The Plague Dogs
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The Plague Dogs is a dark, emotionally powerful novel by Richard Adams that follows two escaped laboratory dogs as they struggle for freedom and survival while exposing animal cruelty and media sensationalism.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Plague Dogs canonical | 7 |
| The Plague Dogs (film) | 2 |
| The Plague Dogs (1982 animated film) | 1 |
| The Plague Dogs (novel) | 1 |
| The Plague Dogs franchise | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4901591 — 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 Plague Dogs Context triple: [Richard Adams, notableWork, The Plague Dogs]
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A.
The Pest
The Pest is a 1997 slapstick comedy film starring John Leguizamo as a fast-talking con artist who becomes the target of a deadly manhunt.
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B.
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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C.
Fate of the Animals
Fate of the Animals is an expressionist painting by German artist Franz Marc, known for its vivid depiction of animals amid a chaotic, apocalyptic landscape.
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D.
The Plague
The Plague is a philosophical novel by Albert Camus that uses a devastating epidemic in an Algerian town to explore themes of absurdity, human suffering, and solidarity.
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E.
The Dying Animal
The Dying Animal is a short novel by Philip Roth that explores aging, desire, and mortality through the obsessive relationship of an aging cultural critic with a much younger woman.
- 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 Plague Dogs Target entity description: The Plague Dogs is a dark, emotionally powerful novel by Richard Adams that follows two escaped laboratory dogs as they struggle for freedom and survival while exposing animal cruelty and media sensationalism.
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A.
The Pest
The Pest is a 1997 slapstick comedy film starring John Leguizamo as a fast-talking con artist who becomes the target of a deadly manhunt.
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B.
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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C.
Fate of the Animals
Fate of the Animals is an expressionist painting by German artist Franz Marc, known for its vivid depiction of animals amid a chaotic, apocalyptic landscape.
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D.
The Plague
The Plague is a philosophical novel by Albert Camus that uses a devastating epidemic in an Algerian town to explore themes of absurdity, human suffering, and solidarity.
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E.
The Dying Animal
The Dying Animal is a short novel by Philip Roth that explores aging, desire, and mortality through the obsessive relationship of an aging cultural critic with a much younger woman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animated film
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literaryWork ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Richard Adams ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Plague Dogs ⓘ |
| contains |
satire of bureaucracy
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social commentary ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
British media
ⓘ
animal testing laboratory ⓘ |
| director | Martin Rosen ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| follows | two escaped laboratory dogs ⓘ |
| genre |
animal novel
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dark fiction ⓘ novel ⓘ political novel ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Plague Dogs (film)
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linked to:
The Plague Dogs
|
| hasWorkInSeriesRelation | Watership Down ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | realist ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Rowf
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Snitter ⓘ |
| mainCharacterSpecies | dog ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional intensity
ⓘ
graphic depiction of animal experimentation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| publisher | Allen Lane ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| setIn |
Cumbria
ⓘ
Lake District ⓘ |
| setInCountry | England ⓘ |
| sharesAuthorWith | Watership Down ⓘ |
| theme |
animal cruelty
ⓘ
animal experimentation ⓘ animal rights ⓘ ethics of science ⓘ freedom ⓘ government secrecy ⓘ human–animal relationship ⓘ media sensationalism ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
ⓘ
tragic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Plague Dogs Description of subject: The Plague Dogs is a dark, emotionally powerful novel by Richard Adams that follows two escaped laboratory dogs as they struggle for freedom and survival while exposing animal cruelty and media sensationalism.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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The Plague Dogs
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The Plague Dogs (film score)
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linked to: The Plague Dogs
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