Tayo
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Tayo is the mixed-heritage Laguna Pueblo war veteran whose spiritual and emotional journey to heal from trauma and reclaim his cultural identity forms the core of Leslie Marmon Silko’s novel "Ceremony."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tayo canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6362020 — 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: Tayo Context triple: [Ceremony, protagonist, Tayo]
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A.
House Made of Dawn
House Made of Dawn is a landmark 1968 novel by N. Scott Momaday that helped inaugurate the Native American Renaissance in literature and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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B.
The Man to Send Rain Clouds
"The Man to Send Rain Clouds" is a seminal short story by Leslie Marmon Silko that explores Native American cultural traditions, death, and the intersection of Pueblo beliefs with Catholicism.
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C.
The Pearl
The Pearl is a novella by John Steinbeck that explores themes of greed, social inequality, and the corrupting influence of wealth through the story of a poor pearl diver who discovers an extraordinary pearl.
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D.
The Sea of Grass
The Sea of Grass is a 1947 American Western drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, adapted from Conrad Richter’s novel about a rancher’s battle over open range land in the American Southwest.
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E.
Bend of the River
Bend of the River is a 1952 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, noted for its rugged frontier setting and themes of redemption and loyalty.
- 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: Tayo Target entity description: Tayo is the mixed-heritage Laguna Pueblo war veteran whose spiritual and emotional journey to heal from trauma and reclaim his cultural identity forms the core of Leslie Marmon Silko’s novel "Ceremony."
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A.
House Made of Dawn
House Made of Dawn is a landmark 1968 novel by N. Scott Momaday that helped inaugurate the Native American Renaissance in literature and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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B.
The Man to Send Rain Clouds
"The Man to Send Rain Clouds" is a seminal short story by Leslie Marmon Silko that explores Native American cultural traditions, death, and the intersection of Pueblo beliefs with Catholicism.
-
C.
The Pearl
The Pearl is a novella by John Steinbeck that explores themes of greed, social inequality, and the corrupting influence of wealth through the story of a poor pearl diver who discovers an extraordinary pearl.
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D.
The Sea of Grass
The Sea of Grass is a 1947 American Western drama film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, adapted from Conrad Richter’s novel about a rancher’s battle over open range land in the American Southwest.
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E.
Bend of the River
Bend of the River is a 1952 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, noted for its rugged frontier setting and themes of redemption and loyalty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Ceremony ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
mixed-blood identity
ⓘ
relationship to land ⓘ storytelling as ceremony ⓘ trauma and recovery ⓘ |
| centralTo | narrative structure of Ceremony ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Laguna Pueblo traditions ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Emo
ⓘ
Harley ⓘ Leroy ⓘ |
| createdBy | Leslie Marmon Silko ⓘ |
| experiences |
alcohol abuse
ⓘ
post-traumatic stress ⓘ survivor guilt ⓘ |
| guidedBy | Betonie ⓘ |
| hasCloseBondWith | Rocky ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Laguna Pueblo ⓘ |
| hasFamilyBackground |
born to a Laguna Pueblo woman
ⓘ
white father ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | mixed-heritage ⓘ |
| hasLoveInterest | Ts’eh ⓘ |
| hasMentor | Betonie ⓘ |
| hasNationality | Native American ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipTypeWithRocky | cousin ⓘ |
| hasRole | war veteran ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Laguna Pueblo reservation
ⓘ
linked to:
Laguna Indian Reservation
|
| hasTraumaFrom | World War II ⓘ |
| integrates | traditional ceremony with contemporary life ⓘ |
| learnsFrom | Ts’eh ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | focal consciousness of the novel ⓘ |
| participatesIn | World War II ⓘ |
| raisedBy | Auntie ⓘ |
| reclaims | cultural identity ⓘ |
| reconnectsWith |
community
ⓘ
land ⓘ |
| rejects | destructive patterns of fellow veterans ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Rocky ⓘ |
| represents | possibility of Indigenous renewal ⓘ |
| seeks | healing ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
healing from colonial violence
ⓘ
interweaving of Native and modern worlds ⓘ restoration of balance ⓘ |
| undergoes |
ceremonial healing
ⓘ
spiritual transformation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tayo Description of subject: Tayo is the mixed-heritage Laguna Pueblo war veteran whose spiritual and emotional journey to heal from trauma and reclaim his cultural identity forms the core of Leslie Marmon Silko’s novel "Ceremony."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.