117 Days
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117 Days is a memoir by South African anti-apartheid activist Ruth First recounting her arrest and solitary confinement under the apartheid regime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 117 Days canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7662864 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 117 Days Context triple: [Ruth First, notableWork, 117 Days]
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Seventeen Days
Seventeen Days is the third studio album by American rock band 3 Doors Down, known for its post-grunge sound and radio-friendly rock tracks.
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A Thousand Days Before
"A Thousand Days Before" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden from their 2012 reunion album *King Animal*.
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Nine Days
Nine Days is a traditional Jewish mourning period leading up to Tisha B'Av, marked by various customs of abstention and reflection on the destruction of the Temples.
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Days of 49
"Days of 49" is a traditional American folk song about the California Gold Rush era, famously popularized by folk singer Bob Dylan on his album *Self Portrait*.
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Seven Days
Seven Days is a musical project or band known for its association with guitarist Guitar Bains.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 117 Days Target entity description: 117 Days is a memoir by South African anti-apartheid activist Ruth First recounting her arrest and solitary confinement under the apartheid regime.
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A.
Seventeen Days
Seventeen Days is the third studio album by American rock band 3 Doors Down, known for its post-grunge sound and radio-friendly rock tracks.
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B.
A Thousand Days Before
"A Thousand Days Before" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden from their 2012 reunion album *King Animal*.
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C.
Nine Days
Nine Days is a traditional Jewish mourning period leading up to Tisha B'Av, marked by various customs of abstention and reflection on the destruction of the Temples.
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D.
Days of 49
"Days of 49" is a traditional American folk song about the California Gold Rush era, famously popularized by folk singer Bob Dylan on his album *Self Portrait*.
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E.
Seven Days
Seven Days is a musical project or band known for its association with guitarist Guitar Bains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | memoir ⓘ |
| about |
human rights abuses
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psychological effects of isolation ⓘ resistance to oppression ⓘ state surveillance ⓘ |
| author | Ruth First ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ruth First's personal experience ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Africa ⓘ |
| depicts |
Ruth First
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South African security police ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
Ruth First's arrest
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Ruth First's interrogation ⓘ Ruth First's solitary confinement ⓘ |
| genre |
political memoir
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prison literature ⓘ |
| hasNotableTheme |
courage under repression
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impact of solitary confinement ⓘ moral choices under dictatorship ⓘ political commitment ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
African National Congress
ⓘ
South African Communist Party ⓘ security legislation in apartheid South Africa ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readership
ⓘ
readers interested in South African history ⓘ readers interested in human rights ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
South African politics
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apartheid ⓘ detention without trial ⓘ political repression ⓘ solitary confinement ⓘ |
| movement | anti-apartheid movement ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| politicalContext | anti-apartheid struggle ⓘ |
| portrays |
conditions in South African prisons under apartheid
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legal framework of detention without trial in apartheid South Africa ⓘ methods of political interrogation ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Banning Orders
ⓘ
Long Walk to Freedom ⓘ No Easy Walk to Freedom ⓘ |
| setInCountry | South Africa ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | apartheid era ⓘ |
| significance |
important testimony of apartheid-era repression
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key work in South African prison literature ⓘ |
| timeInConfinement | 117 days ⓘ |
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Subject: 117 Days Description of subject: 117 Days is a memoir by South African anti-apartheid activist Ruth First recounting her arrest and solitary confinement under the apartheid regime.
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