The Stonemason
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The Stonemason is a stage play by American author Cormac McCarthy that explores family conflict, legacy, and moral decay within a multigenerational African American family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Stonemason canonical | 1 |
| The Stonemason’s Yard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2902801 — 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: The Stonemason Context triple: [Cormac McCarthy, notableWork, The Stonemason]
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A.
The First Stone
The First Stone is a controversial non-fiction book by Australian writer Helen Garner that examines a 1990s sexual harassment case at an elite Melbourne university college and sparked intense public debate about feminism and victimhood.
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B.
Harold’s Stones
Harold’s Stones is a prehistoric standing stone alignment near Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales, thought to date from the Bronze Age and associated with local legend.
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C.
The Ruin
The Ruin is a melancholic Old English poem reflecting on the crumbling remains of a once-great stone city and the transience of human achievements.
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D.
Shadows on the Rock
Shadows on the Rock is a historical novel by Willa Cather set in 17th-century Quebec, exploring themes of faith, community, and cultural identity in the French colonial world.
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E.
The Stone Book Quartet
The Stone Book Quartet is a sequence of four interlinked novellas by Alan Garner that explore generations of a Cheshire family through richly crafted, myth-infused realist storytelling.
- 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: The Stonemason Target entity description: The Stonemason is a stage play by American author Cormac McCarthy that explores family conflict, legacy, and moral decay within a multigenerational African American family.
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A.
The First Stone
The First Stone is a controversial non-fiction book by Australian writer Helen Garner that examines a 1990s sexual harassment case at an elite Melbourne university college and sparked intense public debate about feminism and victimhood.
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B.
Harold’s Stones
Harold’s Stones is a prehistoric standing stone alignment near Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales, thought to date from the Bronze Age and associated with local legend.
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C.
The Ruin
The Ruin is a melancholic Old English poem reflecting on the crumbling remains of a once-great stone city and the transience of human achievements.
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D.
Shadows on the Rock
Shadows on the Rock is a historical novel by Willa Cather set in 17th-century Quebec, exploring themes of faith, community, and cultural identity in the French colonial world.
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E.
The Stone Book Quartet
The Stone Book Quartet is a sequence of four interlinked novellas by Alan Garner that explore generations of a Cheshire family through richly crafted, myth-infused realist storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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stage play ⓘ |
| author | Cormac McCarthy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
African American family life
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family relationships ⓘ intergenerational tension ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ tradition versus change ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterRole | stonemason ⓘ |
| focusesOn | multigenerational African American family ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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stage play ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
novelist
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playwright ⓘ |
| hasForm | one-act play ⓘ |
| hasMedium | theatre ⓘ |
| intendedMedium | live theatre performance ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
family conflict
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legacy ⓘ moral decay ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Cormac McCarthy bibliography ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| workType | script for performance ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Stonemason Description of subject: The Stonemason is a stage play by American author Cormac McCarthy that explores family conflict, legacy, and moral decay within a multigenerational African American family.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Stonemason’s Yard