Maus
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Maus is a Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that portrays his father's experiences during the Holocaust using anthropomorphic animal characters.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maus canonical | 13 |
| Maus I: My Father Bleeds History | 5 |
| Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began | 5 |
| Maus II | 2 |
| The Complete Maus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T445960 — 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: Maus Context triple: [Pantheon Books, hasPublished, Maus]
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A.
Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice is a 1982 drama film, based on William Styron's novel, that follows a Holocaust survivor's harrowing past and present in postwar Brooklyn.
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B.
Joseph Anton: A Memoir
Joseph Anton: A Memoir is Salman Rushdie’s autobiographical account of his life under the fatwa, detailing his years in hiding, the impact on his personal and creative life, and his reflections on freedom of expression.
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C.
The Jews of Silence
The Jews of Silence is a non-fiction work by Elie Wiesel that chronicles his 1965 journey to the Soviet Union and exposes the oppression and silencing of Soviet Jewry.
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D.
Ten Days of Repentance
Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
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E.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front is a 2022 German anti-war film, adapted from Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, that portrays the harrowing experiences of German soldiers during World War I.
- 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: Maus Target entity description: Maus is a Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that portrays his father's experiences during the Holocaust using anthropomorphic animal characters.
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A.
Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice is a 1982 drama film, based on William Styron's novel, that follows a Holocaust survivor's harrowing past and present in postwar Brooklyn.
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B.
Joseph Anton: A Memoir
Joseph Anton: A Memoir is Salman Rushdie’s autobiographical account of his life under the fatwa, detailing his years in hiding, the impact on his personal and creative life, and his reflections on freedom of expression.
-
C.
The Jews of Silence
The Jews of Silence is a non-fiction work by Elie Wiesel that chronicles his 1965 journey to the Soviet Union and exposes the oppression and silencing of Soviet Jewry.
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D.
Ten Days of Repentance
Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
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E.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front is a 2022 German anti-war film, adapted from Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, that portrays the harrowing experiences of German soldiers during World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic book
ⓘ
graphic novel ⓘ graphic novel ⓘ graphic novel ⓘ |
| author | Art Spiegelman ⓘ |
| awarded |
Pulitzer Prize Special Award
ⓘ
linked to:
Pulitzer Prize Special Citation and Award
|
| awardYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Vladek Spiegelman’s life ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Art Spiegelman ⓘ |
| depicts |
Holocaust
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| firstCollectedEditionYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serialized in Raw magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
Holocaust literature
ⓘ
biographical comics ⓘ historical graphic novel ⓘ non-fiction comics ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
ⓘ
linked to:
Maus
Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began ⓘ
linked to:
Maus
|
| hasTheme |
family history
ⓘ
identity ⓘ racism ⓘ the ethics of representation ⓘ |
| illustrator | Art Spiegelman ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Art Spiegelman
ⓘ
Vladek Spiegelman ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | frame narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor | being first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portraysAs |
Americans as dogs
ⓘ
French as frogs ⓘ Germans as cats ⓘ Jews as mice ⓘ Poles as pigs ⓘ Swedes as reindeer ⓘ |
| publisher | Pantheon Books ⓘ |
| serializationEndYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| serializationStartYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
World War II era
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| setInPlace |
Auschwitz concentration camp
ⓘ
linked to:
AuschwitzBirkenau
New York City ⓘ Poland ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Vladek Spiegelman’s experiences in the Holocaust
ⓘ
father–son relationship ⓘ memory and trauma ⓘ survivor’s guilt ⓘ |
| uses | anthropomorphic animal characters ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maus Description of subject: Maus is a Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that portrays his father's experiences during the Holocaust using anthropomorphic animal characters.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.