The Silent Cry
E181499
The Silent Cry is a dark, introspective novel by Nobel Prize–winning Japanese author Kenzaburō Ōe that explores family trauma, guilt, and the search for meaning in postwar rural Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Silent Cry canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1593861 — 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 Silent Cry Context triple: [Kenzaburō Ōe, notableWork, The Silent Cry]
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A.
Square of Sorrow
Square of Sorrow is a solemn commemorative plaza within the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex dedicated to honoring the victims and suffering of the Battle of Stalingrad.
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B.
The Night
The Night is a haunting Expressionist painting by Max Beckmann that depicts the brutal terror and psychological trauma of a violent home invasion.
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C.
Voices of the Night
Voices of the Night is an 1839 poetry collection by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that helped establish his reputation as a major American poet.
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D.
The Long Loneliness
The Long Loneliness is Dorothy Day’s spiritual autobiography, chronicling her journey from radical activism to Catholic faith and the founding of the Catholic Worker movement.
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E.
Broken Silence
Broken Silence is the third studio album by American rapper Foxy Brown, known for its hardcore hip-hop sound and the hit single "Oh Yeah."
- 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 Silent Cry Target entity description: The Silent Cry is a dark, introspective novel by Nobel Prize–winning Japanese author Kenzaburō Ōe that explores family trauma, guilt, and the search for meaning in postwar rural Japan.
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A.
Square of Sorrow
Square of Sorrow is a solemn commemorative plaza within the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex dedicated to honoring the victims and suffering of the Battle of Stalingrad.
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B.
The Night
The Night is a haunting Expressionist painting by Max Beckmann that depicts the brutal terror and psychological trauma of a violent home invasion.
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C.
Voices of the Night
Voices of the Night is an 1839 poetry collection by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that helped establish his reputation as a major American poet.
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D.
The Long Loneliness
The Long Loneliness is Dorothy Day’s spiritual autobiography, chronicling her journey from radical activism to Catholic faith and the founding of the Catholic Worker movement.
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E.
Broken Silence
Broken Silence is the third studio album by American rapper Foxy Brown, known for its hardcore hip-hop sound and the hit single "Oh Yeah."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Kenzaburō Ōe ⓘ |
| awardsContext | author later received Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ |
| containsElement |
family secrets
ⓘ
political unrest ⓘ village history ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English translation ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar Japanese literature ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | modern Japanese classic ⓘ |
| mainCharactersRelation | brothers ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | introspective ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex psychological characterization
ⓘ
dense symbolic imagery ⓘ exploration of postwar Japanese identity ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | younger brother ⓘ |
| publisherCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| setting | rural Japan ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | postwar era ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
family trauma ⓘ guilt ⓘ madness ⓘ memory ⓘ myth and history ⓘ rural decline ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
ⓘ
tragic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Silent Cry Description of subject: The Silent Cry is a dark, introspective novel by Nobel Prize–winning Japanese author Kenzaburō Ōe that explores family trauma, guilt, and the search for meaning in postwar rural Japan.
Referenced by (4)
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