Jana Aranya
E718517
Jana Aranya is a Bengali novel by Mani Shankar Mukherjee that portrays the moral and social struggles of a young man navigating corruption and disillusionment in urban middle-class life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jana Aranya canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8197609 — 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: Jana Aranya Context triple: [Mani Shankar Mukherjee, notableWork, Jana Aranya]
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Aruna
Aruna is a feminine given name most notably borne by Indian independence activist and political leader Aruna Asaf Ali.
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Aruna
Aruna is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the personified dawn and the divine charioteer who drives the sun god Surya across the sky.
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Adara
Adara is a small coastal village on Atauro Island in East Timor, known for its traditional fishing community and nearby coral reefs popular with divers and snorkelers.
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Kara
Kara is a steel bracelet worn by Sikhs as a religious symbol of unity, restraint, and connection to the divine.
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Alinda
Alinda was an important ancient city in the region of Caria in southwestern Anatolia, known for its strategic location and well-preserved Hellenistic ruins.
- 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: Jana Aranya Target entity description: Jana Aranya is a Bengali novel by Mani Shankar Mukherjee that portrays the moral and social struggles of a young man navigating corruption and disillusionment in urban middle-class life.
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A.
Aruna
Aruna is a feminine given name most notably borne by Indian independence activist and political leader Aruna Asaf Ali.
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B.
Aruna
Aruna is a figure in Hindu mythology known as the personified dawn and the divine charioteer who drives the sun god Surya across the sky.
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C.
Adara
Adara is a small coastal village on Atauro Island in East Timor, known for its traditional fishing community and nearby coral reefs popular with divers and snorkelers.
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D.
Kara
Kara is a steel bracelet worn by Sikhs as a religious symbol of unity, restraint, and connection to the divine.
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E.
Alinda
Alinda was an important ancient city in the region of Caria in southwestern Anatolia, known for its strategic location and well-preserved Hellenistic ruins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bengali-language novel
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feature film ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Jana Aranya (film) ⓘ |
| author | Mani Shankar Mukherjee ⓘ |
| authorAlias | Shankar ⓘ |
| basedOn | Jana Aranya ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| depicts |
social pressures on the Bengali middle class
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struggles of a young man entering the business world ⓘ |
| genre |
realist novel
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social novel ⓘ |
| language | Bengali ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century Indian literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Bengali realist fiction ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
corruption
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disillusionment ⓘ moral compromise ⓘ urban middle-class life ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of urban commercial culture
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portrayal of ethical dilemmas in everyday life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Bengali ⓘ |
| setting |
middle-class milieu
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urban India ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jana Aranya Description of subject: Jana Aranya is a Bengali novel by Mani Shankar Mukherjee that portrays the moral and social struggles of a young man navigating corruption and disillusionment in urban middle-class life.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.