Song of Solomon
E18649
Song of Solomon is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores African American identity, family history, and the search for personal freedom through the life of its protagonist, Milkman Dead.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Song of Solomon canonical | 13 |
| Song of Solomon (1977 novel) | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T150279 — 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: Song of Solomon Context triple: [Toni Morrison, notableWork, Song of Solomon]
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A.
Beloved
"Beloved" is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores the haunting legacy of slavery through the story of a formerly enslaved woman and her family.
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B.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a seminal 1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston that follows the life and self-discovery of Janie Crawford in the early 20th-century American South.
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C.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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D.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
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E.
Dreams from My Father
Dreams from My Father is Barack Obama’s acclaimed memoir that explores his early life, family history, and search for identity across the United States, Kenya, and Indonesia.
- 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: Song of Solomon Target entity description: Song of Solomon is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores African American identity, family history, and the search for personal freedom through the life of its protagonist, Milkman Dead.
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A.
Beloved
"Beloved" is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores the haunting legacy of slavery through the story of a formerly enslaved woman and her family.
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B.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a seminal 1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston that follows the life and self-discovery of Janie Crawford in the early 20th-century American South.
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C.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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D.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
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E.
Dreams from My Father
Dreams from My Father is Barack Obama’s acclaimed memoir that explores his early life, family history, and search for identity across the United States, Kenya, and Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | Toni Morrison ⓘ |
| awarded |
National Book Critics Circle Award
ⓘ
surface form:
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
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| character |
Guitar Bains
ⓘ
Hagar ⓘ Macon Dead Jr. ⓘ Pilate Dead ⓘ Ruth Foster Dead ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| explores |
African American history
ⓘ
class and wealth ⓘ intergenerational trauma ⓘ masculinity ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| followedBy | Tar Baby ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
ⓘ
magical realism ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
flight
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gold ⓘ names ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Time 100 best English-language novels list
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surface form:
Time magazine list of 100 best English-language novels since 1923
|
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Milkman Dead ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableRecognition | selection for Oprah's Book Club ⓘ |
| partOf | Toni Morrison bibliography ⓘ |
| precededBy | Sula ⓘ |
| protagonist | Milkman Dead ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting |
Michigan (most of state)
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surface form:
Michigan
Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| theme |
African American identity
ⓘ
ancestry ⓘ community and isolation ⓘ family history ⓘ flight and escape ⓘ myth and folklore ⓘ search for personal freedom ⓘ violence and racism ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | Song of Songs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Song of Solomon Description of subject: Song of Solomon is a critically acclaimed novel by Toni Morrison that explores African American identity, family history, and the search for personal freedom through the life of its protagonist, Milkman Dead.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison
this entity surface form:
Song of Solomon (1977 novel)
this entity surface form:
Song of Solomon (1977 novel)
this entity surface form:
Song of Solomon (1977 novel)