All Men Are Mortal
E682734
All Men Are Mortal is a philosophical novel by Simone de Beauvoir that explores existential themes of mortality, meaning, and the burden of immortality through the story of an undying man.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| All Men Are Mortal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7692838 — 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: All Men Are Mortal Context triple: [Simone de Beauvoir, notableWork, All Men Are Mortal]
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A.
Men of Men
Men of Men is the English translation of the Native American tribal name "Pawnee," referring to a Plains tribe historically located in what is now Nebraska and Kansas.
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B.
Death of a Man
"Death of a Man" is a novel by American writer Kay Boyle that explores the moral and emotional turmoil surrounding the rise of fascism in pre–World War II Europe.
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C.
Man's Fate
Man's Fate is a 1933 existential novel by French writer André Malraux that portrays the failed 1927 communist uprising in Shanghai and explores themes of revolution, fate, and human suffering.
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D.
Ages of Man
Ages of Man is an ancient Greek myth, famously recounted by Hesiod, that divides human history into successive declining eras from a Golden Age to an Iron Age.
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E.
The Generations of Men
"The Generations of Men" is a narrative poem by Robert Frost that explores family legacy, change, and the passage of time on a New England farm.
- 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: All Men Are Mortal Target entity description: All Men Are Mortal is a philosophical novel by Simone de Beauvoir that explores existential themes of mortality, meaning, and the burden of immortality through the story of an undying man.
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A.
Men of Men
Men of Men is the English translation of the Native American tribal name "Pawnee," referring to a Plains tribe historically located in what is now Nebraska and Kansas.
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B.
Death of a Man
"Death of a Man" is a novel by American writer Kay Boyle that explores the moral and emotional turmoil surrounding the rise of fascism in pre–World War II Europe.
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C.
Man's Fate
Man's Fate is a 1933 existential novel by French writer André Malraux that portrays the failed 1927 communist uprising in Shanghai and explores themes of revolution, fate, and human suffering.
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D.
Ages of Man
Ages of Man is an ancient Greek myth, famously recounted by Hesiod, that divides human history into successive declining eras from a Golden Age to an Iron Age.
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E.
The Generations of Men
"The Generations of Men" is a narrative poem by Robert Frost that explores family legacy, change, and the passage of time on a New England farm.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Simone de Beauvoir ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Simone de Beauvoir ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
freedom and responsibility
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isolation ⓘ the consequences of immortality ⓘ the search for meaning ⓘ |
| genre |
existential fiction
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philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Raymond Fosca ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalContext | French existentialism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | existentialism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Raymond Fosca ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | an undying man ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Tous les hommes sont mortels ⓘ |
| setting |
Europe
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multiple historical periods ⓘ |
| theme |
burden of immortality
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existentialism ⓘ history ⓘ human condition ⓘ immortality ⓘ meaning of life ⓘ mortality ⓘ time ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: All Men Are Mortal Description of subject: All Men Are Mortal is a philosophical novel by Simone de Beauvoir that explores existential themes of mortality, meaning, and the burden of immortality through the story of an undying man.
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