Clock Without Hands
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Clock Without Hands is a 1961 novel by Carson McCullers that explores themes of mortality, racism, and moral decay in a small Southern town on the brink of desegregation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clock Without Hands canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2895618 — 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: Clock Without Hands Context triple: [Carson McCullers, notableWork, Clock Without Hands]
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A.
A Kind of Stopwatch
"A Kind of Stopwatch" is a 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone in which a man acquires a magical stopwatch that can freeze time, leading to unforeseen consequences.
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B.
The Wonder Clock
The Wonder Clock is a collection of illustrated fairy tales and stories for children by American author and artist Howard Pyle, known for its whimsical narratives and detailed drawings.
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C.
Hourglass
Hourglass is a Grammy-winning 1997 studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor that blends introspective lyrics with polished folk-rock and soft rock arrangements.
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D.
A Stitch in Time
A Stitch in Time is a 1963 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as a well-meaning but accident-prone butcher’s assistant who causes chaos while volunteering at a children’s hospital.
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E.
The Clock
The Clock is a 1945 romantic drama film starring Judy Garland and Robert Walker, directed by Vincente Minnelli, about a brief but intense wartime romance in New York City.
- 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: Clock Without Hands Target entity description: Clock Without Hands is a 1961 novel by Carson McCullers that explores themes of mortality, racism, and moral decay in a small Southern town on the brink of desegregation.
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A.
A Kind of Stopwatch
"A Kind of Stopwatch" is a 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone in which a man acquires a magical stopwatch that can freeze time, leading to unforeseen consequences.
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B.
The Wonder Clock
The Wonder Clock is a collection of illustrated fairy tales and stories for children by American author and artist Howard Pyle, known for its whimsical narratives and detailed drawings.
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C.
Hourglass
Hourglass is a Grammy-winning 1997 studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor that blends introspective lyrics with polished folk-rock and soft rock arrangements.
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D.
A Stitch in Time
A Stitch in Time is a 1963 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as a well-meaning but accident-prone butcher’s assistant who causes chaos while volunteering at a children’s hospital.
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E.
The Clock
The Clock is a 1945 romantic drama film starring Judy Garland and Robert Walker, directed by Vincente Minnelli, about a brief but intense wartime romance in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Carson McCullers ⓘ |
| character |
J. T. Malone
ⓘ
Jester Clane ⓘ Judge Fox Clane ⓘ Sherman Pew ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
Southern Gothic
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Gothic fiction
psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMediaType | print ⓘ |
| isFinalNovelBy | Carson McCullers ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of impending death and existential anxiety
ⓘ
exploration of race relations in the pre–civil rights American South ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Carson McCullers bibliography ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The novel follows a dying pharmacist, a racist former judge, his idealistic grandson, and a young Black man in a Southern town confronting desegregation and personal reckonings. ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Member of the Wedding ⓘ |
| protagonist | J. T. Malone ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| publisher | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| setInRegion |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American South
|
| settingType | small Southern town ⓘ |
| theme |
desegregation
ⓘ
guilt ⓘ justice ⓘ memory ⓘ moral decay ⓘ mortality ⓘ racism ⓘ the passage of time ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clock Without Hands Description of subject: Clock Without Hands is a 1961 novel by Carson McCullers that explores themes of mortality, racism, and moral decay in a small Southern town on the brink of desegregation.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Carson McCullers