Slave Day
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"Slave Day" is a satirical young adult novel by Rob Thomas that explores race, power, and social hierarchy through a high school fundraiser where students symbolically become "slaves" to other students and teachers for a day.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Slave Day canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13258539 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Slave Day Context triple: [Rob Thomas, authorOf, Slave Day]
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A.
Slavery Days
"Slavery Days" is a classic roots reggae song by Burning Spear that reflects on the history and suffering of enslaved Africans while calling for remembrance and consciousness.
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B.
The Slave
"The Slave" is a provocative 1964 one-act play by Amiri Baraka that explores Black nationalism, racial conflict, and revolutionary violence in the United States.
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C.
The Slave
The Slave is a central character in Mario Vargas Llosa's novel "The Time of the Hero," representing the psychological turmoil and moral conflicts within a Peruvian military academy.
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D.
The Slave
The Slave is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that explores themes of faith, love, and spiritual resilience in 17th-century Poland through the story of a Jewish man enslaved after a massacre.
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E.
Parade of the Slave Children
"Parade of the Slave Children" is a musical cue composed by John Williams for the film *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*, accompanying the sequence of enslaved children being freed.
- 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: Slave Day Target entity description: "Slave Day" is a satirical young adult novel by Rob Thomas that explores race, power, and social hierarchy through a high school fundraiser where students symbolically become "slaves" to other students and teachers for a day.
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A.
Slavery Days
"Slavery Days" is a classic roots reggae song by Burning Spear that reflects on the history and suffering of enslaved Africans while calling for remembrance and consciousness.
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B.
The Slave
"The Slave" is a provocative 1964 one-act play by Amiri Baraka that explores Black nationalism, racial conflict, and revolutionary violence in the United States.
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C.
The Slave
The Slave is a central character in Mario Vargas Llosa's novel "The Time of the Hero," representing the psychological turmoil and moral conflicts within a Peruvian military academy.
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D.
The Slave
The Slave is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that explores themes of faith, love, and spiritual resilience in 17th-century Poland through the story of a Jewish man enslaved after a massacre.
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E.
Parade of the Slave Children
"Parade of the Slave Children" is a musical cue composed by John Williams for the film *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*, accompanying the sequence of enslaved children being freed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ young adult novel ⓘ |
| addresses |
microaggressions in school environments
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stereotypes about race and class ⓘ use of the word slave in school activities ⓘ |
| author | Rob Thomas ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| educationalSubject |
critical thinking about language and symbolism
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social justice ⓘ |
| explores |
ethical implications of fundraising practices
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power imbalances among students and teachers ⓘ racial tensions in a high school ⓘ the impact of institutionalized racism ⓘ |
| genre |
realistic fiction
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satire ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
high school students
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school administrators ⓘ teachers ⓘ |
| hasFictionalEvent |
school-wide slave auction fundraiser
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students bidding on other students ⓘ students serving as symbolic slaves to buyers ⓘ |
| hasForm | print book ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
role reversal
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school fundraiser ⓘ |
| intendedMarket | United States young adult market ⓘ |
| intendedUse | classroom discussion about race and power ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
multi-voiced
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satirical ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
identity
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peer pressure ⓘ power ⓘ privilege ⓘ race ⓘ racism ⓘ school politics ⓘ social hierarchy ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple first-person narrators ⓘ |
| plotDevice | students symbolically become slaves for a day ⓘ |
| setting |
Texas
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high school ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
teenagers
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young adults ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfFictionalEvents | one day ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Slave Day Description of subject: "Slave Day" is a satirical young adult novel by Rob Thomas that explores race, power, and social hierarchy through a high school fundraiser where students symbolically become "slaves" to other students and teachers for a day.
Referenced by (1)
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