Gourmohan (Gora)
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Gourmohan, known as Gora, is the idealistic and introspective protagonist of Rabindranath Tagore’s novel "Gora," whose personal journey explores identity, nationalism, and social reform in colonial India.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gora (Binoybhushan)} | 1 |
| Gora (Gourmohan)} | 1 |
| Gourmohan (Gora) canonical | 1 |
| গোরা (গৌরমোহন)} | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2236225 — 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: Gourmohan (Gora) Context triple: [Gora, mainCharacter, Gourmohan (Gora)]
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A.
Gopal
Gopal is the given name of Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a prominent Indian political leader and social reformer of the early 20th century.
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Bhola
Bhola is a coastal town and district headquarters in southern Bangladesh, situated on the country’s largest island in the Meghna River delta.
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C.
Kusumagraj
Kusumagraj was the pen name of Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar, a renowned Marathi poet, playwright, and writer celebrated for his contributions to modern Marathi literature and social activism.
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D.
Pitripati
Pitripati is an epithet of the Hindu god Yama, revered as the lord and protector of departed ancestors and the realm of the dead.
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E.
Shadharwan
Shadharwan is the sloped stone base or foundation that runs along the lower exterior walls of the Kaaba in Mecca.
- 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: Gourmohan (Gora) Target entity description: Gourmohan, known as Gora, is the idealistic and introspective protagonist of Rabindranath Tagore’s novel "Gora," whose personal journey explores identity, nationalism, and social reform in colonial India.
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A.
Gopal
Gopal is the given name of Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a prominent Indian political leader and social reformer of the early 20th century.
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B.
Bhola
Bhola is a coastal town and district headquarters in southern Bangladesh, situated on the country’s largest island in the Meghna River delta.
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C.
Kusumagraj
Kusumagraj was the pen name of Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar, a renowned Marathi poet, playwright, and writer celebrated for his contributions to modern Marathi literature and social activism.
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D.
Pitripati
Pitripati is an epithet of the Hindu god Yama, revered as the lord and protector of departed ancestors and the realm of the dead.
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E.
Shadharwan
Shadharwan is the sloped stone base or foundation that runs along the lower exterior walls of the Kaaba in Mecca.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ novel protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Gora ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorTheme |
Tagore’s humanism
ⓘ
critique of sectarianism ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | Hindu nationalism (fictional portrayal) ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
caste and society
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identity ⓘ nationalism ⓘ religious identity ⓘ social reform ⓘ tradition and modernity ⓘ |
| characterInLanguage | Bengali ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
dogmatic (early in the novel)
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idealistic ⓘ introspective ⓘ nationalistic ⓘ self-critical (later in the novel) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Rabindranath Tagore
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Tagore ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Bengali society ⓘ |
| explores |
personal versus collective identity
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relationship between religion and nation ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Gora (novel) ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Gora (serialized / published early 20th century) ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Gourmohan ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Gora ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | realist social novel ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | colonial India ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | vehicle for Tagore’s critique of narrow nationalism ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | Gora ⓘ |
| questions |
religious orthodoxy
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social hierarchy ⓘ |
| roleInWork | central consciousness of the narrative ⓘ |
| setInContextOf | British colonial rule in India ⓘ |
| undergoes |
crisis of identity
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personal transformation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gourmohan (Gora) Description of subject: Gourmohan, known as Gora, is the idealistic and introspective protagonist of Rabindranath Tagore’s novel "Gora," whose personal journey explores identity, nationalism, and social reform in colonial India.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Gora by Rabindranath Tagore
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