Wilson’s garage
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Wilson’s garage is the run-down auto repair shop and gas station owned by George Wilson in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel "The Great Gatsby," located in the desolate Valley of Ashes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wilson’s garage canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3282851 — 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: Wilson’s garage Context triple: [Valley of Ashes, contains, Wilson’s garage]
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A.
Monroe Street Garage
Monroe Street Garage is a multi-level parking facility in downtown Chicago that serves visitors to nearby cultural attractions such as the Art Institute of Chicago and Millennium Park.
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B.
Lime Garage
Lime Garage is a multi-level parking facility serving visitors to the Disney Springs shopping, dining, and entertainment district at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
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C.
Orange Garage
Orange Garage is a multi-level parking facility serving visitors to the Disney Springs shopping, dining, and entertainment district at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
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D.
Torres Maldonado Garage
Torres Maldonado Garage is an architecturally distinctive parking facility designed by Preston Scott Cohen, noted for its complex geometric form and innovative spatial composition.
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E.
Harrison Car Maintenance Facility
Harrison Car Maintenance Facility is a rail car servicing and repair complex that supports PATH train operations in the New York–New Jersey metropolitan area.
- 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: Wilson’s garage Target entity description: Wilson’s garage is the run-down auto repair shop and gas station owned by George Wilson in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel "The Great Gatsby," located in the desolate Valley of Ashes.
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A.
Monroe Street Garage
Monroe Street Garage is a multi-level parking facility in downtown Chicago that serves visitors to nearby cultural attractions such as the Art Institute of Chicago and Millennium Park.
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B.
Lime Garage
Lime Garage is a multi-level parking facility serving visitors to the Disney Springs shopping, dining, and entertainment district at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
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C.
Orange Garage
Orange Garage is a multi-level parking facility serving visitors to the Disney Springs shopping, dining, and entertainment district at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
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D.
Torres Maldonado Garage
Torres Maldonado Garage is an architecturally distinctive parking facility designed by Preston Scott Cohen, noted for its complex geometric form and innovative spatial composition.
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E.
Harrison Car Maintenance Facility
Harrison Car Maintenance Facility is a rail car servicing and repair complex that supports PATH train operations in the New York–New Jersey metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
auto repair shop
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fictional location ⓘ gas station ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Great Gatsby ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
class division
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exploitation ⓘ hopelessness ⓘ infidelity ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
George Wilson
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Jay Gatsby ⓘ Myrtle Wilson ⓘ Nick Carraway ⓘ Tom Buchanan ⓘ |
| condition |
dilapidated
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dusty ⓘ neglected ⓘ |
| createdByAuthor | F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ |
| describedAs |
dust-covered
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run-down ⓘ unprosperous ⓘ |
| economicStatus | struggling business ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
The Great Gatsby
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surface form:
The Great Gatsby (1925)
|
| hasFunction |
automobile repair
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selling gasoline ⓘ storage of cars ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature | billboard of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg ⓘ |
| hasResident |
George Wilson
ⓘ
Myrtle Wilson ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalPlace | Valley of Ashes ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
contrast to East Egg and West Egg wealth
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place where George Wilson is driven to desperation ⓘ place where George Wilson learns of Myrtle’s infidelity ⓘ setting for Tom and Myrtle’s interactions ⓘ site of confrontation between Tom Buchanan and George Wilson ⓘ symbol of social and moral decay ⓘ |
| owner | George Wilson ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalSetting | Long Island–Queens corridor ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
failed American Dream
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industrial wasteland ⓘ moral desolation ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction |
1920s United States
ⓘ
Roaring Twenties ⓘ
surface form:
Jazz Age
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wilson’s garage Description of subject: Wilson’s garage is the run-down auto repair shop and gas station owned by George Wilson in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel "The Great Gatsby," located in the desolate Valley of Ashes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.