Blood Meridian
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Blood Meridian is a brutal and philosophically dense Western novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows a teenage drifter known as "the Kid" amid a scalp-hunting gang in the mid-19th-century U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blood Meridian canonical | 4 |
| Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2902788 — 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: Blood Meridian Context triple: [Cormac McCarthy, notableWork, Blood Meridian]
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The Devil All the Time
The Devil All the Time is a 2020 American psychological thriller film, based on Donald Ray Pollock’s novel, that weaves together violent, gothic tales of faith, corruption, and trauma in mid-20th-century rural Ohio and West Virginia.
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Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
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Warlight
Warlight is a postwar coming-of-age novel by Michael Ondaatje that follows two siblings uncovering the mysterious past of their parents in 1940s and 1950s London.
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D.
The Long Walk
The Long Walk is a famous tree-lined avenue in Windsor Great Park that stretches from Windsor Castle to the Copper Horse statue, offering iconic views and a popular route for walks and ceremonies.
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E.
The Ferryman
The Ferryman is a critically acclaimed stage play by Jez Butterworth, set in 1980s Northern Ireland during The Troubles, that explores family, loyalty, and political violence.
- 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: Blood Meridian Target entity description: Blood Meridian is a brutal and philosophically dense Western novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows a teenage drifter known as "the Kid" amid a scalp-hunting gang in the mid-19th-century U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
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A.
The Devil All the Time
The Devil All the Time is a 2020 American psychological thriller film, based on Donald Ray Pollock’s novel, that weaves together violent, gothic tales of faith, corruption, and trauma in mid-20th-century rural Ohio and West Virginia.
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B.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
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C.
Warlight
Warlight is a postwar coming-of-age novel by Michael Ondaatje that follows two siblings uncovering the mysterious past of their parents in 1940s and 1950s London.
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D.
The Long Walk
The Long Walk is a famous tree-lined avenue in Windsor Great Park that stretches from Windsor Castle to the Copper Horse statue, offering iconic views and a popular route for walks and ceremonies.
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E.
The Ferryman
The Ferryman is a critically acclaimed stage play by Jez Butterworth, set in 1980s Northern Ireland during The Troubles, that explores family, loyalty, and political violence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western novel
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historical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| author | Cormac McCarthy ⓘ |
| basedOn | historical events ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
evil
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fate ⓘ free will ⓘ manifest destiny ⓘ the nature of war ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| containsViolenceLevel | extreme ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
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historical fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationStatus | long-discussed film adaptation ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Glanton gang ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | the Kid ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
biblical prose
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third-person ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
John Joel Glanton
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Judge Holden ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West
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linked to:
Blood Meridian
|
| pageCountApproximate | 350 ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence |
Gnostic thought
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existentialism ⓘ |
| plotElement |
mercenary violence
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scalp-hunting expeditions ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | teenage drifter ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
modern American classic
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one of Cormac McCarthy's major works ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
Mexico
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| settingPeriod | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
U.S.-Mexico borderlands
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linked to:
U.S.–Mexico borderlands region
|
| tone |
bleak
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brutal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Blood Meridian Description of subject: Blood Meridian is a brutal and philosophically dense Western novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows a teenage drifter known as "the Kid" amid a scalp-hunting gang in the mid-19th-century U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
Referenced by (5)
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