Aleph
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Aleph is a spiritual and autobiographical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores themes of faith, destiny, and personal transformation through a journey across Russia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aleph canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T249915 — 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: Aleph Context triple: [Paulo Coelho, notableWork, Aleph]
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A.
Am Segula
Am Segula is a Hebrew term referring to the Jewish people as a "treasured" or "chosen" nation with a special covenantal relationship to God.
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B.
Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
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C.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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D.
Golus
Golus is a Yiddish term referring to the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical diaspora and its spiritual-historical implications.
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E.
The Harafish
The Harafish is a celebrated novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that traces the rise and fall of a Cairo alley’s families across generations, blending mythic storytelling with social realism.
- 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: Aleph Target entity description: Aleph is a spiritual and autobiographical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores themes of faith, destiny, and personal transformation through a journey across Russia.
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A.
Am Segula
Am Segula is a Hebrew term referring to the Jewish people as a "treasured" or "chosen" nation with a special covenantal relationship to God.
-
B.
Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
-
C.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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D.
Golus
Golus is a Yiddish term referring to the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical diaspora and its spiritual-historical implications.
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E.
The Harafish
The Harafish is a celebrated novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that traces the rise and fall of a Cairo alley’s families across generations, blending mythic storytelling with social realism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Paulo Coelho ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Brazil ⓘ |
| featuresTravelBy | Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ |
| followsInStyle | The Alchemist ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical novel
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fiction ⓘ spiritual novel ⓘ |
| hasAutobiographicalElements | true ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-06-207348-8 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
forgiveness
ⓘ
past lives ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
destiny
ⓘ
faith ⓘ personal transformation ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of spiritual questions
ⓘ
mixing autobiography and fiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Aleph ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorBibliography |
works by Paulo Coelho
ⓘ
linked to:
The Alchemist
|
| protagonist | Paulo ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Editora Sextante
ⓘ
HarperCollins ⓘ |
| setting | Russia ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ multiple languages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Aleph Description of subject: Aleph is a spiritual and autobiographical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores themes of faith, destiny, and personal transformation through a journey across Russia.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.