“An Hour Before Daylight”
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“An Hour Before Daylight” is a memoir by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter reflecting on his rural Georgia boyhood during the Great Depression and the people and experiences that shaped his early life.
All labels observed (1)
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| “An Hour Before Daylight” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T817737 — 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: “An Hour Before Daylight” Context triple: [Jimmy Carter, notableWork, “An Hour Before Daylight”]
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"Loneliness of Evening" is a lesser-known song by composer Richard Rodgers, originally written for the musical "South Pacific" and later used in the stage adaptation of "Cinderella."
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- 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: “An Hour Before Daylight” Target entity description: “An Hour Before Daylight” is a memoir by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter reflecting on his rural Georgia boyhood during the Great Depression and the people and experiences that shaped his early life.
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A.
Loneliness of Evening
"Loneliness of Evening" is a lesser-known song by composer Richard Rodgers, originally written for the musical "South Pacific" and later used in the stage adaptation of "Cinderella."
-
B.
The Backbone of Night
"The Backbone of Night" is an episode of the science documentary series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" in which Carl Sagan explores humanity’s evolving understanding of the Milky Way and our place in the universe.
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C.
Day of the Sun
Day of the Sun is North Korea’s most important national holiday, marking the birth anniversary of founding leader Kim Il-sung with large-scale celebrations and state ceremonies.
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D.
Joy in the Morning
"Joy in the Morning" is a comic novel in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster series, featuring Bertie Wooster’s misadventures and the ingenious problem-solving of his valet Jeeves.
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E.
The Rains Came
The Rains Came is a 1939 American drama film set in India that is renowned for its groundbreaking special effects and won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Special Effects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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memoir ⓘ |
| author | Jimmy Carter ⓘ |
| authorBirthPlace |
Plains, Georgia, United States
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surface form:
Plains, Georgia
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| authorOccupation | 39th President of the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| describes |
Carter family farm life
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education in the rural South ⓘ family relationships ⓘ poverty in the Great Depression ⓘ race relations in the rural South ⓘ religion in rural Georgia ⓘ sharecroppers and tenant farmers ⓘ work on a peanut farm ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Our Endangered Values
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Sharing Good Times ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasFormat | audiobook ⓘ |
| hasNotableAspect |
depiction of pre-civil-rights-era South
ⓘ
focus on Jimmy Carter’s childhood ⓘ reflection on values and character formation ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
community and neighborliness
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faith and religion ⓘ family and upbringing ⓘ memory and nostalgia ⓘ race and segregation ⓘ rural poverty ⓘ work ethic ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general adult readership ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | presidential memoir ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American South
Great Depression ⓘ
surface form:
Great Depression in the United States
Jimmy Carter ⓘ rural life in Georgia ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Plains, Georgia, United States
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surface form:
Plains, Georgia
Sumter County, Georgia ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1930s
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Great Depression ⓘ |
| workInSeries | Jimmy Carter autobiographical works ⓘ |
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