The Prophet (book)
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The Prophet is a 1923 philosophical poetry book by Kahlil Gibran, consisting of poetic essays that explore themes such as love, freedom, and spirituality through the teachings of a fictional prophet.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Prophet | 2 |
| The Prophet (book) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10392274 — 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 Prophet (book) Context triple: [The Prophet (2014 film), basedOn, The Prophet (book)]
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The Prophet
The Prophet is a 2014 animated film adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s classic philosophical book, featuring a score composed by Gabriel Yared.
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B.
The Prophet
The Prophet was the religious name of Tenskwatawa, a Shawnee spiritual leader who preached Native American cultural revival and resistance to U.S. expansion in the early 19th century.
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C.
Le prophète
Le prophète is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, first performed in 1849 and renowned for its dramatic depiction of religious fanaticism and political upheaval in 16th-century Europe.
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The Prophet's Hair
"The Prophet's Hair" is a magical realist short story by Salman Rushdie that blends satire, religion, and politics in a tale about a stolen religious relic and the chaos it brings to a Kashmiri family.
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E.
A Prophet
A Prophet is a critically acclaimed 2009 French crime drama film directed by Jacques Audiard, following the brutal rise of a young Arab man within the hierarchy of a French prison.
- 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 Prophet (book) Target entity description: The Prophet is a 1923 philosophical poetry book by Kahlil Gibran, consisting of poetic essays that explore themes such as love, freedom, and spirituality through the teachings of a fictional prophet.
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A.
The Prophet
The Prophet is a 2014 animated film adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s classic philosophical book, featuring a score composed by Gabriel Yared.
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B.
The Prophet
The Prophet was the religious name of Tenskwatawa, a Shawnee spiritual leader who preached Native American cultural revival and resistance to U.S. expansion in the early 19th century.
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C.
Le prophète
Le prophète is a grand opera in five acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer, first performed in 1849 and renowned for its dramatic depiction of religious fanaticism and political upheaval in 16th-century Europe.
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D.
The Prophet's Hair
"The Prophet's Hair" is a magical realist short story by Salman Rushdie that blends satire, religion, and politics in a tale about a stolen religious relic and the chaos it brings to a Kashmiri family.
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E.
A Prophet
A Prophet is a critically acclaimed 2009 French crime drama film directed by Jacques Audiard, following the brutal rise of a young Arab man within the hierarchy of a French prison.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical poetry book ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Kahlil Gibran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | The Garden of the Prophet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical fiction
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prose poetry ⓘ spiritual literature ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Kahlil Gibran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian mysticism
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Islamic mysticism ⓘ Lebanese cultural background ⓘ Sufi thought ⓘ |
| languageStyle | biblical cadence ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetic essays ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Almustafa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | teachings of a fictional prophet ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of spiritual and philosophical themes
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enduring global popularity ⓘ |
| numberOfChapters | 26 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting | fictional city of Orphalese ⓘ |
| structure | series of discourses in response to questions ⓘ |
| theme |
beauty
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buying and selling ⓘ children ⓘ clothes ⓘ crime and punishment ⓘ death ⓘ freedom ⓘ friendship ⓘ good and evil ⓘ houses ⓘ joy and sorrow ⓘ laws ⓘ love ⓘ marriage ⓘ pain ⓘ pleasure ⓘ prayer ⓘ reason and passion ⓘ religion ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ talking ⓘ teaching ⓘ time ⓘ work ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Prophet (book) Description of subject: The Prophet is a 1923 philosophical poetry book by Kahlil Gibran, consisting of poetic essays that explore themes such as love, freedom, and spirituality through the teachings of a fictional prophet.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Prophet (2014 film)
this entity surface form:
The Prophet
this entity surface form:
The Prophet