Putnam’s Magazine
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Putnam’s Magazine was a 19th-century American literary periodical known for publishing fiction, essays, and cultural commentary by prominent writers of its time.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Putnam's Magazine | 1 |
| Putnam’s Magazine canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T628495 — 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: Putnam’s Magazine Context triple: [George Palmer Putnam, founded, Putnam’s Magazine]
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A.
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Magazine is a long-running American monthly magazine known for its literary fiction, essays, and commentary on culture, politics, and society.
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B.
The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic Monthly is a long-running American magazine known for its influential essays, literary works, and commentary on politics, culture, and ideas.
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C.
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society is a long-running scholarly journal that publishes monographic studies and research across a wide range of academic disciplines.
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D.
The University Bookman
The University Bookman is a long-running conservative literary and cultural journal known for its book reviews and essays on politics, tradition, and society.
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E.
Argosy magazine
Argosy magazine was a long-running American pulp and men's adventure periodical known for sensational stories and features that helped popularize mysteries like the Bermuda Triangle.
- 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: Putnam’s Magazine Target entity description: Putnam’s Magazine was a 19th-century American literary periodical known for publishing fiction, essays, and cultural commentary by prominent writers of its time.
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A.
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Magazine is a long-running American monthly magazine known for its literary fiction, essays, and commentary on culture, politics, and society.
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B.
The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic Monthly is a long-running American magazine known for its influential essays, literary works, and commentary on politics, culture, and ideas.
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C.
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society is a long-running scholarly journal that publishes monographic studies and research across a wide range of academic disciplines.
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D.
The University Bookman
The University Bookman is a long-running conservative literary and cultural journal known for its book reviews and essays on politics, tradition, and society.
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E.
Argosy magazine
Argosy magazine was a long-running American pulp and men's adventure periodical known for sensational stories and features that helped popularize mysteries like the Bermuda Triangle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American magazine
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literary magazine ⓘ periodical ⓘ |
| circulationArea |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editorialFocus |
high-quality literary work
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promotion of American authors ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural commentary
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essay magazine ⓘ fiction magazine ⓘ literary magazine ⓘ |
| inception | 1853 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
poetry
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serialized fiction ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| locationOfPublisher | New York City ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableContributor |
Bayard Taylor
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Edmund Clarence Stedman ⓘ Fitz-James O’Brien ⓘ Herman Melville ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| publisher |
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
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surface form:
G. P. Putnam & Co.
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| subjectMatter |
American literature
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cultural criticism ⓘ essays ⓘ politics ⓘ travel writing ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general educated readership ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Putnam’s Magazine Description of subject: Putnam’s Magazine was a 19th-century American literary periodical known for publishing fiction, essays, and cultural commentary by prominent writers of its time.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Putnam's Magazine