The Road
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"The Road" is a play by Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka that explores themes of death, fate, and spiritual dislocation through the lives of drivers and drifters on a perilous Nigerian highway.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Road canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10034189 — 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 Road Context triple: [Wole Soyinka, notableWork, The Road]
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A.
The Road
The Road is a bleak, post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows a father and son’s harrowing journey through a devastated landscape, widely acclaimed for its spare prose and emotional intensity.
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B.
The Road
The Road is a song featured on the 1977 album "Running on Empty" by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne.
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C.
The Road and the Sky
"The Road and the Sky" is a song by Jackson Browne from his 1974 album *Late for the Sky*, known for its reflective lyrics and melodic folk-rock style.
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D.
The Road Through the Wall
The Road Through the Wall is Shirley Jackson’s debut novel, a darkly comic exploration of suburban life and hidden malice in a seemingly ordinary American neighborhood.
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E.
The Long Walk
The Long Walk is a famous tree-lined avenue in Windsor Great Park that stretches from Windsor Castle to the Copper Horse statue, offering iconic views and a popular route for walks and ceremonies.
- 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 Road Target entity description: "The Road" is a play by Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka that explores themes of death, fate, and spiritual dislocation through the lives of drivers and drifters on a perilous Nigerian highway.
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A.
The Road
The Road is a bleak, post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows a father and son’s harrowing journey through a devastated landscape, widely acclaimed for its spare prose and emotional intensity.
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B.
The Road
The Road is a song featured on the 1977 album "Running on Empty" by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne.
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C.
The Road and the Sky
"The Road and the Sky" is a song by Jackson Browne from his 1974 album *Late for the Sky*, known for its reflective lyrics and melodic folk-rock style.
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D.
The Road Through the Wall
The Road Through the Wall is Shirley Jackson’s debut novel, a darkly comic exploration of suburban life and hidden malice in a seemingly ordinary American neighborhood.
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E.
The Long Walk
The Long Walk is a famous tree-lined avenue in Windsor Great Park that stretches from Windsor Castle to the Copper Horse statue, offering iconic views and a popular route for walks and ceremonies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
play ⓘ |
| author | Wole Soyinka ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Kotonu is a lorry driver haunted by road accidents
ⓘ
Murano is a mute driver associated with a fatal accident and a masquerade spirit ⓘ Professor is an ex-seminarian and intellectual obsessed with the meaning of the road and death ⓘ
linked to:
The Theologian
Salubi is a tout involved in petty schemes ⓘ Samson is a driver and tout at the motor park ⓘ Say Tokyo Kid is a driver and ex-boxer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Nigeria ⓘ |
| creatorNobelPrizeStatus | written by Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure |
non-linear narrative
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one-act play ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | Nigeria ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ |
| hasElement |
choral songs
ⓘ
dance ⓘ ritual performance ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African drama
ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Chief
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Kotonu ⓘ Murano ⓘ Professor ⓘ Salubi ⓘ Samson ⓘ Say Tokyo Kid ⓘ |
| motif |
Yoruba ritual
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accidents ⓘ licence plates ⓘ masquerade ⓘ spirits of the dead ⓘ |
| notableAspect |
explores conflict between traditional beliefs and modernity
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uses Yoruba cosmology within a modern dramatic form ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| setting |
Nigerian highway
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motor park ⓘ |
| symbol |
licence plates as trophies of death
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masquerade as link between living and dead ⓘ the road as a metaphor for life and death ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption
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death ⓘ fate ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ religion ⓘ spiritual dislocation ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | postcolonial Nigeria ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Road Description of subject: "The Road" is a play by Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka that explores themes of death, fate, and spiritual dislocation through the lives of drivers and drifters on a perilous Nigerian highway.
Referenced by (3)
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