Democracy
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"Democracy" is a 1984 novel by Joan Didion that blends political intrigue and personal disillusionment against the backdrop of American involvement in Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Democracy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8244994 — 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: Democracy Context triple: [Joan Didion, notableWork, Democracy]
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A.
Democracy
"Democracy" is a stage play by British playwright Michael Frayn that dramatizes the complex political and personal relationship between West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and his assistant and spy Günter Guillaume.
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B.
Liberal democracy
Liberal democracy is a form of government that combines free and fair elections with the protection of individual rights, the rule of law, and constitutional limits on power.
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C.
National Democracy
National Democracy was a major right-wing nationalist political movement in interwar Poland that promoted an ethnically homogeneous Polish state and often clashed with the ruling Sanation camp.
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D.
Democracity
Democracity was a utopian, futuristic model city exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair that envisioned an idealized, technologically advanced American society.
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E.
American democracy
American democracy is the system of government in the United States characterized by representative institutions, constitutional checks and balances, and popular participation in political decision-making.
- 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: Democracy Target entity description: "Democracy" is a 1984 novel by Joan Didion that blends political intrigue and personal disillusionment against the backdrop of American involvement in Southeast Asia.
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A.
Democracy
"Democracy" is a stage play by British playwright Michael Frayn that dramatizes the complex political and personal relationship between West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and his assistant and spy Günter Guillaume.
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B.
Liberal democracy
Liberal democracy is a form of government that combines free and fair elections with the protection of individual rights, the rule of law, and constitutional limits on power.
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C.
National Democracy
National Democracy was a major right-wing nationalist political movement in interwar Poland that promoted an ethnically homogeneous Polish state and often clashed with the ruling Sanation camp.
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D.
Democracity
Democracity was a utopian, futuristic model city exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair that envisioned an idealized, technologically advanced American society.
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E.
American democracy
American democracy is the system of government in the United States characterized by representative institutions, constitutional checks and balances, and popular participation in political decision-making.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Joan Didion ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
political novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationStatus | no widely known film adaptation ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole |
Harry Victor is a U.S. senator
ⓘ
Inez Victor is a political wife ⓘ Jack Lovett is a shadowy fixer linked to U.S. operations abroad ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
failure of American idealism
ⓘ
intersection of private life and public events ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | about 280 pages ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Cold War politics
ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Joan Didion's body of work on American politics and culture ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Harry Victor
ⓘ
Inez Victor ⓘ Jack Lovett ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | metafictional ⓘ |
| narratorCharacter | Joan Didion ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | one of Joan Didion's major political novels ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Hawaii
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| settingPeriod | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| theme |
American foreign policy
ⓘ
American involvement in Southeast Asia ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ marital breakdown ⓘ media and politics ⓘ political power ⓘ |
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Subject: Democracy Description of subject: "Democracy" is a 1984 novel by Joan Didion that blends political intrigue and personal disillusionment against the backdrop of American involvement in Southeast Asia.
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