The Power of the Dog
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The Power of the Dog is a 1967 psychological Western novel by Thomas Savage that explores repressed desire, masculinity, and family tension on a Montana ranch.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Power of the Dog canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9113140 — 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: The Power of the Dog Context triple: [Thomas Savage, hasWritten, The Power of the Dog]
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The Power of the Dog
The Power of the Dog is a 2021 psychological Western drama film directed by Jane Campion, acclaimed for its tense exploration of masculinity and featuring a widely praised performance by Benedict Cumberbatch.
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B.
God's Own Country
God's Own Country is a popular tourism tagline referring to the Indian state of Kerala, celebrated for its lush landscapes, backwaters, and rich cultural heritage.
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C.
The Homesman
The Homesman is a 2014 American Western drama film, co-written by and starring Tommy Lee Jones, that follows a frontier woman and a drifter transporting three mentally ill women across the harsh Nebraska territory.
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D.
Mudbound
Mudbound is a 2017 American period drama film directed by Dee Rees that explores racism, family, and hardship in the rural Mississippi Delta during and after World War II.
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E.
Cry Macho
Cry Macho is a 2021 American neo-Western drama film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, adapted from N. Richard Nash’s novel about a former rodeo star tasked with bringing a young boy from Mexico to the United States.
- 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: The Power of the Dog Target entity description: The Power of the Dog is a 1967 psychological Western novel by Thomas Savage that explores repressed desire, masculinity, and family tension on a Montana ranch.
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A.
The Power of the Dog
The Power of the Dog is a 2021 psychological Western drama film directed by Jane Campion, acclaimed for its tense exploration of masculinity and featuring a widely praised performance by Benedict Cumberbatch.
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B.
God's Own Country
God's Own Country is a popular tourism tagline referring to the Indian state of Kerala, celebrated for its lush landscapes, backwaters, and rich cultural heritage.
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C.
The Homesman
The Homesman is a 2014 American Western drama film, co-written by and starring Tommy Lee Jones, that follows a frontier woman and a drifter transporting three mentally ill women across the harsh Nebraska territory.
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D.
Mudbound
Mudbound is a 2017 American period drama film directed by Dee Rees that explores racism, family, and hardship in the rural Mississippi Delta during and after World War II.
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E.
Cry Macho
Cry Macho is a 2021 American neo-Western drama film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, adapted from N. Richard Nash’s novel about a former rodeo star tasked with bringing a young boy from Mexico to the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western novel
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film ⓘ novel ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Savage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Power of the Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Jane Campion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western fiction
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psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Power of the Dog (2021 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
music
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silence ⓘ the dog ⓘ the landscape ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeTone |
dark
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introspective ⓘ psychological ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
brotherhood
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class differences ⓘ cruelty ⓘ family conflict ⓘ homosocial relationships ⓘ isolation ⓘ power dynamics ⓘ psychological manipulation ⓘ ranch life ⓘ sexual repression ⓘ toxic masculinity ⓘ |
| literarySetting | Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
George Burbank
NERFINISHED
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Peter Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ Phil Burbank NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
family tension
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masculinity ⓘ repressed desire ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| publisher | Little, Brown and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfStory | several months ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Power of the Dog Description of subject: The Power of the Dog is a 1967 psychological Western novel by Thomas Savage that explores repressed desire, masculinity, and family tension on a Montana ranch.
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