The Madman
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"The Madman" is a short story by Chinua Achebe that explores themes of madness, social stigma, and the clash between traditional values and modern life in postcolonial Nigeria.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Madman canonical | 1 |
| The Madman and the Specialist | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22188704 — 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 Madman Context triple: [Girls at War and Other Stories, containsWork, The Madman]
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A.
The Madman
The Madman is a collection of poetic parables and philosophical prose pieces by Kahlil Gibran that explores themes of individuality, spirituality, and the nature of truth.
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B.
The Troubled Man
The Troubled Man is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell, featuring detective Kurt Wallander in a politically tinged mystery involving Cold War secrets and personal turmoil.
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C.
Diary of a Madman
"Diary of a Madman" is a dark, horrorcore hip-hop track by the group Gravediggaz, known for its eerie production and macabre, narrative-driven lyrics.
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D.
Diary of a Madman
"Diary of a Madman" is a landmark 1918 short story by Lu Xun that pioneered modern Chinese vernacular fiction and powerfully critiques feudal society through the paranoid perspective of its mad narrator.
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E.
Diary of a Madman
"Diary of a Madman" is a 1963 American horror film adaptation of Guy de Maupassant stories, starring Vincent Price as a magistrate tormented by a malevolent invisible entity.
- 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 Madman Target entity description: "The Madman" is a short story by Chinua Achebe that explores themes of madness, social stigma, and the clash between traditional values and modern life in postcolonial Nigeria.
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A.
The Madman
The Madman is a collection of poetic parables and philosophical prose pieces by Kahlil Gibran that explores themes of individuality, spirituality, and the nature of truth.
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B.
The Troubled Man
The Troubled Man is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell, featuring detective Kurt Wallander in a politically tinged mystery involving Cold War secrets and personal turmoil.
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C.
Diary of a Madman
"Diary of a Madman" is a dark, horrorcore hip-hop track by the group Gravediggaz, known for its eerie production and macabre, narrative-driven lyrics.
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D.
Diary of a Madman
"Diary of a Madman" is a landmark 1918 short story by Lu Xun that pioneered modern Chinese vernacular fiction and powerfully critiques feudal society through the paranoid perspective of its mad narrator.
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E.
Diary of a Madman
"Diary of a Madman" is a 1963 American horror film adaptation of Guy de Maupassant stories, starring Vincent Price as a magistrate tormented by a malevolent invisible entity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Madman