By Nightfall
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By Nightfall is a contemporary novel by Michael Cunningham that explores themes of desire, art, and midlife crisis through the story of a New York art dealer whose life is unsettled by the arrival of his wife's younger brother.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| By Nightfall canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10091674 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: By Nightfall Context triple: [Michael Cunningham, notableWork, By Nightfall]
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A.
Against the Fall of Night
Against the Fall of Night is a classic early science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores a far-future, dying Earth and humanity’s quest to transcend its long decline.
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B.
Nightfall
"Nightfall" is a classic science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores the psychological and societal collapse of a civilization experiencing darkness and a view of the stars for the first time.
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C.
There Shall Be No Night
"There Shall Be No Night" is a Pulitzer Prize-winning World War II-era play by Robert E. Sherwood that dramatizes the Soviet invasion of Finland and the human cost of war.
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D.
Lest Darkness Fall
Lest Darkness Fall is a classic alternate history science fiction novel by L. Sprague de Camp in which a modern archaeologist is transported to the late Roman Empire and attempts to prevent the onset of the Dark Ages.
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E.
In the Ocean of Night
"In the Ocean of Night" is a 1977 hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that blends astrophysics, alien contact, and cosmic-scale mystery as part of his larger Galactic Center series.
- 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: By Nightfall Target entity description: By Nightfall is a contemporary novel by Michael Cunningham that explores themes of desire, art, and midlife crisis through the story of a New York art dealer whose life is unsettled by the arrival of his wife's younger brother.
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A.
Against the Fall of Night
Against the Fall of Night is a classic early science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke that explores a far-future, dying Earth and humanity’s quest to transcend its long decline.
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B.
Nightfall
"Nightfall" is a classic science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores the psychological and societal collapse of a civilization experiencing darkness and a view of the stars for the first time.
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C.
There Shall Be No Night
"There Shall Be No Night" is a Pulitzer Prize-winning World War II-era play by Robert E. Sherwood that dramatizes the Soviet invasion of Finland and the human cost of war.
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D.
Lest Darkness Fall
Lest Darkness Fall is a classic alternate history science fiction novel by L. Sprague de Camp in which a modern archaeologist is transported to the late Roman Empire and attempts to prevent the onset of the Dark Ages.
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E.
In the Ocean of Night
"In the Ocean of Night" is a 1977 hard science fiction novel by Gregory Benford that blends astrophysics, alien contact, and cosmic-scale mystery as part of his larger Galactic Center series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Michael Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| authorOf | Michael Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Mizzy
NERFINISHED
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Peter Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebecca Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRelation |
Mizzy is Rebecca Harris's younger brother
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Harris is married to Rebecca Harris ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| genre |
contemporary fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780374299088 ⓘ |
| hasReception | generally positive critical reviews ⓘ |
| hasTitle | By Nightfall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Peter Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | interior life of Peter Harris ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | art dealer ⓘ |
| protagonistResidence | Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Specimen Days
NERFINISHED
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The Hours NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| settingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
aging
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contemporary art world ⓘ long-term relationships ⓘ |
| theme |
art
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desire ⓘ family relationships ⓘ identity ⓘ marriage ⓘ midlife crisis ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: By Nightfall Description of subject: By Nightfall is a contemporary novel by Michael Cunningham that explores themes of desire, art, and midlife crisis through the story of a New York art dealer whose life is unsettled by the arrival of his wife's younger brother.
Referenced by (2)
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