Sooley
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Sooley is a novel by John Grisham that follows a young South Sudanese basketball player whose extraordinary talent offers a path out of war-torn hardship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sooley canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2188835 — 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: Sooley Context triple: [John Grisham, notableWork, Sooley]
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A.
Cappadonna
Cappadonna is an American rapper best known as a longtime affiliate and later official member of the Wu-Tang Clan.
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B.
Monthey
Monthey is a town and municipality in southwestern Switzerland known for its industrial base and location in the canton of Valais near the Rhône River and the Chablais Alps.
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C.
Sununu
Sununu is a prominent American political family name most notably associated with former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu and his son, Governor Chris Sununu.
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D.
Keef
Keef is the nickname of Keith Richards, the iconic guitarist and founding member of the Rolling Stones.
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E.
Sun Singer
Sun Singer is a celebrated bronze sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Milles, depicting a stylized, triumphant human figure reaching toward the sky.
- 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: Sooley Target entity description: Sooley is a novel by John Grisham that follows a young South Sudanese basketball player whose extraordinary talent offers a path out of war-torn hardship.
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A.
Cappadonna
Cappadonna is an American rapper best known as a longtime affiliate and later official member of the Wu-Tang Clan.
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B.
Monthey
Monthey is a town and municipality in southwestern Switzerland known for its industrial base and location in the canton of Valais near the Rhône River and the Chablais Alps.
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C.
Sununu
Sununu is a prominent American political family name most notably associated with former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu and his son, Governor Chris Sununu.
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D.
Keef
Keef is the nickname of Keith Richards, the iconic guitarist and founding member of the Rolling Stones.
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E.
Sun Singer
Sun Singer is a celebrated bronze sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Milles, depicting a stylized, triumphant human figure reaching toward the sky.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | John Grisham ⓘ |
| authorNotableFor | legal thrillers ⓘ |
| authorProfession | novelist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
contemporary fiction
ⓘ
sports fiction ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audio CD
ⓘ
digital audio download ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780385547680 ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistFullName | Samuel Sooleymon ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
African youth athletes
ⓘ
NCAA basketball ⓘ college basketball ⓘ refugee camps ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| isFictionalWorkAbout |
South Sudanese civil conflict
ⓘ
basketball ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | American novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Samuel Sooleymon ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | focus on sports rather than legal thriller elements ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorBibliography | works by John Grisham ⓘ |
| plotFocus |
basketball
ⓘ
civil war ⓘ refugee experience ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality |
South Sudan
ⓘ
surface form:
South Sudanese
|
| protagonistOccupation | basketball player ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2021-04-27 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| setting |
North Carolina
ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| theme |
family separation
ⓘ
hope and opportunity ⓘ talent as a path out of poverty ⓘ tragedy and loss ⓘ war and displacement ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 21st century ⓘ |
| titleCharacterNickname | Sooley self-link ⓘ |
| workChronology | later-career novel by John Grisham ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sooley Description of subject: Sooley is a novel by John Grisham that follows a young South Sudanese basketball player whose extraordinary talent offers a path out of war-torn hardship.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.