Eating People is Wrong
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Eating People is Wrong is a satirical campus novel by Malcolm Bradbury that humorously critiques academic life and social mores in a postwar British university.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eating People is Wrong canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9080995 — 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: Eating People is Wrong Context triple: [Malcolm Bradbury, notableWork, Eating People is Wrong]
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A.
Meat Eaters
"Meat Eaters" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series *The Life of Mammals* that explores the behavior, adaptations, and ecology of carnivorous mammals.
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B.
Eat That Rat
Eat That Rat is a track from the album "Animal Boy" by the American punk rock band Ramones.
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C.
EAT/DIE
EAT/DIE is a conceptual artwork by American artist Robert Indiana that juxtaposes the words “EAT” and “DIE” to explore themes of consumption, mortality, and American culture.
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D.
Words I Might Have Ate
"Words I Might Have Ate" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their early album "Kerplunk."
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E.
The Insatiable Appetite
"The Insatiable Appetite" is an episode of the nature documentary series *The Life of Birds* that explores the diverse feeding strategies and remarkable adaptations birds use to find and consume food.
- 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: Eating People is Wrong Target entity description: Eating People is Wrong is a satirical campus novel by Malcolm Bradbury that humorously critiques academic life and social mores in a postwar British university.
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A.
Meat Eaters
"Meat Eaters" is an episode of the BBC nature documentary series *The Life of Mammals* that explores the behavior, adaptations, and ecology of carnivorous mammals.
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B.
Eat That Rat
Eat That Rat is a track from the album "Animal Boy" by the American punk rock band Ramones.
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C.
EAT/DIE
EAT/DIE is a conceptual artwork by American artist Robert Indiana that juxtaposes the words “EAT” and “DIE” to explore themes of consumption, mortality, and American culture.
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D.
Words I Might Have Ate
"Words I Might Have Ate" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their early album "Kerplunk."
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E.
The Insatiable Appetite
"The Insatiable Appetite" is an episode of the nature documentary series *The Life of Birds* that explores the diverse feeding strategies and remarkable adaptations birds use to find and consume food.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
campus novel
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novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Malcolm Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
campus novel
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comic novel ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British society
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academics ⓘ students ⓘ university life ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Eating People is Wrong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar British fiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | comic realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Professor Stuart Treece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
humorous critique of academic life
ⓘ
satire of postwar British social attitudes ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| publisher | Secker & Warburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | fictional British university ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | postwar Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
academic life
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generational conflict ⓘ liberal guilt ⓘ sexual morality ⓘ social mores ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eating People is Wrong Description of subject: Eating People is Wrong is a satirical campus novel by Malcolm Bradbury that humorously critiques academic life and social mores in a postwar British university.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.