Joel Chandler Harris
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Joel Chandler Harris was an American journalist and author best known for his Uncle Remus stories, which collected and adapted African American folktales in Southern dialect.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joel Chandler Harris canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3249603 — 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: Joel Chandler Harris Context triple: [Local color writing, hasNotablePractitioner, Joel Chandler Harris]
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A.
DuBose Heyward
DuBose Heyward was an American author and playwright best known for his novel "Porgy," which became the basis for George Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess."
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B.
Jessie Willcox Smith
Jessie Willcox Smith was a prominent American illustrator of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for her tender, richly colored depictions of children in magazines and books.
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C.
Mary Tayloe Lloyd
Mary Tayloe Lloyd was an American woman from a prominent Maryland family best known as the wife of Francis Scott Key, author of the U.S. national anthem.
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D.
S. E. Allwright
S. E. Allwright was the election official in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Smith v. Allwright, which struck down racially exclusive primary elections.
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E.
Maud Gage Baum
Maud Gage Baum was an American actress and suffragist best known as the wife and literary supporter of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" author L. Frank Baum.
- 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: Joel Chandler Harris Target entity description: Joel Chandler Harris was an American journalist and author best known for his Uncle Remus stories, which collected and adapted African American folktales in Southern dialect.
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A.
DuBose Heyward
DuBose Heyward was an American author and playwright best known for his novel "Porgy," which became the basis for George Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess."
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B.
Jessie Willcox Smith
Jessie Willcox Smith was a prominent American illustrator of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for her tender, richly colored depictions of children in magazines and books.
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C.
Mary Tayloe Lloyd
Mary Tayloe Lloyd was an American woman from a prominent Maryland family best known as the wife of Francis Scott Key, author of the U.S. national anthem.
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D.
S. E. Allwright
S. E. Allwright was the election official in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Smith v. Allwright, which struck down racially exclusive primary elections.
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E.
Maud Gage Baum
Maud Gage Baum was an American actress and suffragist best known as the wife and literary supporter of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" author L. Frank Baum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
ⓘ
human ⓘ journalist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1908 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1870 ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1848-12-09 ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia
|
| causeOfDeath | cirrhosis of the liver ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1908-07-03 ⓘ |
| employer | Atlanta Constitution ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Harris ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
folklore ⓘ local color writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Joel ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Brer Bear
ⓘ
surface form:
character Br'er Bear (in his Uncle Remus stories)
Brer Fox ⓘ
surface form:
character Br'er Fox (in his Uncle Remus stories)
Br'er Rabbit ⓘ
surface form:
character Br'er Rabbit (in his Uncle Remus stories)
|
| influencedBy | African American oral tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| middleName | Chandler ⓘ |
| movement |
American realism
ⓘ
local color movement ⓘ |
| notableResidence | Wren's Nest, Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Balaam
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surface form:
Balaam and His Master
Daddy Jake, the Runaway ⓘ Mingo and Other Sketches in Black and White ⓘ Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories ⓘ
surface form:
Nights with Uncle Remus
Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories ⓘ
surface form:
Uncle Remus stories
Uncle Remus ⓘ
surface form:
Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings
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| notedFor |
collecting and adapting African American folktales
ⓘ
creation of the character Uncle Remus ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 6 ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
humorist ⓘ journalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Eatonton, Georgia ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Atlanta
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surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia
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| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| residence |
Atlanta
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Esther LaRose Harris ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Atlanta
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surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia
Savannah ⓘ
surface form:
Savannah, Georgia
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| writingStyle | use of Southern African American dialect ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
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