Ellen Glasgow
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Ellen Glasgow was an American novelist known for her realistic depictions of life in the American South and for winning the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "In This Our Life."
All labels observed (1)
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| Ellen Glasgow canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10285909 — 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: Ellen Glasgow Context triple: [In This Our Life, authorOfSourceWork, Ellen Glasgow]
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A.
Zona Gale
Zona Gale was an American author and playwright, best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and play "Miss Lulu Bett" and for being the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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B.
Sanora Babb
Sanora Babb was an American writer and journalist known for her Dust Bowl-era fiction and memoirs depicting the lives of migrant farmworkers.
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C.
Annie Fellows Johnston
Annie Fellows Johnston was an American author best known for her popular "Little Colonel" series of children's novels published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Jean Shirley Verhagen
Jean Shirley Verhagen, better known by her stage name Jean Hagen, was an American film, television, and stage actress best remembered for her Oscar-nominated role as Lina Lamont in the classic musical "Singin' in the Rain."
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E.
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was an American author best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "The Yearling," which portrays rural life in the Florida backwoods.
- 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: Ellen Glasgow Target entity description: Ellen Glasgow was an American novelist known for her realistic depictions of life in the American South and for winning the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "In This Our Life."
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A.
Zona Gale
Zona Gale was an American author and playwright, best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and play "Miss Lulu Bett" and for being the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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B.
Sanora Babb
Sanora Babb was an American writer and journalist known for her Dust Bowl-era fiction and memoirs depicting the lives of migrant farmworkers.
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C.
Annie Fellows Johnston
Annie Fellows Johnston was an American author best known for her popular "Little Colonel" series of children's novels published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Jean Shirley Verhagen
Jean Shirley Verhagen, better known by her stage name Jean Hagen, was an American film, television, and stage actress best remembered for her Oscar-nominated role as Lina Lamont in the classic musical "Singin' in the Rain."
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E.
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was an American author best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "The Yearling," which portrays rural life in the Florida backwoods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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novelist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
NERFINISHED
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Pulitzer Prize for the Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1873-04-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1945-11-21 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Encyclopaedia Britannica
ⓘ
Library of Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | home schooling ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
American South social history
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern literature
NERFINISHED
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realist fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Ellen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | Southern women writers ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
class and economic struggle
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gender roles ⓘ social change in the American South ⓘ |
| movement | realism ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Barren Ground
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
In This Our Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Life and Gabriella NERFINISHED ⓘ The Battle-Ground NERFINISHED ⓘ The Deliverance NERFINISHED ⓘ The Voice of the People NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wheel of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Vein of Iron NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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short story writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Richmond, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Richmond, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| residence | Richmond, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| writingStyle | realistic depiction of Southern life ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ellen Glasgow Description of subject: Ellen Glasgow was an American novelist known for her realistic depictions of life in the American South and for winning the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "In This Our Life."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.