A Month of Sundays
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A Month of Sundays is a 1975 novel by John Updike that satirically explores faith, sexuality, and hypocrisy through the confessional diary of a disgraced minister sent to a desert rehabilitation center.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Month of Sundays canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4806683 — 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: A Month of Sundays Context triple: [John Updike, notableWork, A Month of Sundays]
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A.
Seven Sundays
Seven Sundays is a soulful, introspective R&B album by American singer-songwriter SiR that helped establish his signature mellow, atmospheric sound.
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B.
Heaven on a Sunday
"Heaven on a Sunday" is a mellow, reflective song by Paul McCartney from his 1997 album *Flaming Pie*.
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C.
Tell Me on a Sunday
Tell Me on a Sunday is a one-act musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber that follows the romantic misadventures of a young English woman living in the United States.
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D.
Seven Days
Seven Days is a musical project or band known for its association with guitarist Guitar Bains.
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E.
The Little Hours
The Little Hours is a 2017 comedy film loosely based on Boccaccio’s The Decameron, following a group of misbehaving nuns whose convent is thrown into chaos by the arrival of a young servant.
- 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: A Month of Sundays Target entity description: A Month of Sundays is a 1975 novel by John Updike that satirically explores faith, sexuality, and hypocrisy through the confessional diary of a disgraced minister sent to a desert rehabilitation center.
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A.
Seven Sundays
Seven Sundays is a soulful, introspective R&B album by American singer-songwriter SiR that helped establish his signature mellow, atmospheric sound.
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B.
Heaven on a Sunday
"Heaven on a Sunday" is a mellow, reflective song by Paul McCartney from his 1997 album *Flaming Pie*.
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C.
Tell Me on a Sunday
Tell Me on a Sunday is a one-act musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber that follows the romantic misadventures of a young English woman living in the United States.
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D.
Seven Days
Seven Days is a musical project or band known for its association with guitarist Guitar Bains.
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E.
The Little Hours
The Little Hours is a 2017 comedy film loosely based on Boccaccio’s The Decameron, following a group of misbehaving nuns whose convent is thrown into chaos by the arrival of a young servant.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | John Updike ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exploresTopic |
American Protestantism
ⓘ
adultery ⓘ clergy misconduct ⓘ religious doubt ⓘ self-deception ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Roger’s Version
ⓘ
linked to:
Roger's Version
S. (novel) ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
clergy
ⓘ
patients ⓘ psychiatric staff ⓘ |
| hasForm | confessional diary ⓘ |
| hasFormFactor |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
comic
ⓘ
confessional ⓘ ironic ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistTrait |
erotically preoccupied
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ morally conflicted ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | The Scarlet Letter ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
fiction
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ religious fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
faith
ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | diary ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intertextual engagement with The Scarlet Letter
ⓘ
satirical treatment of religion ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Scarlet Letter trilogy ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | minister ⓘ |
| protagonistStatus | disgraced minister ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting |
American desert
ⓘ
desert rehabilitation center ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
| writtenBy | John Updike ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Month of Sundays Description of subject: A Month of Sundays is a 1975 novel by John Updike that satirically explores faith, sexuality, and hypocrisy through the confessional diary of a disgraced minister sent to a desert rehabilitation center.
Referenced by (2)
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