Old Kentucky Home
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Old Kentucky Home, originally titled "Negro Life at the South," is an 1859 genre painting by Eastman Johnson depicting African American domestic life in Washington, D.C., often noted for its complex portrayal of race and slavery before the Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Kentucky Home canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T688178 — 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: Old Kentucky Home Context triple: [Negro Life at the South, alsoKnownAs, Old Kentucky Home]
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A.
Red River Valley
Red River Valley is a fertile agricultural region and historic cultural area along the Red River, known for its farming communities and role in the development of the south-central United States.
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B.
The House That Nat Built
"The House That Nat Built" is a nickname for the Capitol Records Building in Los Angeles, highlighting how Nat King Cole’s success was instrumental in establishing the label’s prominence.
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C.
Rocky Top
"Rocky Top" is a popular bluegrass song that has become an unofficial anthem and rallying cry for the University of Tennessee and its sports fans.
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D.
Oldtown Folks
Oldtown Folks is a 19th-century novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that portrays life, religion, and community in a small New England village.
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E.
Old Country Road
Old Country Road is a major commercial thoroughfare in Nassau County, New York, lined with shopping centers, restaurants, and retail businesses.
- 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: Old Kentucky Home Target entity description: Old Kentucky Home, originally titled "Negro Life at the South," is an 1859 genre painting by Eastman Johnson depicting African American domestic life in Washington, D.C., often noted for its complex portrayal of race and slavery before the Civil War.
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A.
Red River Valley
Red River Valley is a fertile agricultural region and historic cultural area along the Red River, known for its farming communities and role in the development of the south-central United States.
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B.
The House That Nat Built
"The House That Nat Built" is a nickname for the Capitol Records Building in Los Angeles, highlighting how Nat King Cole’s success was instrumental in establishing the label’s prominence.
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C.
Rocky Top
"Rocky Top" is a popular bluegrass song that has become an unofficial anthem and rallying cry for the University of Tennessee and its sports fans.
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D.
Oldtown Folks
Oldtown Folks is a 19th-century novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that portrays life, religion, and community in a small New England village.
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E.
Old Country Road
Old Country Road is a major commercial thoroughfare in Nassau County, New York, lined with shopping centers, restaurants, and retail businesses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genre painting
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painting ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Negro Life at the South ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | pre–Civil War American art ⓘ |
| colorPalette | earth tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Eastman Johnson ⓘ |
| depicts |
African American domestic life
ⓘ
a backyard scene ⓘ a dilapidated house ⓘ a mixed‑race woman ⓘ a white visitor ⓘ children playing ⓘ enslaved African Americans ⓘ music making ⓘ |
| depictsEthnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African Americans
white Americans ⓘ |
| depictsPlace | backyard of a house in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| depictsTime | antebellum period ⓘ |
| genre | American realism ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Eastman Johnson ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasPart |
clothesline
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crumbling brick wall ⓘ domestic animals ⓘ figures gathered in a yard ⓘ musical instruments ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Old Kentucky Home self-link ⓘ |
| inception | 1859 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | American debates over slavery ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
everyday life of African Americans
ⓘ
race relations in the antebellum South ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| movement | American genre painting ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ambiguous social commentary
ⓘ
complex portrayal of race and slavery before the American Civil War ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Negro Life at the South ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Kentucky Home Description of subject: Old Kentucky Home, originally titled "Negro Life at the South," is an 1859 genre painting by Eastman Johnson depicting African American domestic life in Washington, D.C., often noted for its complex portrayal of race and slavery before the Civil War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.