Mr. Sammler’s Planet
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Mr. Sammler’s Planet is a 1970 novel by Saul Bellow that follows an aging Holocaust survivor in New York City as he grapples with moral and social upheaval in the late 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mr. Sammler’s Planet canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5054152 — 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: Mr. Sammler’s Planet Context triple: [Saul Bellow, notableWork, Mr. Sammler’s Planet]
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A.
Babel Tower
"Babel Tower" is a 1996 novel by A. S. Byatt that intricately weaves themes of language, law, and personal freedom within a richly detailed portrayal of 1960s England.
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B.
Mr. Palomar
Mr. Palomar is a contemplative novel by Italo Calvino that follows its introspective protagonist’s precise observations of the world as a way to explore perception, knowledge, and existence.
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C.
Homo Faber
Homo Faber is a 1957 existential novel by Swiss author Max Frisch that follows a rational engineer whose ordered worldview unravels through a series of tragic coincidences and revelations.
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D.
The Unconsoled
The Unconsoled is a surreal, dreamlike novel by Kazuo Ishiguro that follows a famous pianist wandering through an unnamed European city as he struggles with memory, identity, and obligation.
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E.
Leopoldstadt
Leopoldstadt is Vienna’s second municipal district, known for encompassing the Prater park and its historic Jewish quarter.
- 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: Mr. Sammler’s Planet Target entity description: Mr. Sammler’s Planet is a 1970 novel by Saul Bellow that follows an aging Holocaust survivor in New York City as he grapples with moral and social upheaval in the late 1960s.
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A.
Babel Tower
"Babel Tower" is a 1996 novel by A. S. Byatt that intricately weaves themes of language, law, and personal freedom within a richly detailed portrayal of 1960s England.
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B.
Mr. Palomar
Mr. Palomar is a contemplative novel by Italo Calvino that follows its introspective protagonist’s precise observations of the world as a way to explore perception, knowledge, and existence.
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C.
Homo Faber
Homo Faber is a 1957 existential novel by Swiss author Max Frisch that follows a rational engineer whose ordered worldview unravels through a series of tragic coincidences and revelations.
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D.
The Unconsoled
The Unconsoled is a surreal, dreamlike novel by Kazuo Ishiguro that follows a famous pianist wandering through an unnamed European city as he struggles with memory, identity, and obligation.
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E.
Leopoldstadt
Leopoldstadt is Vienna’s second municipal district, known for encompassing the Prater park and its historic Jewish quarter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Saul Bellow ⓘ |
| awarded | National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
protagonist’s struggle to understand contemporary American culture
ⓘ
tension between Old World values and 1960s radicalism ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
pickpocket on New York buses
ⓘ
space exploration and the moon landing ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception |
controversial for its portrayal of 1960s counterculture
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widely discussed for its moral and philosophical concerns ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Angela Gruner
ⓘ
Dr. Lal ⓘ Elya Gruner ⓘ Shula Sammler ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Holocaust memory
ⓘ
Jewish identity in America ⓘ intellectual elitism ⓘ sexual liberation and its discontents ⓘ spiritual and ethical crisis ⓘ violence and crime in urban life ⓘ |
| includedIn | canons of 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Artur Sammler ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dense interior monologue and philosophical reflection
ⓘ
portrait of Manhattan during the 1960s ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Saul Bellow’s later-period works ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription |
Polish-born Jewish intellectual
ⓘ
aging Holocaust survivor ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1970 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Viking Press
ⓘ
linked to:
The Viking Press
|
| setInLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 1960s ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation in modern society
ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ intellectual life in America ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ post-Holocaust consciousness ⓘ social upheaval ⓘ urban decay ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfAction | several days in late 1960s New York ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | the Earth as seen from a detached, observing perspective ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Mr. Sammler’s Planet Description of subject: Mr. Sammler’s Planet is a 1970 novel by Saul Bellow that follows an aging Holocaust survivor in New York City as he grapples with moral and social upheaval in the late 1960s.
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