The Blind Assassin
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The Blind Assassin is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Margaret Atwood that blends family saga, mystery, and metafiction through a story-within-a-story structure.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Blind Assassin canonical | 8 |
| The Blind Assassin (2000) | 1 |
| The Blind Assassin (fictional novel within the novel) | 1 |
| The Blind Assassin (novel-within-the-novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T161971 — 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 Blind Assassin Context triple: [Margaret Atwood, notableWork, The Blind Assassin]
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A.
The English Patient
The English Patient is a 1996 romantic war drama film, based on Michael Ondaatje’s novel, that follows the tragic, interwoven stories of several characters during World War II and won multiple Academy Awards.
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B.
The Wife
"The Wife" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that explores themes of love, loyalty, and devotion within marriage.
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C.
Atonement
Atonement is the Christian theological concept describing how Jesus Christ’s life, death, and resurrection reconcile humanity with God and address the problem of sin.
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D.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
- 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 Blind Assassin Target entity description: The Blind Assassin is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Margaret Atwood that blends family saga, mystery, and metafiction through a story-within-a-story structure.
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A.
The English Patient
The English Patient is a 1996 romantic war drama film, based on Michael Ondaatje’s novel, that follows the tragic, interwoven stories of several characters during World War II and won multiple Academy Awards.
-
B.
The Wife
"The Wife" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that explores themes of love, loyalty, and devotion within marriage.
-
C.
Atonement
Atonement is the Christian theological concept describing how Jesus Christ’s life, death, and resurrection reconcile humanity with God and address the problem of sin.
-
D.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Margaret Atwood ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Booker Prize
ⓘ
Booker Prize ⓘ
surface form:
Booker Prize for Fiction
|
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ metafiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
fictional novel titled "The Blind Assassin"
ⓘ
science fiction tale about a blind assassin ⓘ |
| isbn | 0-7710-0868-6 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
embedded narrative
ⓘ
multiple timelines ⓘ nonlinear narrative ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alex Thomas
ⓘ
Iris Chase ⓘ Laura Chase ⓘ Richard Griffen ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
frame narrative
ⓘ
story within a story ⓘ |
| notableRecognition | listed among important works of Canadian literature ⓘ |
| pages | 521 ⓘ |
| partOf | Margaret Atwood bibliography ⓘ |
| placeOfSetting |
Canada
ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2000 ⓘ |
| publisher |
McClelland and Stewart
ⓘ
surface form:
McClelland & Stewart
Nan A. Talese ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
20th century
ⓘ
Great Depression ⓘ World War II era ⓘ interwar period ⓘ |
| theme |
class and power
ⓘ
gender and patriarchy ⓘ guilt ⓘ memory ⓘ political radicalism ⓘ sisterhood ⓘ storytelling and authorship ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Blind Assassin Description of subject: The Blind Assassin is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Margaret Atwood that blends family saga, mystery, and metafiction through a story-within-a-story structure.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Blind Assassin (novel-within-the-novel)
this entity surface form:
The Blind Assassin (2000)
this entity surface form:
The Blind Assassin (fictional novel within the novel)