Farewell Waltz
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Farewell Waltz is a satirical novel by Milan Kundera that explores love, politics, and moral ambiguity over five days in a small Czech spa town.
All labels observed (1)
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| Farewell Waltz canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5517185 — 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: Farewell Waltz Context triple: [Milan Kundera, notableWork, Farewell Waltz]
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A.
Take This Waltz
Take This Waltz is a 2011 Canadian romantic drama film, written and directed by Sarah Polley, that explores the complexities of marriage and desire through the story of a young woman torn between her husband and a new attraction.
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B.
Take This Waltz
"Take This Waltz" is a Leonard Cohen song, adapted from a Federico García Lorca poem, known for its waltz rhythm and poetic, melancholic lyrics.
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C.
Anniversary Waltz
"Anniversary Waltz" is a stage play best known as one of the prominent works associated with actress and singer Kitty Carlisle.
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D.
Swan Song
"Swan Song" is a segment or episode within the 1924 silent film anthology *A Modern Comedy*, likely serving as one of its narrative parts.
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E.
Swan Song
Swan Song is a 2021 science fiction drama film starring Mahershala Ali as a terminally ill man who considers cloning himself to spare his family grief.
- 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: Farewell Waltz Target entity description: Farewell Waltz is a satirical novel by Milan Kundera that explores love, politics, and moral ambiguity over five days in a small Czech spa town.
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A.
Take This Waltz
Take This Waltz is a 2011 Canadian romantic drama film, written and directed by Sarah Polley, that explores the complexities of marriage and desire through the story of a young woman torn between her husband and a new attraction.
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B.
Take This Waltz
"Take This Waltz" is a Leonard Cohen song, adapted from a Federico García Lorca poem, known for its waltz rhythm and poetic, melancholic lyrics.
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C.
Anniversary Waltz
"Anniversary Waltz" is a stage play best known as one of the prominent works associated with actress and singer Kitty Carlisle.
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D.
Swan Song
"Swan Song" is a segment or episode within the 1924 silent film anthology *A Modern Comedy*, likely serving as one of its narrative parts.
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E.
Swan Song
Swan Song is a 2021 science fiction drama film starring Mahershala Ali as a terminally ill man who considers cloning himself to spare his family grief.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Milan Kundera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Bertlef
NERFINISHED
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Dr. Skreta NERFINISHED ⓘ Jakub NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamila NERFINISHED ⓘ Klima NERFINISHED ⓘ Olga NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruzena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
dark humor
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irony ⓘ philosophical reflection ⓘ political satire ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores |
chance and fate
ⓘ
individual responsibility under totalitarianism ⓘ sexual relationships ⓘ tension between private life and public ideology ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInLanguage | Czech ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical fiction
ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ romantic fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
abortion
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compromise under authoritarianism ⓘ infidelity ⓘ love ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeTimeSpan | five days ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Czech ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Valčík na rozloučenou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Milan Kundera novels ⓘ |
| protagonist | Klima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Czech spa town ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Farewell Waltz Description of subject: Farewell Waltz is a satirical novel by Milan Kundera that explores love, politics, and moral ambiguity over five days in a small Czech spa town.
Referenced by (1)
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