The Dutch House
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The Dutch House is a bestselling contemporary novel by Ann Patchett that explores themes of family, memory, and inheritance through the story of two siblings bound to a grand suburban Philadelphia mansion.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Dutch House canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9249025 — 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: The Dutch House Context triple: [Ann Patchett, notableWork, The Dutch House]
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A.
The Golden House
The Golden House is a lesser-known 19th-century novel by American essayist and humorist Charles Dudley Warner.
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B.
The Golden House
The Golden House is a 2017 novel by Salman Rushdie that explores contemporary American politics, identity, and myth through the story of a mysterious billionaire family in New York City.
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C.
The Housekeeper
"The Housekeeper" is a narrative poem by Robert Frost that explores themes of duty, isolation, and human relationships in a rural New England setting.
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D.
Small Great Things
Small Great Things is a bestselling contemporary novel by Jodi Picoult that explores race, privilege, and justice through the story of an African American nurse accused in the death of a white supremacist’s newborn.
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E.
The Malloys
The Malloys are a directing duo known for their influential and stylish music videos and commercials.
- 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: The Dutch House Target entity description: The Dutch House is a bestselling contemporary novel by Ann Patchett that explores themes of family, memory, and inheritance through the story of two siblings bound to a grand suburban Philadelphia mansion.
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A.
The Golden House
The Golden House is a lesser-known 19th-century novel by American essayist and humorist Charles Dudley Warner.
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B.
The Golden House
The Golden House is a 2017 novel by Salman Rushdie that explores contemporary American politics, identity, and myth through the story of a mysterious billionaire family in New York City.
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C.
The Housekeeper
"The Housekeeper" is a narrative poem by Robert Frost that explores themes of duty, isolation, and human relationships in a rural New England setting.
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D.
Small Great Things
Small Great Things is a bestselling contemporary novel by Jodi Picoult that explores race, privilege, and justice through the story of an African American nurse accused in the death of a white supremacist’s newborn.
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E.
The Malloys
The Malloys are a directing duo known for their influential and stylish music videos and commercials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Ann Patchett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award | finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ |
| bestsellerStatus | New York Times bestseller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralObject | a grand mansion called the Dutch House ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
class and wealth
ⓘ
family ⓘ forgiveness ⓘ inheritance ⓘ loss ⓘ memory ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtDepicts | a young girl in front of a house ⓘ |
| format |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
ⓘ
domestic fiction ⓘ family saga ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
exile from home
ⓘ
returning to the past ⓘ sibling loyalty ⓘ stepfamily tensions ⓘ |
| hasSiblingRelationship | Danny and Maeve Conroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| houseFunctionInStory |
source of conflict over inheritance
ⓘ
symbol of family legacy ⓘ |
| houseName | The Dutch House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | realist ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Danny Conroy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maeve Conroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | bestselling novel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| narratorCharacter | Danny Conroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | audiobook narrated by Tom Hanks ⓘ |
| plotFocus |
impact of losing the family home
ⓘ
relationship between two siblings ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| settingLocation | suburban Philadelphia ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post–World War II to late 20th century ⓘ |
| timeStructure | nonlinear timeline ⓘ |
| tone |
melancholic
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Dutch House Description of subject: The Dutch House is a bestselling contemporary novel by Ann Patchett that explores themes of family, memory, and inheritance through the story of two siblings bound to a grand suburban Philadelphia mansion.
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