Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York
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Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York is a 1972 comic novel by Gail Parent about a single Jewish woman in Manhattan grappling with love, identity, and societal expectations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10081117 — 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)
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Target entity: Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York Context triple: [Gail Parent, notableWork, Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York]
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A.
Felix Gonzalez-Torres Estate
The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Estate is the body that manages and preserves the legacy, artworks, and intellectual property of the influential Cuban-American conceptual artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres.
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B.
The New York Earth Room
The New York Earth Room is a long-term installation by artist Walter De Maria consisting of a large SoHo loft filled with packed earth, maintained as a contemplative indoor landscape.
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C.
Sherrie Levine
Sherrie Levine is an American conceptual artist best known for her appropriation works that challenge ideas of originality, authorship, and authenticity in art.
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D.
Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions
Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions is a critical study by Maggie Nelson that examines the overlooked contributions of women poets and artists associated with the New York School.
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E.
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living is a famous contemporary art installation by Damien Hirst featuring a preserved tiger shark suspended in a glass tank of formaldehyde, exploring themes of mortality and perception.
- 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)
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Target entity: Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York Target entity description: Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York is a 1972 comic novel by Gail Parent about a single Jewish woman in Manhattan grappling with love, identity, and societal expectations.
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A.
Felix Gonzalez-Torres Estate
The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Estate is the body that manages and preserves the legacy, artworks, and intellectual property of the influential Cuban-American conceptual artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres.
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B.
The New York Earth Room
The New York Earth Room is a long-term installation by artist Walter De Maria consisting of a large SoHo loft filled with packed earth, maintained as a contemplative indoor landscape.
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C.
Sherrie Levine
Sherrie Levine is an American conceptual artist best known for her appropriation works that challenge ideas of originality, authorship, and authenticity in art.
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D.
Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions
Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions is a critical study by Maggie Nelson that examines the overlooked contributions of women poets and artists associated with the New York School.
-
E.
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living is a famous contemporary art installation by Damien Hirst featuring a preserved tiger shark suspended in a glass tank of formaldehyde, exploring themes of mortality and perception.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Gail Parent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| filmAdaptationDirector | Sidney J. Furie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStar |
Jeannie Berlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roy Scheider NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney J. Furie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Jewish American fiction
ⓘ
comic novel ⓘ humorous fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
dating culture in New York City
ⓘ
family pressure to marry ⓘ urban single life ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | second-wave feminist era popular fiction ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
identity
ⓘ
love ⓘ single womanhood ⓘ societal expectations ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sheila Levine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of a neurotic single Jewish woman in New York City ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| protagonistReligion | Jewish ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| settingCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York Description of subject: Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York is a 1972 comic novel by Gail Parent about a single Jewish woman in Manhattan grappling with love, identity, and societal expectations.
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