Victims of Duty
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Victims of Duty is an absurdist play by Romanian-French playwright Eugène Ionesco that satirically explores conformity, authority, and the search for meaning through surreal, escalating interrogations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Victimes du devoir | 2 |
| Victims of Duty canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5127788 — 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: Victims of Duty Context triple: [Eugene Ionesco, notableWork, Victims of Duty]
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A.
On Deadly Ground
On Deadly Ground is a 1994 action film directed by and starring Steven Seagal, centered on an environmentalist oil-rig firefighter battling corporate corruption in Alaska.
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B.
Witness to War
Witness to War is a documentary-style film by Australian artist and filmmaker George Gittoes that explores the human impact and brutal realities of armed conflict.
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C.
The Eve of the War
"The Eve of the War" is the dramatic, orchestral-prog rock opening track and main theme of Jeff Wayne's concept album adaptation of H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds."
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D.
The Spoils of War
The Spoils of War is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Anfal, an eighth chapter of the Qur’an that addresses issues of warfare, distribution of war gains, and obedience to God and His Messenger.
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E.
The Face of War
The Face of War is a collection of Martha Gellhorn’s vivid, first-hand war reportage spanning multiple conflicts in the mid-20th century.
- 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: Victims of Duty Target entity description: Victims of Duty is an absurdist play by Romanian-French playwright Eugène Ionesco that satirically explores conformity, authority, and the search for meaning through surreal, escalating interrogations.
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A.
On Deadly Ground
On Deadly Ground is a 1994 action film directed by and starring Steven Seagal, centered on an environmentalist oil-rig firefighter battling corporate corruption in Alaska.
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B.
Witness to War
Witness to War is a documentary-style film by Australian artist and filmmaker George Gittoes that explores the human impact and brutal realities of armed conflict.
-
C.
The Eve of the War
"The Eve of the War" is the dramatic, orchestral-prog rock opening track and main theme of Jeff Wayne's concept album adaptation of H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds."
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D.
The Spoils of War
The Spoils of War is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Anfal, an eighth chapter of the Qur’an that addresses issues of warfare, distribution of war gains, and obedience to God and His Messenger.
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E.
The Face of War
The Face of War is a collection of Martha Gellhorn’s vivid, first-hand war reportage spanning multiple conflicts in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| author |
Eugène Ionesco
ⓘ
linked to:
Eugene Ionesco
|
| character |
Choubert
ⓘ
Madeleine ⓘ The Detective ⓘ The Mother-in-law ⓘ The Poet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator |
Eugène Ionesco
ⓘ
linked to:
Eugene Ionesco
|
| creatorNationality |
French
ⓘ
Romanian ⓘ |
| dialogueType |
nonsensical exchanges
ⓘ
rapid-fire dialogue ⓘ |
| dramaticMode | tragicomedy ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure |
escalating absurdity
ⓘ
nonlinear ⓘ |
| genre |
Theatre of the Absurd
ⓘ
absurdist drama ⓘ |
| hasForm | one-act play ⓘ |
| intendedPerformanceType | live theatre ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Choubert ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| movement |
French avant-garde theatre
ⓘ
Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | surreal interrogations ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Victimes du devoir
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linked to:
Victims of Duty
|
| philosophicalCurrent |
absurdism
ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Rhinoceros
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The Bald Soprano ⓘ The Lesson ⓘ |
| satirizes |
police interrogation
ⓘ
social conformity ⓘ state authority ⓘ |
| style |
experimental
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ surreal ⓘ |
| theme |
absurdity of existence
ⓘ
authority ⓘ bureaucratic oppression ⓘ conformity ⓘ identity ⓘ interrogation ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Victims of Duty Description of subject: Victims of Duty is an absurdist play by Romanian-French playwright Eugène Ionesco that satirically explores conformity, authority, and the search for meaning through surreal, escalating interrogations.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Victims of Duty
linked to: Victims of Duty