Immortality
E529628
Immortality is a 1990 novel by Milan Kundera that blends philosophical reflection with a playful narrative to explore identity, memory, and the nature of existence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Immortality canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5517186 — 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: Immortality Context triple: [Milan Kundera, notableWork, Immortality]
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A.
Immortalis
Immortalis is ARM’s family of high-performance mobile GPU architectures designed to deliver advanced graphics and hardware-accelerated ray tracing for flagship devices.
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B.
The Immortals
The Immortals is a 1995 American crime thriller film about a group of small-time criminals drawn into a deadly heist that turns out to be part of a larger, more sinister scheme.
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C.
Eternal Life
"Eternal Life" is a high-energy, politically charged rock song by American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley, featured on his 1994 debut album *Grace*.
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D.
Immortal Memory
Immortal Memory is a collaborative album by vocalist and composer Lisa Gerrard that blends ethereal vocals with atmospheric, world-influenced soundscapes.
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E.
The Eternal
The Eternal is the 2009 studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, known for its dense guitar textures and marking their final release on an independent label after a long major-label run.
- 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: Immortality Target entity description: Immortality is a 1990 novel by Milan Kundera that blends philosophical reflection with a playful narrative to explore identity, memory, and the nature of existence.
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A.
Immortalis
Immortalis is ARM’s family of high-performance mobile GPU architectures designed to deliver advanced graphics and hardware-accelerated ray tracing for flagship devices.
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B.
The Immortals
The Immortals is a 1995 American crime thriller film about a group of small-time criminals drawn into a deadly heist that turns out to be part of a larger, more sinister scheme.
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C.
Eternal Life
"Eternal Life" is a high-energy, politically charged rock song by American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley, featured on his 1994 debut album *Grace*.
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D.
Immortal Memory
Immortal Memory is a collaborative album by vocalist and composer Lisa Gerrard that blends ethereal vocals with atmospheric, world-influenced soundscapes.
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E.
The Eternal
The Eternal is the 2009 studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, known for its dense guitar textures and marking their final release on an independent label after a long major-label run.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Milan Kundera ⓘ |
| awarded |
Prix Médicis étranger nomination
ⓘ
linked to:
Prix Médicis
|
| contains | authorial self-insertion ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| explores |
how individuals seek symbolic immortality
ⓘ
public versus private self ⓘ relationship between life and narrative ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1990 ⓘ |
| follows |
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
ⓘ
The Unbearable Lightness of Being ⓘ |
| genre |
metafiction
ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ postmodern novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Laura
ⓘ
Milan Kundera ⓘ Paul ⓘ Professor Avenarius ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Agnes ⓘ |
| hasMotif | gesture of a raised hand ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essayistic digressions
ⓘ
narrative about Bettina von Arnim ⓘ narrative about Goethe ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | Immortality (English translation) ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
multiple perspectives
ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| openingScene | swimming pool scene with Agnes ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Czech ⓘ |
| pageCount | 351 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Milan Kundera’s French-period novels ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gallimard ⓘ |
| setting |
20th century
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| structure | seven parts ⓘ |
| theme |
authenticity
ⓘ
celebrity ⓘ death ⓘ identity ⓘ immortality ⓘ memory ⓘ the nature of existence ⓘ the relationship between author and characters ⓘ |
| translator | Peter Kussi ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Immortality Description of subject: Immortality is a 1990 novel by Milan Kundera that blends philosophical reflection with a playful narrative to explore identity, memory, and the nature of existence.
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