The Overwhelming
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The Overwhelming is a political drama play by J.T. Rogers that follows an American academic and his family caught in the escalating violence of pre-genocide Rwanda in 1994.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Overwhelming canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13085362 — 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 Overwhelming Context triple: [J.T. Rogers, notableWork, The Overwhelming]
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A.
The Overwhelming
The Overwhelming is an English rendering of the Arabic term "Al-Ghashiyah," referring to the all-encompassing event of the Day of Judgment described in the Qur'anic chapter Surah Al-Ghashiyah.
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B.
The Maddening
The Maddening is a 1995 psychological thriller film starring Burt Reynolds as a deranged patriarch who imprisons a young woman and her family.
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C.
The Overload
"The Overload" is a track by the American rock band Talking Heads, featured as the atmospheric and brooding closing song on their 1980 album *Remain in Light*.
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D.
The Tough Ones
The Tough Ones is a 1970s Italian poliziottesco crime-action film known for its gritty violence, tough cop antihero, and cult status among Eurocrime cinema fans.
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E.
The Proud
The Proud is a conceptual or narrative element representing individuals or forces characterized by an intense sense of dignity, self-respect, or arrogance.
- 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 Overwhelming Target entity description: The Overwhelming is a political drama play by J.T. Rogers that follows an American academic and his family caught in the escalating violence of pre-genocide Rwanda in 1994.
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A.
The Overwhelming
The Overwhelming is an English rendering of the Arabic term "Al-Ghashiyah," referring to the all-encompassing event of the Day of Judgment described in the Qur'anic chapter Surah Al-Ghashiyah.
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B.
The Maddening
The Maddening is a 1995 psychological thriller film starring Burt Reynolds as a deranged patriarch who imprisons a young woman and her family.
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C.
The Overload
"The Overload" is a track by the American rock band Talking Heads, featured as the atmospheric and brooding closing song on their 1980 album *Remain in Light*.
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D.
The Tough Ones
The Tough Ones is a 1970s Italian poliziottesco crime-action film known for its gritty violence, tough cop antihero, and cult status among Eurocrime cinema fans.
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E.
The Proud
The Proud is a conceptual or narrative element representing individuals or forces characterized by an intense sense of dignity, self-respect, or arrogance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| chronologyRelativeToEvent | set shortly before the 1994 Rwandan genocide ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator |
J. T. Rogers
ⓘ
linked to:
J.T. Rogers
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| depicts |
escalation toward mass violence
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pre-genocide tensions in Rwanda ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | full-length play ⓘ |
| genre | political drama ⓘ |
| hasAuthor |
J. T. Rogers
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linked to:
J.T. Rogers
|
| hasTheme |
Western intervention in Africa
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family under political crisis ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
American academic
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American academic’s family ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | escalating violence in pre-genocide Rwanda ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Kigali
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Rwanda ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1994 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
American foreign policy
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Rwandan genocide ⓘ
linked to:
1994 Rwandan genocide
ethnic conflict ⓘ international community’s response to genocide ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ political violence ⓘ |
| writer |
J. T. Rogers
ⓘ
linked to:
J.T. Rogers
|
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Overwhelming Description of subject: The Overwhelming is a political drama play by J.T. Rogers that follows an American academic and his family caught in the escalating violence of pre-genocide Rwanda in 1994.
Referenced by (3)
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