Kamal
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Kamal is a central character in Anita Desai’s novel "The Village by the Sea," around whom much of the story’s emotional and thematic development revolves.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kamal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17704650 — 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: Kamal Context triple: [The Village by the Sea, mainCharacter, Kamal]
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Kamal
Kamal is a central figure in Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Sugar Street," representing the introspective, politically aware younger generation within the multi-generational Cairo family saga.
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B.
Kamal
Kamal is a given name shared by various notable individuals across politics, arts, and other fields in the Arabic-speaking world and beyond.
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C.
Kamal
Kamal is a central figure in Naguib Mahfouz's novel "Palace of Desire," portrayed as a complex, introspective young man grappling with desire, morality, and modernity in early 20th-century Cairo.
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Kamal Khan
Kamal Khan is the primary villain and exiled Afghan prince in the James Bond film "Octopussy," known for his role in a nuclear extortion plot against the West.
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E.
Mekaal Hasan
Mekaal Hasan is a Pakistani musician, guitarist, and producer best known as the founder and bandleader of the fusion group Mekaal Hasan Band, which blends classical South Asian music with jazz and rock.
- 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: Kamal Target entity description: Kamal is a central character in Anita Desai’s novel "The Village by the Sea," around whom much of the story’s emotional and thematic development revolves.
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A.
Kamal
Kamal is a central figure in Naguib Mahfouz's novel "Palace of Desire," portrayed as a complex, introspective young man grappling with desire, morality, and modernity in early 20th-century Cairo.
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B.
Kamal
Kamal is a central figure in Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Sugar Street," representing the introspective, politically aware younger generation within the multi-generational Cairo family saga.
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C.
Kamal
Kamal is a given name shared by various notable individuals across politics, arts, and other fields in the Arabic-speaking world and beyond.
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D.
Kamal Khan
Kamal Khan is the primary villain and exiled Afghan prince in the James Bond film "Octopussy," known for his role in a nuclear extortion plot against the West.
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E.
Mekaal Hasan
Mekaal Hasan is a Pakistani musician, guitarist, and producer best known as the founder and bandleader of the fusion group Mekaal Hasan Band, which blends classical South Asian music with jazz and rock.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.