Lila
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Lila is a novel by Marilynne Robinson that continues her acclaimed Gilead series, exploring themes of grace, poverty, and belonging through the life of its enigmatic title character.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lila canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8245028 — 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: Lila Context triple: [Marilynne Robinson, notableWork, Lila]
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A.
Lila
Lila is a central female character in Max Frisch’s novel "Mein Name sei Gantenbein," around whom the narrator constructs one of his imagined lives and relationships.
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B.
Lilia
Lilia is a feminine given name, often considered a variant of Lily and associated with the elegance and symbolism of the lily flower.
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Lyla
"Lyla" is a song by the English rock band Oasis, featured on their 2005 album "Don't Believe the Truth."
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Lily
Lily is a feminine given name of English origin commonly associated with the lily flower and symbolizing purity and beauty.
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E.
Lily
Lily is a woman romantically involved with Frank Money in Toni Morrison’s novel "Home."
- 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: Lila Target entity description: Lila is a novel by Marilynne Robinson that continues her acclaimed Gilead series, exploring themes of grace, poverty, and belonging through the life of its enigmatic title character.
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A.
Lila
Lila is a central female character in Max Frisch’s novel "Mein Name sei Gantenbein," around whom the narrator constructs one of his imagined lives and relationships.
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B.
Lilia
Lilia is a feminine given name, often considered a variant of Lily and associated with the elegance and symbolism of the lily flower.
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C.
Lyla
"Lyla" is a song by the English rock band Oasis, featured on their 2005 album "Don't Believe the Truth."
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D.
Lily
Lily is a feminine given name of English origin commonly associated with the lily flower and symbolizing purity and beauty.
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E.
Lily
Lily is a woman romantically involved with Frank Money in Toni Morrison’s novel "Home."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Marilynne Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| follows | Home ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Doll
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reverend Boughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 0374187614 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryUniverse | Gilead universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Lila Dahl
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reverend John Ames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| precedes | Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Gilead series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Gilead, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
Man Booker Prize
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Book Award for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Calvinist theology
ⓘ
itinerant labor in the United States ⓘ rural Midwestern life ⓘ |
| theme |
belonging
ⓘ
faith ⓘ grace ⓘ poverty ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lila Description of subject: Lila is a novel by Marilynne Robinson that continues her acclaimed Gilead series, exploring themes of grace, poverty, and belonging through the life of its enigmatic title character.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.