Indignation
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Indignation is a 2008 novel by Philip Roth that follows a young man’s coming-of-age and clash with authority at a conservative college during the Korean War era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indignation canonical | 6 |
| Indignation (film) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3456983 — 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: Indignation Context triple: [Philip Roth, notableWork, Indignation]
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A.
Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn is a crime novel by Jonathan Lethem that follows a detective with Tourette’s syndrome as he investigates his mentor’s murder in a noir-inflected, character-driven mystery.
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B.
The Indifferent
"The Indifferent" is a small, elegant painting by French Rococo artist Antoine Watteau, depicting a solitary, gracefully posed figure that exemplifies his delicate brushwork and subtle, introspective mood.
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C.
Stingo
Stingo is the young Southern writer and narrator in William Styron’s novel "Sophie’s Choice," through whose perspective the tragic story unfolds.
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D.
The Righteous
The Righteous is a film written by and starring Mark O'Brien, known as a brooding psychological horror drama with strong religious and moral themes.
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E.
Disobedience
Disobedience is a 2017 romantic drama film exploring forbidden love and religious tradition within an Orthodox Jewish community in London.
- 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: Indignation Target entity description: Indignation is a 2008 novel by Philip Roth that follows a young man’s coming-of-age and clash with authority at a conservative college during the Korean War era.
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A.
Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn is a crime novel by Jonathan Lethem that follows a detective with Tourette’s syndrome as he investigates his mentor’s murder in a noir-inflected, character-driven mystery.
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B.
The Indifferent
"The Indifferent" is a small, elegant painting by French Rococo artist Antoine Watteau, depicting a solitary, gracefully posed figure that exemplifies his delicate brushwork and subtle, introspective mood.
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C.
Stingo
Stingo is the young Southern writer and narrator in William Styron’s novel "Sophie’s Choice," through whose perspective the tragic story unfolds.
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D.
The Righteous
The Righteous is a film written by and starring Mark O'Brien, known as a brooding psychological horror drama with strong religious and moral themes.
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E.
Disobedience
Disobedience is a 2017 romantic drama film exploring forbidden love and religious tradition within an Orthodox Jewish community in London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Philip Roth ⓘ |
| basedOn | Indignation ⓘ |
| conflictType | man vs society ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
college disciplinary system
ⓘ
debate over Bertrand Russell essay ⓘ oral sex as transgressive act ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| director | James Schamus ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Humbling ⓘ |
| genre |
campus novel
ⓘ
coming-of-age novel ⓘ historical novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Indignation (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Indignation
|
| isbn | 978-0-618-90293-1 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Marcus Messner ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrationType | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | retrospective account ⓘ |
| pageCount | 256 ⓘ |
| partOf | Philip Roth later novels ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| precededBy | Exit Ghost ⓘ |
| protagonistOrigin |
Newark, New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
Newark
|
| protagonistReligion | Jewish ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2008 ⓘ |
| publisher | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| publisherImprint |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ⓘ
linked to:
Houghton Mifflin
|
| releaseYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | James Schamus ⓘ |
| setInDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Korean War ⓘ |
| setting |
Ohio
ⓘ
conservative Christian college ⓘ |
| theme |
Jewish identity
ⓘ
clash with authority ⓘ coming of age ⓘ fate and contingency ⓘ individualism vs conformity ⓘ religion and secularism ⓘ sexual repression ⓘ war and conscription ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Indignation Description of subject: Indignation is a 2008 novel by Philip Roth that follows a young man’s coming-of-age and clash with authority at a conservative college during the Korean War era.
Referenced by (8)
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subject linked to:
Indignation
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