Main Street
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Main Street is a 1920 satirical novel by Sinclair Lewis that critiques small-town American life and conformity through the experiences of its idealistic protagonist.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Main Street canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Main Street Context triple: [Sinclair Lewis, notableWork, Main Street]
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Main Street
Main Street is a primary thoroughfare in Woburn, Massachusetts, serving as a key route through the city’s central area.
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Main Street
Main Street is the primary commercial thoroughfare running through the downtown district of Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
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Main Street
Main Street is the central themed precinct of Warner Bros. Movie World, featuring shops, entertainment, and character experiences in a classic Hollywood-style streetscape.
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Main Street
Main Street is the central north–south thoroughfare running through downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, serving as a key commercial and transportation corridor.
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Main Street
Main Street is a major thoroughfare in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, New York City, known as a busy commercial and transit hub.
- 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Main Street Target entity description: Main Street is a 1920 satirical novel by Sinclair Lewis that critiques small-town American life and conformity through the experiences of its idealistic protagonist.
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Main Street
Main Street is the central thoroughfare in the fictional small town of Mayberry, famously depicted in *The Andy Griffith Show* as the heart of the community’s daily life.
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Main Street
Main Street in Marceline, Missouri, is a historic small-town thoroughfare best known for inspiring Walt Disney’s vision of Main Street, U.S.A. in Disney theme parks.
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Main Street
Main Street is the historic downtown thoroughfare of Zionsville, Indiana, known for its preserved village-style streetscape, brick sidewalks, and locally owned shops and restaurants.
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Main Street
Main Street is a common primary thoroughfare name used in many towns and cities, typically serving as a central commercial and social hub.
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Main Street
Main Street is the central commercial and social thoroughfare of Huntington Village, lined with shops, restaurants, and local businesses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Main Street (1923 film)
NERFINISHED
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Main Street (1936 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Sinclair Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (initially recommended) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | Babbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
realist novel
ⓘ
satire ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Guy Pollock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miles Bjornstam NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymie Wutherspoon NERFINISHED ⓘ Vida Sherwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later American social novels ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
middle class in the United States
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small towns in literature ⓘ social criticism in literature ⓘ |
| influenced | Babbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISBN | various editions; public domain in some jurisdictions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | PS3523.E94 M3 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Dr. Will Kennicott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial depiction of provincialism
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detailed portrayal of Midwestern small-town life ⓘ |
| OCLC | 1646081 ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 400 pages ⓘ |
| partOf | American literature canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCareer | breakthrough novel of Sinclair Lewis ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Trail of the Hawk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Carol Kennicott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carol Milford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1920 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harcourt, Brace and Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Gopher Prairie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
conformity
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critique of small-town American life ⓘ gender roles ⓘ individualism vs. community pressure ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
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