The Slap
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The Slap is a novel by Australian author Christos Tsiolkas that explores the fallout within a suburban community after a man slaps a child who is not his own at a backyard barbecue.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Slap (novel) | 5 |
| The Slap canonical | 4 |
| The Slap (novel) by Christos Tsiolkas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13334622 — 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 Slap Context triple: [Charlie Gogolak, notableWork, The Slap]
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A.
The Slap
The Slap is an Australian television drama miniseries adapted from Christos Tsiolkas's novel, exploring the fallout within a group of family and friends after a man slaps a child who is not his own at a suburban barbecue.
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B.
The Master Butchers Singing Club
The Master Butchers Singing Club is a multigenerational novel by Louise Erdrich that follows German immigrants and their descendants in a small North Dakota town, exploring themes of family, memory, and the legacy of war.
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C.
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is a novel by Milan Kundera that blends political satire, philosophical reflection, and fragmented narratives to explore memory, identity, and the erasure of history in communist Czechoslovakia.
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D.
Disgrace
Disgrace is a critically acclaimed novel by South African writer J. M. Coetzee that explores themes of power, shame, and post-apartheid social tensions through the downfall of a disgraced professor.
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E.
The Rotters' Club
The Rotters' Club is a 2005 BBC television drama series, adapted from Jonathan Coe's novel, that follows a group of teenagers growing up in 1970s Birmingham amid social and political upheaval.
- 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 Slap Target entity description: The Slap is a novel by Australian author Christos Tsiolkas that explores the fallout within a suburban community after a man slaps a child who is not his own at a backyard barbecue.
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A.
The Slap
The Slap is an Australian television drama miniseries adapted from Christos Tsiolkas's novel, exploring the fallout within a group of family and friends after a man slaps a child who is not his own at a suburban barbecue.
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B.
The Master Butchers Singing Club
The Master Butchers Singing Club is a multigenerational novel by Louise Erdrich that follows German immigrants and their descendants in a small North Dakota town, exploring themes of family, memory, and the legacy of war.
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C.
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is a novel by Milan Kundera that blends political satire, philosophical reflection, and fragmented narratives to explore memory, identity, and the erasure of history in communist Czechoslovakia.
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D.
Disgrace
Disgrace is a critically acclaimed novel by South African writer J. M. Coetzee that explores themes of power, shame, and post-apartheid social tensions through the downfall of a disgraced professor.
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E.
The Rotters' Club
The Rotters' Club is a 2005 BBC television drama series, adapted from Jonathan Coe's novel, that follows a group of teenagers growing up in 1970s Birmingham amid social and political upheaval.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationFormat | television series ⓘ |
| author | Christos Tsiolkas ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book (South East Asia and South Pacific) 2009
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linked to:
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
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| centralConflict | Moral and legal repercussions of disciplining someone else’s child. ⓘ |
| centralIncident | A man slaps a misbehaving child at a barbecue. ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| exploresIssue |
cultural identity
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gender roles ⓘ generational conflict ⓘ immigration ⓘ marriage and infidelity ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| genre |
domestic fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Slap (Australian TV series)
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The Slap (U.S. TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
The Slap (U.S. miniseries)
|
| hasISBN | 9781741753592 ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
family dynamics
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justice ⓘ middle-class life ⓘ morality ⓘ multiculturalism ⓘ parenting ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | multi-perspective ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Aisha
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Anouk ⓘ Connie ⓘ Gary ⓘ Harry ⓘ Hector ⓘ Manolis ⓘ Rosie ⓘ |
| notableFor | controversial depiction of parenting and discipline ⓘ |
| numberOfPointOfViewCharacters | 8 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The novel explores the consequences after a man slaps a child who is not his own at a suburban barbecue. ⓘ |
| publisher | Allen & Unwin ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Australia ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Melbourne ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
Dublin IMPAC Literary Award
ⓘ
linked to:
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Miles Franklin Award ⓘ
linked to:
Miles Franklin Literary Award
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| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Slap Description of subject: The Slap is a novel by Australian author Christos Tsiolkas that explores the fallout within a suburban community after a man slaps a child who is not his own at a backyard barbecue.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Slap
linked to: The Slap
linked to: The Slap
subject linked to:
Christos Tsiolkas
linked to: The Slap