McTeague
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McTeague is a naturalist novel by Frank Norris that follows the brutal moral and psychological decline of a San Francisco dentist consumed by greed and violence.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McTeague canonical | 8 |
| John McTeague | 1 |
| McTeague: A Story of San Francisco | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3277204 — 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: McTeague Context triple: [Frank Norris, notableWork, McTeague]
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A.
The Robber Bridegroom
The Robber Bridegroom is a dark Grimm Brothers fairy tale about a young woman who discovers her seemingly charming fiancé is actually a murderous bandit.
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B.
The Mule
The Mule is a 2018 American crime drama film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood as an elderly drug courier for a Mexican cartel.
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C.
The Mule
The Mule is a central antagonist in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, a powerful mutant with extraordinary mental abilities that threaten the course of the Galactic Empire's predicted future.
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D.
The Desperate Man
The Desperate Man is a famous early self-portrait by French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, known for its intense, wide-eyed expression and dramatic depiction of psychological turmoil.
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E.
The Pearl
The Pearl is a novella by John Steinbeck that explores themes of greed, social inequality, and the corrupting influence of wealth through the story of a poor pearl diver who discovers an extraordinary pearl.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McTeague Target entity description: McTeague is a naturalist novel by Frank Norris that follows the brutal moral and psychological decline of a San Francisco dentist consumed by greed and violence.
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A.
The Robber Bridegroom
The Robber Bridegroom is a dark Grimm Brothers fairy tale about a young woman who discovers her seemingly charming fiancé is actually a murderous bandit.
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B.
The Mule
The Mule is a 2018 American crime drama film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood as an elderly drug courier for a Mexican cartel.
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C.
The Mule
The Mule is a central antagonist in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, a powerful mutant with extraordinary mental abilities that threaten the course of the Galactic Empire's predicted future.
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D.
The Desperate Man
The Desperate Man is a famous early self-portrait by French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, known for its intense, wide-eyed expression and dramatic depiction of psychological turmoil.
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E.
The Pearl
The Pearl is a novella by John Steinbeck that explores themes of greed, social inequality, and the corrupting influence of wealth through the story of a poor pearl diver who discovers an extraordinary pearl.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
naturalist novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Erich von Stroheim ⓘ |
| adaptationType |
film
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opera ⓘ |
| author | Frank Norris ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
social and economic pressures on individuals
ⓘ
working-class life in San Francisco ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1899 ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
naturalism
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Greed
ⓘ
McTeague (opera) ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | McTeague ⓘ |
| influenced |
Greed (1924 film)
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linked to:
Greed
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| literaryMovement |
American naturalism
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linked to:
Naturalism
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| literaryPeriod | late 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | McTeague ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | novel-length narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Marcus Schouler
ⓘ
Trina Sieppe ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeInLiterature | classic of American naturalism ⓘ |
| primaryConflict | destructive effects of greed on individuals and relationships ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | dentist ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday & McClure Company ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingLocation | San Francisco ⓘ |
| style |
detailed realism
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grim, unsentimental depiction of life ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | moral and psychological deterioration of a dentist ⓘ |
| theme |
brutality
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determinism ⓘ greed ⓘ marriage ⓘ moral decline ⓘ poverty ⓘ psychological decline ⓘ violence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (10)
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