The Sentence
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The Sentence is the English translation of Franz Kafka’s posthumously published short story "Das Urteil" ("The Judgment"), a seminal work of early 20th-century existential and modernist literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Sentence canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4372319 — 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 Sentence Context triple: [The Judgment, hasTranslation, The Sentence]
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A.
The Unraveling
The Unraveling is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against, showcasing their early hardcore-influenced sound and socially conscious themes.
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B.
The Gallant Conversation
The Gallant Conversation is a celebrated 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gerard ter Borch, renowned for its subtle depiction of social interaction and refined interior scene.
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C.
Indignation
Indignation is a 2008 novel by Philip Roth that follows a young man’s coming-of-age and clash with authority at a conservative college during the Korean War era.
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D.
Fugitive Pieces
Fugitive Pieces is a 2007 drama film adaptation of Anne Michaels’ novel, exploring memory, loss, and the lasting impact of the Holocaust through the life of a rescued Polish boy.
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E.
Hesher
Hesher is a 2010 dark comedy-drama film about a disruptive, anarchic drifter who upends the lives of a grieving family.
- 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 Sentence
Target entity description: The Sentence is the English translation of Franz Kafka’s posthumously published short story "Das Urteil" ("The Judgment"), a seminal work of early 20th-century existential and modernist literature.
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A.
The Unraveling
The Unraveling is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against, showcasing their early hardcore-influenced sound and socially conscious themes.
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B.
The Gallant Conversation
The Gallant Conversation is a celebrated 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gerard ter Borch, renowned for its subtle depiction of social interaction and refined interior scene.
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C.
Indignation
Indignation is a 2008 novel by Philip Roth that follows a young man’s coming-of-age and clash with authority at a conservative college during the Korean War era.
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D.
Fugitive Pieces
Fugitive Pieces is a 2007 drama film adaptation of Anne Michaels’ novel, exploring memory, loss, and the lasting impact of the Holocaust through the life of a rescued Polish boy.
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E.
Hesher
Hesher is a 2010 dark comedy-drama film about a disruptive, anarchic drifter who upends the lives of a grieving family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English translation
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Franz Kafka ⓘ |
| authorLanguage | German ⓘ |
| authorNationality |
Austro-Hungarian
ⓘ
Czech ⓘ |
| basedOn | Das Urteil ⓘ |
| centuryOfOrigin | 20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Austria-Hungary
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linked to:
Austro-Hungarian Empire
|
| firstPublicationLanguage | German ⓘ |
| genre |
existential literature
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modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasOriginalWorkPublicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
existentialism
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modernism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of strained father–son relationship
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exploration of guilt and judgment ⓘ influence on existential literature ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Das Urteil ⓘ |
| originalWorkAuthor | Franz Kafka ⓘ |
| originalWorkGenre | short story ⓘ |
| originalWorkMovement |
existentialism
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modernism ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Sentence
Description of subject: The Sentence is the English translation of Franz Kafka’s posthumously published short story "Das Urteil" ("The Judgment"), a seminal work of early 20th-century existential and modernist literature.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.