On the Road
E11809
On the Road is Jack Kerouac’s seminal Beat Generation novel that chronicles restless cross-country journeys and helped define postwar American counterculture.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| On the Road canonical | 56 |
| On the Road (1957 novel) | 3 |
| On the Road (novel) | 2 |
| "On the Road" | 1 |
| On the Road (2012 film) | 1 |
| On the Road by Jack Kerouac | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T110803 — 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: On the Road Context triple: [American literature, hasNotableWork, On the Road]
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A.
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast is Ernest Hemingway’s posthumously published memoir of his years as a young writer in 1920s Paris, celebrated for its vivid portraits of the city’s literary scene and its spare, reflective prose.
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B.
El Tráfico
El Tráfico is the intense Los Angeles derby between LA Galaxy and Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer, known for its high-scoring matches and passionate fan atmosphere.
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C.
The Innocents Abroad
The Innocents Abroad is a humorous travel book by Mark Twain that satirically chronicles his 1867 voyage through Europe and the Holy Land.
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D.
The Old Guitarist
The Old Guitarist is a famous Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a gaunt, blind musician hunched over his guitar, known for its somber mood and monochromatic blue palette.
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E.
Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
- 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: On the Road Target entity description: On the Road is Jack Kerouac’s seminal Beat Generation novel that chronicles restless cross-country journeys and helped define postwar American counterculture.
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A.
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast is Ernest Hemingway’s posthumously published memoir of his years as a young writer in 1920s Paris, celebrated for its vivid portraits of the city’s literary scene and its spare, reflective prose.
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B.
El Tráfico
El Tráfico is the intense Los Angeles derby between LA Galaxy and Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer, known for its high-scoring matches and passionate fan atmosphere.
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C.
The Innocents Abroad
The Innocents Abroad is a humorous travel book by Mark Twain that satirically chronicles his 1867 voyage through Europe and the Holy Land.
-
D.
The Old Guitarist
The Old Guitarist is a famous Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a gaunt, blind musician hunched over his guitar, known for its somber mood and monochromatic blue palette.
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E.
Tales of a Traveller
Tales of a Traveller is a collection of short stories by Washington Irving that blends romanticism, humor, and the supernatural in a series of travel-themed tales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Beat Generation novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
On the Road (2012 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
On the Road
|
| author | Jack Kerouac ⓘ |
| basedOn | Jack Kerouac’s cross-country travels ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
American counterculture
ⓘ
freedom ⓘ friendship ⓘ restlessness ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ spiritual quest ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresLocation |
Denver
ⓘ
linked to:
Mile High City
Mexico ⓘ New York City ⓘ San Francisco ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Walter Salles ⓘ |
| followsCharacter |
Dean Moriarty
ⓘ
Sal Paradise ⓘ |
| genre |
Beat literature
ⓘ
autobiographical novel ⓘ picaresque novel ⓘ roman à clef ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-14-004259-7 ⓘ |
| influenced |
1960s counterculture
ⓘ
American road literature ⓘ postwar American counterculture ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Allen Ginsberg
ⓘ
Neal Cassady ⓘ William S. Burroughs ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Beat Generation ⓘ |
| majorCharacter |
Carlo Marx
ⓘ
Dean Moriarty ⓘ Marylou ⓘ Old Bull Lee ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Sal Paradise ⓘ |
| notableRecognition |
classic of 20th-century American literature
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landmark work of the Beat Generation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist | Sal Paradise ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1957-09-05 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Viking Press
ⓘ
linked to:
The Viking Press
|
| setInPeriod |
late 1940s
ⓘ
post–World War II era ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
jazz-influenced rhythm
ⓘ
spontaneous prose ⓘ |
| yearPublished | 1957 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: On the Road Description of subject: On the Road is Jack Kerouac’s seminal Beat Generation novel that chronicles restless cross-country journeys and helped define postwar American counterculture.
Referenced by (64)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: On the Road
subject linked to:
Neal Cassady
linked to: On the Road
linked to: On the Road
linked to: On the Road
linked to: On the Road
linked to: On the Road
subject linked to:
Dean Moriarity (variant spelling in some editions)
subject linked to:
Dean Moriarity (variant spelling in some editions)
subject linked to:
Dean Moriarity (variant spelling in some editions)
linked to: On the Road
linked to: On the Road
subject linked to:
Beat generation cultural movement