Don’t Think of an Elephant!
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Don’t Think of an Elephant! is a political linguistics book by cognitive scientist George Lakoff that explains how framing and metaphor shape public opinion and political debate.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21623392 — 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: Don’t Think of an Elephant! Context triple: [George Lakoff, notableWork, Don’t Think of an Elephant!]
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Call It Democracy
"Call It Democracy" is a politically charged protest song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn that critiques U.S. foreign policy and global economic power structures.
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The American Voter
The American Voter is a landmark political science book that pioneered the study of voting behavior in the United States by analyzing how party identification and social factors shape electoral choices.
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C.
In the Shadow of the Silent Majorities
In the Shadow of the Silent Majorities is a 1982 philosophical and sociological essay by Jean Baudrillard that explores how modern mass media and consumer culture render the public passive, enigmatic “silent majorities” rather than active political subjects.
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D.
The Political Illusion
The Political Illusion is a 1965 book by French philosopher and sociologist Jacques Ellul that critiques modern society’s overreliance on political institutions and the myth that politics can solve all social problems.
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E.
The Democratic Paradox
The Democratic Paradox is a political theory book by Chantal Mouffe that explores the tensions between liberalism and democracy and argues for an “agonistic” model of pluralist democratic politics.
- 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: Don’t Think of an Elephant! Target entity description: Don’t Think of an Elephant! is a political linguistics book by cognitive scientist George Lakoff that explains how framing and metaphor shape public opinion and political debate.
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A.
Call It Democracy
"Call It Democracy" is a politically charged protest song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn that critiques U.S. foreign policy and global economic power structures.
-
B.
The American Voter
The American Voter is a landmark political science book that pioneered the study of voting behavior in the United States by analyzing how party identification and social factors shape electoral choices.
-
C.
In the Shadow of the Silent Majorities
In the Shadow of the Silent Majorities is a 1982 philosophical and sociological essay by Jean Baudrillard that explores how modern mass media and consumer culture render the public passive, enigmatic “silent majorities” rather than active political subjects.
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D.
The Political Illusion
The Political Illusion is a 1965 book by French philosopher and sociologist Jacques Ellul that critiques modern society’s overreliance on political institutions and the myth that politics can solve all social problems.
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E.
The Democratic Paradox
The Democratic Paradox is a political theory book by Chantal Mouffe that explores the tensions between liberalism and democracy and argues for an “agonistic” model of pluralist democratic politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
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