The Piano Teacher
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The Piano Teacher is a dark psychological novel by Austrian Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek that explores repression, sexuality, and power through the disturbed inner life of a Vienna piano instructor.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Piano Teacher canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4861914 — 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 Piano Teacher Context triple: [Elfriede Jelinek, notableWork, The Piano Teacher]
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A Dangerous Method
A Dangerous Method is a 2011 historical drama film directed by David Cronenberg that explores the complex relationships and early development of psychoanalysis among Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, and Sabina Spielrein.
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B.
Autumn Sonata
Autumn Sonata is a 1978 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, renowned for its intense psychological portrayal of a strained mother-daughter relationship.
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C.
Belle de Jour
Belle de Jour is a 1967 French drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, renowned for its surreal exploration of a bourgeois housewife who secretly works as a high-class prostitute.
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D.
Three Colors: Blue
Three Colors: Blue is a 1993 French-Polish drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski that explores grief, freedom, and emotional rebirth as part of his acclaimed Three Colors trilogy.
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E.
Liliom
Liliom is a 1909 play by Hungarian writer Ferenc Molnár about a troubled carousel barker whose tragic life and afterlife explore themes of love, redemption, and human frailty.
- 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 Piano Teacher Target entity description: The Piano Teacher is a dark psychological novel by Austrian Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek that explores repression, sexuality, and power through the disturbed inner life of a Vienna piano instructor.
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A.
A Dangerous Method
A Dangerous Method is a 2011 historical drama film directed by David Cronenberg that explores the complex relationships and early development of psychoanalysis among Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, and Sabina Spielrein.
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B.
Autumn Sonata
Autumn Sonata is a 1978 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, renowned for its intense psychological portrayal of a strained mother-daughter relationship.
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C.
Belle de Jour
Belle de Jour is a 1967 French drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, renowned for its surreal exploration of a bourgeois housewife who secretly works as a high-class prostitute.
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D.
Three Colors: Blue
Three Colors: Blue is a 1993 French-Polish drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski that explores grief, freedom, and emotional rebirth as part of his acclaimed Three Colors trilogy.
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E.
Liliom
Liliom is a 1909 play by Hungarian writer Ferenc Molnár about a troubled carousel barker whose tragic life and afterlife explore themes of love, redemption, and human frailty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austrian novel
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novel ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| adaptationCountry |
Austria
NERFINISHED
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France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Michael Haneke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationLanguage | French ⓘ |
| adaptationLeadActor |
Benoît Magimel
NERFINISHED
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Isabelle Huppert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| author | Elfriede Jelinek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
classical music
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self-harm ⓘ voyeurism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
acclaimed
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controversial ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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erotic literature ⓘ feminist literature ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Piano Teacher (2001 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9783499116182 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Erika Kohut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | piano teacher ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableAwardForAuthor | Nobel Prize in Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Die Klavierspielerin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Erika Kohut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| publisher | Rowohlt Verlag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
psychological breakdown
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sexual violence ⓘ |
| theme |
art and control
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mother–daughter relationship ⓘ power ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ repression ⓘ sadomasochism ⓘ sexuality ⓘ social conformity ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Piano Teacher Description of subject: The Piano Teacher is a dark psychological novel by Austrian Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek that explores repression, sexuality, and power through the disturbed inner life of a Vienna piano instructor.
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