The Bridegroom Was a Dog
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The Bridegroom Was a Dog is a surreal, folkloric novella by Yoko Tawada that blends everyday life with myth and animal-human transformations to explore identity, desire, and otherness.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Bridegroom Was a Dog canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2510138 — 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 Bridegroom Was a Dog Context triple: [Yoko Tawada, notableWork, The Bridegroom Was a Dog]
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A.
The Twa Dogs
The Twa Dogs is a satirical poem by Robert Burns in which two dogs discuss and contrast the lives of the rich and the poor in 18th-century Scotland.
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B.
The Wedding
"The Wedding" is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English dramatist James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of courtship, marriage, and social manners.
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C.
The Dog Pound
The Dog Pound is the passionate student cheering section known for creating an energetic home-ice atmosphere at Boston University Terriers men's hockey games.
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D.
The Marrying Kind
The Marrying Kind is a 1952 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor that explores the ups and downs of a working-class couple’s troubled marriage.
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E.
The Kennel
The Kennel is the famously raucous home environment for Gonzaga University's men's basketball team, known for its intense crowd energy and strong home-court advantage.
- 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 Bridegroom Was a Dog Target entity description: The Bridegroom Was a Dog is a surreal, folkloric novella by Yoko Tawada that blends everyday life with myth and animal-human transformations to explore identity, desire, and otherness.
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A.
The Twa Dogs
The Twa Dogs is a satirical poem by Robert Burns in which two dogs discuss and contrast the lives of the rich and the poor in 18th-century Scotland.
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B.
The Wedding
"The Wedding" is a Caroline-era stage comedy by English dramatist James Shirley, known for its witty exploration of courtship, marriage, and social manners.
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C.
The Dog Pound
The Dog Pound is the passionate student cheering section known for creating an energetic home-ice atmosphere at Boston University Terriers men's hockey games.
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D.
The Marrying Kind
The Marrying Kind is a 1952 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor that explores the ups and downs of a working-class couple’s troubled marriage.
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E.
The Kennel
The Kennel is the famously raucous home environment for Gonzaga University's men's basketball team, known for its intense crowd energy and strong home-court advantage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book translation
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literary work ⓘ novella ⓘ |
| author | Yoko Tawada ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| genre |
folkloric fiction
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novella ⓘ surreal fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
body and transformation
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cultural otherness ⓘ human relationships ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | The Bridegroom Was a Dog (English translation) ⓘ |
| languageFeature |
metaphorical
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symbolic ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacterType | female protagonist ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
blending everyday life with myth
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surreal ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of human-animal boundaries
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mixing realism and the fantastic ⓘ use of folkloric motifs ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| settingType | contemporary Japan ⓘ |
| theme |
animal-human transformation
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desire ⓘ identity ⓘ myth and folklore ⓘ otherness ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Bridegroom Was a Dog Description of subject: The Bridegroom Was a Dog is a surreal, folkloric novella by Yoko Tawada that blends everyday life with myth and animal-human transformations to explore identity, desire, and otherness.
Referenced by (1)
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