J.R.R. Tolkien.
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B.
William Heinemann
William Heinemann is a British publishing house, founded in the late 19th century, known for issuing works by prominent literary and non-fiction authors.
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C.
Faber and Faber
Faber and Faber is a renowned independent British publishing house known for its influential catalog of literary fiction, poetry, and drama.
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D.
Smith, Elder & Co.
Smith, Elder & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for issuing major literary works and reference titles, including the Dictionary of National Biography.
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E.
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder & Stoughton is a major British publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction, non-fiction, and religious titles.
- 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: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith Target entity description: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith was an early 20th-century American publishing firm noted for issuing significant works of modernist literature, including novels by William Faulkner.
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A.
George Allen & Unwin
George Allen & Unwin was a prominent British publishing house known for releasing influential works in philosophy, literature, and academic scholarship, including major titles by authors such as Bertrand Russell and J.R.R. Tolkien.
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B.
William Heinemann
William Heinemann is a British publishing house, founded in the late 19th century, known for issuing works by prominent literary and non-fiction authors.
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C.
Faber and Faber
Faber and Faber is a renowned independent British publishing house known for its influential catalog of literary fiction, poetry, and drama.
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D.
Smith, Elder & Co.
Smith, Elder & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British publishing house known for issuing major literary works and reference titles, including the Dictionary of National Biography.
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E.
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodder & Stoughton is a major British publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction, non-fiction, and religious titles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book publisher
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publishing company ⓘ |
| characteristic | issued significant works of modernist literature ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| field | literature ⓘ |
| genrePublished |
modernist fiction
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novels ⓘ |
| hasAuthorPublished |
William Faulkner
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other modernist writers ⓘ |
| industry | publishing ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| notableFor |
publishing modernist literature
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publishing works by William Faulkner ⓘ |
| product | books ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith Description of subject: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith was an early 20th-century American publishing firm noted for issuing significant works of modernist literature, including novels by William Faulkner.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith
linked to: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith