A Death in the Family
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A Death in the Family is James Agee’s posthumously published, Pulitzer Prize–winning autobiographical novel depicting a Knoxville family’s grief after the sudden death of the father.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Death in the Family canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12483936 — 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: A Death in the Family Context triple: [James Agee, notableWork, A Death in the Family]
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A.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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B.
Lament for a Son
Lament for a Son is a deeply personal theological memoir in which philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff reflects on grief and faith after the death of his son.
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C.
After the Funeral
After the Funeral is an Agatha Christie detective novel featuring Hercule Poirot as he investigates a suspicious death following a wealthy patriarch’s funeral.
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D.
The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill
"The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" is a darkly comic horror segment from the anthology film Creepshow, based on a Stephen King story about a backwoods farmer whose encounter with a meteorite leads to a grotesque, plant-like transformation.
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E.
Del primo pianto
"Del primo pianto" is a brief, tender vocal passage from the final act of Puccini’s opera Turandot, reflecting the emotional transformation at the opera’s climax.
- 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: A Death in the Family Target entity description: A Death in the Family is James Agee’s posthumously published, Pulitzer Prize–winning autobiographical novel depicting a Knoxville family’s grief after the sudden death of the father.
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A.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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B.
Lament for a Son
Lament for a Son is a deeply personal theological memoir in which philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff reflects on grief and faith after the death of his son.
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C.
After the Funeral
After the Funeral is an Agatha Christie detective novel featuring Hercule Poirot as he investigates a suspicious death following a wealthy patriarch’s funeral.
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D.
The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill
"The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" is a darkly comic horror segment from the anthology film Creepshow, based on a Stephen King story about a backwoods farmer whose encounter with a meteorite leads to a grotesque, plant-like transformation.
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E.
Del primo pianto
"Del primo pianto" is a brief, tender vocal passage from the final act of Puccini’s opera Turandot, reflecting the emotional transformation at the opera’s climax.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.