novel "Push"
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The novel "Push" is a critically acclaimed work by Sapphire that follows the harrowing yet hopeful coming-of-age story of an abused, illiterate Harlem teenager named Precious as she discovers her voice through alternative education.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Push (novel) by Sapphire | 1 |
| novel "Push" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6278886 — 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: novel "Push" Context triple: [Ms. Blu Rain, appearsIn, novel "Push"]
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A.
La Push
La Push is a small coastal community and Quileute tribal village on Washington State’s Pacific coast, known for its rugged beaches, surf, and proximity to Olympic National Park.
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B.
novel "NO"
The novel "NO" is a work of fiction by chemist and writer Carl Djerassi, reflecting his characteristic blend of science, ethics, and personal drama.
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C.
The Pusher
"The Pusher" is a 1968 rock song by Steppenwolf, best known for its anti-drug message and prominent use in the film Easy Rider.
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D.
The Sentence
The Sentence is the English translation of Franz Kafka’s posthumously published short story "Das Urteil" ("The Judgment"), a seminal work of early 20th-century existential and modernist literature.
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E.
novel "The Haunting of Hill House"
"The Haunting of Hill House" is a landmark 1959 gothic horror novel by Shirley Jackson about a group of people investigating a notoriously haunted mansion, widely acclaimed as one of the greatest ghost stories in modern literature.
- 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: novel "Push" Target entity description: The novel "Push" is a critically acclaimed work by Sapphire that follows the harrowing yet hopeful coming-of-age story of an abused, illiterate Harlem teenager named Precious as she discovers her voice through alternative education.
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A.
La Push
La Push is a small coastal community and Quileute tribal village on Washington State’s Pacific coast, known for its rugged beaches, surf, and proximity to Olympic National Park.
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B.
novel "NO"
The novel "NO" is a work of fiction by chemist and writer Carl Djerassi, reflecting his characteristic blend of science, ethics, and personal drama.
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C.
The Pusher
"The Pusher" is a 1968 rock song by Steppenwolf, best known for its anti-drug message and prominent use in the film Easy Rider.
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D.
The Sentence
The Sentence is the English translation of Franz Kafka’s posthumously published short story "Das Urteil" ("The Judgment"), a seminal work of early 20th-century existential and modernist literature.
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E.
novel "The Haunting of Hill House"
"The Haunting of Hill House" is a landmark 1959 gothic horror novel by Shirley Jackson about a group of people investigating a notoriously haunted mansion, widely acclaimed as one of the greatest ghost stories in modern literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feature film
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fictional character ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Sapphire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded |
Black Caucus of the American Library Association First Novelist Award
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book-of-the-Month Club Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Push NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| educationContext | alternative school program ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age novel
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ urban fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISBN | 978-0-679-78198-0 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
stream-of-consciousness elements
ⓘ
vernacular language ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Claireece Precious Jones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Precious NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | diary-like entries ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of African-American female adolescence
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use of nonstandard orthography to reflect voice ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Push NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | teenager ⓘ |
| protagonistName | Claireece Precious Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistNickname | Precious NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistResidence | Harlem, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| settingLocation | Harlem, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | two-part novel ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
HIV/AIDS
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incest ⓘ teen pregnancy ⓘ |
| teacherCharacter | Blu Rain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
education as empowerment
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illiteracy ⓘ physical abuse ⓘ poverty ⓘ racism ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ sexual abuse ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 1990s
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late 1980s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: novel "Push" Description of subject: The novel "Push" is a critically acclaimed work by Sapphire that follows the harrowing yet hopeful coming-of-age story of an abused, illiterate Harlem teenager named Precious as she discovers her voice through alternative education.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Push (novel) by Sapphire