The Sunset Limited
E309675
The Sunset Limited is a philosophical play and novella by Cormac McCarthy that presents an intense dialogue between two men debating faith, suffering, and the value of life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Sunset Limited canonical | 3 |
| The Sunset Limited (2011 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2902800 — 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 Sunset Limited Context triple: [Cormac McCarthy, notableWork, The Sunset Limited]
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A.
Crescent City Connection
The Crescent City Connection is a pair of cantilever bridges spanning the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana, serving as a major transportation link in the region.
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B.
Coast Starlight
Coast Starlight is a long-distance Amtrak passenger train renowned for its scenic route along the U.S. West Coast between Los Angeles and Seattle.
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C.
Light of the South
Light of the South is the English rendering of the Japanese name given to Singapore during its World War II occupation.
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D.
Palmetto (train)
The Palmetto is an Amtrak intercity passenger train that operates along the U.S. East Coast between New York City and Savannah, Georgia.
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E.
Los Angeles via Sunset Limited
Los Angeles via Sunset Limited refers to the through-service connection provided by Amtrak’s Sunset Limited train that allows passengers to travel between the Texas Eagle route and Los Angeles.
- 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 Sunset Limited Target entity description: The Sunset Limited is a philosophical play and novella by Cormac McCarthy that presents an intense dialogue between two men debating faith, suffering, and the value of life.
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A.
Crescent City Connection
The Crescent City Connection is a pair of cantilever bridges spanning the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana, serving as a major transportation link in the region.
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B.
Coast Starlight
Coast Starlight is a long-distance Amtrak passenger train renowned for its scenic route along the U.S. West Coast between Los Angeles and Seattle.
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C.
Light of the South
Light of the South is the English rendering of the Japanese name given to Singapore during its World War II occupation.
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D.
Palmetto (train)
The Palmetto is an Amtrak intercity passenger train that operates along the U.S. East Coast between New York City and Savannah, Georgia.
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E.
Los Angeles via Sunset Limited
Los Angeles via Sunset Limited refers to the through-service connection provided by Amtrak’s Sunset Limited train that allows passengers to travel between the Texas Eagle route and Los Angeles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novella
ⓘ
play ⓘ television film ⓘ |
| author | Cormac McCarthy ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Sunset Limited self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dialogueBetween |
a Christian ex-convict
ⓘ
a suicidal professor ⓘ |
| director | Tommy Lee Jones ⓘ |
| form | dialogue ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical drama
ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Sunset Limited
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Sunset Limited (2011 film)
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Black
ⓘ
White ⓘ |
| medium |
prose novella
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| network | HBO ⓘ |
| numberOfCharacters | 2 ⓘ |
| publisher | Vintage Books ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Cormac McCarthy ⓘ |
| setting | New York City apartment ⓘ |
| starring |
Samuel L. Jackson
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Tommy Lee Jones ⓘ |
| structure | one-act play ⓘ |
| theme |
atheism
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despair ⓘ faith ⓘ redemption ⓘ religion ⓘ suffering ⓘ suicide ⓘ the value of life ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Sunset Limited Description of subject: The Sunset Limited is a philosophical play and novella by Cormac McCarthy that presents an intense dialogue between two men debating faith, suffering, and the value of life.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Sunset Limited (2011 film)
subject surface form:
The Sunset Limited (2011 film)