The Last Gentleman
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The Last Gentleman is a 1966 novel by American author Walker Percy that follows a spiritually adrift young Southerner searching for meaning in modern America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Last Gentleman canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13561344 — 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 Last Gentleman Context triple: [Walker Percy, notableWork, The Last Gentleman]
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A.
The Gentleman
The Gentleman is a song featured on the album "Gangster and a Gentleman," likely contributing to the record's blend of gritty street narratives and polished hip-hop production.
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B.
The Gentleman
The Gentleman is the nickname of English professional snooker player Joe Perry, known for his courteous demeanor and sportsmanship on and off the table.
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C.
the Gentleman
The Gentleman is one of the three central interlocutors in Nakae Chōmin’s political dialogue "A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government," representing a refined, idealistic perspective in the debate over Japan’s future.
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D.
The Man in Grey
The Man in Grey is a 1943 British melodrama film, noted as the first of Gainsborough Pictures’ popular series of costume dramas that helped define the studio’s success in the 1940s.
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E.
An Ordinary Man
An Ordinary Man is a 2017 drama film about a fugitive war criminal hiding in plain sight, starring Ben Kingsley and directed by Brad Silberling.
- 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 Last Gentleman Target entity description: The Last Gentleman is a 1966 novel by American author Walker Percy that follows a spiritually adrift young Southerner searching for meaning in modern America.
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A.
The Gentleman
The Gentleman is a song featured on the album "Gangster and a Gentleman," likely contributing to the record's blend of gritty street narratives and polished hip-hop production.
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B.
The Gentleman
The Gentleman is the nickname of English professional snooker player Joe Perry, known for his courteous demeanor and sportsmanship on and off the table.
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C.
the Gentleman
The Gentleman is one of the three central interlocutors in Nakae Chōmin’s political dialogue "A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government," representing a refined, idealistic perspective in the debate over Japan’s future.
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D.
The Man in Grey
The Man in Grey is a 1943 British melodrama film, noted as the first of Gainsborough Pictures’ popular series of costume dramas that helped define the studio’s success in the 1940s.
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E.
An Ordinary Man
An Ordinary Man is a 2017 drama film about a fugitive war criminal hiding in plain sight, starring Ben Kingsley and directed by Brad Silberling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Walker Percy ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| authorReligion |
Roman Catholic
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
Catholic novel
ⓘ
Southern literature ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780374523002 ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Second Coming ⓘ |
| includedIn | Walker Percy bibliography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Southern Renaissance ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Will Barrett ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | exploration of existential and religious themes in a Southern context ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | a spiritually adrift young Southerner ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ |
| sequelPublicationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
New York City ⓘ |
| theme |
Southern identity
ⓘ
alienation in modern America ⓘ faith and doubt ⓘ identity ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ spiritual crisis ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1960s America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Last Gentleman Description of subject: The Last Gentleman is a 1966 novel by American author Walker Percy that follows a spiritually adrift young Southerner searching for meaning in modern America.
Referenced by (4)
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