No Longer Human
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No Longer Human is a seminal Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai that portrays a man’s profound alienation and descent into despair, and is widely regarded as one of the author’s most important and autobiographical works.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| No Longer Human canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8186256 — 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: No Longer Human Context triple: [Osamu Dazai, notableWork, No Longer Human]
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A.
Hiding from Humanity
Hiding from Humanity is a philosophical work by Martha Nussbaum that examines the roles of emotions like shame and disgust in law, morality, and public life.
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B.
The Perfect Human
The Perfect Human is the nickname of Swedish former NHL defenseman Nicklas Lidström, renowned for his exceptional skill, consistency, and sportsmanship with the Detroit Red Wings.
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C.
I Am Not a Human Being
I Am Not a Human Being is a 2010 studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne that blends Southern hip hop and punchline-heavy lyricism, released while he was serving a prison sentence.
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D.
The Inhabitants
The Inhabitants is the English rendering of the French term "Les Habitants," historically used to refer to early French settlers or rural dwellers in Quebec.
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E.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
- 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: No Longer Human Target entity description: No Longer Human is a seminal Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai that portrays a man’s profound alienation and descent into despair, and is widely regarded as one of the author’s most important and autobiographical works.
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A.
Hiding from Humanity
Hiding from Humanity is a philosophical work by Martha Nussbaum that examines the roles of emotions like shame and disgust in law, morality, and public life.
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B.
The Perfect Human
The Perfect Human is the nickname of Swedish former NHL defenseman Nicklas Lidström, renowned for his exceptional skill, consistency, and sportsmanship with the Detroit Red Wings.
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C.
I Am Not a Human Being
I Am Not a Human Being is a 2010 studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne that blends Southern hip hop and punchline-heavy lyricism, released while he was serving a prison sentence.
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D.
The Inhabitants
The Inhabitants is the English rendering of the French term "Les Habitants," historically used to refer to early French settlers or rural dwellers in Quebec.
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E.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
anime adaptation
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film adaptation ⓘ manga adaptation ⓘ stage adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Osamu Dazai ⓘ |
| consideredOneOfAuthorMajorWorks | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | seminal work of modern Japanese literature ⓘ |
| endingTone | tragic ⓘ |
| englishTitle | No Longer Human ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
ⓘ
existentialist fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | true ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Osamu Dazai's personal experiences ⓘ |
| inspired | numerous later adaptations and reinterpretations ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Shōwa era Japanese literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ōba Yōzō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motif |
clowning to hide inner pain
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notebooks as life record ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | confessional writing ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bleak portrayal of postwar Japanese society
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intense psychological introspection ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | failed artist ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait | chronic sense of otherness ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chikuma Shobō ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | The Setting Sun ⓘ |
| romanizedTitle | Ningen Shikkaku ⓘ |
| serializedIn | Shinchō ⓘ |
| setting | Japan ⓘ |
| structure | three notebooks and an epilogue ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
addiction
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alienation ⓘ depression ⓘ despair ⓘ identity crisis ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ social isolation ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| titleInJapanese | 人間失格 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: No Longer Human Description of subject: No Longer Human is a seminal Japanese novel by Osamu Dazai that portrays a man’s profound alienation and descent into despair, and is widely regarded as one of the author’s most important and autobiographical works.
Referenced by (3)
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