White Noise
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White Noise is a postmodern novel by Don DeLillo that satirically explores contemporary American life, consumer culture, and the pervasive fear of death through the story of a college professor and his family.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| White Noise canonical | 15 |
| White Noise universe | 2 |
| White Noise (2022 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549350 — 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: White Noise Context triple: [Don DeLillo, notableWork, White Noise]
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A.
Whisper
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B.
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C.
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The Concert
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E.
Stonebwoy
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- 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: White Noise Target entity description: White Noise is a postmodern novel by Don DeLillo that satirically explores contemporary American life, consumer culture, and the pervasive fear of death through the story of a college professor and his family.
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A.
Whisper
Whisper is an open-source automatic speech recognition system by OpenAI that transcribes and translates spoken language with high accuracy across many languages.
-
B.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
-
C.
We Never Sleep
"We Never Sleep" is the famous motto of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, emphasizing its constant vigilance and round-the-clock investigative work.
-
D.
The Concert
The Concert is an unfinished and now missing painting by Dutch Golden Age master Johannes Vermeer, depicting an intimate scene of three figures making music in a domestic interior.
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E.
Stonebwoy
Stonebwoy is a Ghanaian dancehall and Afropop musician known for his influential role in modern African music and numerous award-winning hits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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postmodern novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
White Noise
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
White Noise (2022 film)
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| author | Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| awarded | National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
consumerism as religion
ⓘ
death anxiety ⓘ information overload ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Noah Baumbach ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 2022 ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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postmodern literature ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-670-80686-1 ⓘ |
| includedIn | canon of contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| libraryOfAmericaEdition | included in Don DeLillo: Three Novels of the 1980s ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Babette Gladney
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Denise Gladney ⓘ Heinrich Gladney ⓘ Jack Gladney ⓘ Murray Jay Siskind ⓘ Steffie Gladney ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notablePlotElement | Airborne Toxic Event ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 326 ⓘ |
| protagonistField | Hitler studies ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | college professor ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Viking Press
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surface form:
Viking Press
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| publisherImprint |
Penguin Books
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surface form:
Viking Penguin
|
| recognizedAs | major work of American postmodern fiction ⓘ |
| setInCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| setInPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| settingType | college town ⓘ |
| structure | three-part novel ⓘ |
| theme |
consumer culture
ⓘ
environmental disaster ⓘ family dynamics ⓘ fear of death ⓘ mass media ⓘ pharmaceutical culture ⓘ simulation and hyperreality ⓘ technology and modernity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: White Noise Description of subject: White Noise is a postmodern novel by Don DeLillo that satirically explores contemporary American life, consumer culture, and the pervasive fear of death through the story of a college professor and his family.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
White Noise (2022 film)
this entity surface form:
White Noise universe
this entity surface form:
White Noise universe