The Painted Drum
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The Painted Drum is a novel by Louise Erdrich that weaves together interconnected stories about loss, family, and cultural identity centered around a powerful ceremonial drum.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Painted Drum canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6362095 — 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: The Painted Drum Context triple: [Love Medicine, hasSequel, The Painted Drum]
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A.
The Red Woman
"The Red Woman" is the premiere episode of Game of Thrones season 6, focusing on the aftermath of Jon Snow's fate and the deepening mysteries surrounding Melisandre.
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B.
The Red Man and the Child
"The Red Man and the Child" is a 1908 American silent short drama film associated with early cinema pioneer D. W. Griffith and featuring actress Linda Arvidson.
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C.
Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary
The Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary is a revered celestial tree in Islamic tradition marking the furthest boundary of the created universe, beyond which only God’s knowledge extends.
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D.
Rattle Blanket Woman
Rattle Blanket Woman was an Oglala Lakota woman best known as the mother of the famed Lakota war leader Crazy Horse.
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E.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
- 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: The Painted Drum Target entity description: The Painted Drum is a novel by Louise Erdrich that weaves together interconnected stories about loss, family, and cultural identity centered around a powerful ceremonial drum.
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A.
The Red Woman
"The Red Woman" is the premiere episode of Game of Thrones season 6, focusing on the aftermath of Jon Snow's fate and the deepening mysteries surrounding Melisandre.
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B.
The Red Man and the Child
"The Red Man and the Child" is a 1908 American silent short drama film associated with early cinema pioneer D. W. Griffith and featuring actress Linda Arvidson.
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C.
Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary
The Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary is a revered celestial tree in Islamic tradition marking the furthest boundary of the created universe, beyond which only God’s knowledge extends.
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D.
Rattle Blanket Woman
Rattle Blanket Woman was an Oglala Lakota woman best known as the mother of the famed Lakota war leader Crazy Horse.
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E.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Ojibwe culture ⓘ |
| author | Louise Erdrich ⓘ |
| centralObject | ceremonial drum ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| explores |
connection to land
ⓘ
grief ⓘ intergenerational trauma ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bernadette Morrissey
ⓘ
Elsie ⓘ Faye Travers ⓘ |
| genre |
Native American literature
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780060515126 ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | multiple viewpoints ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
cultural identity
ⓘ
family ⓘ loss ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | interconnected stories ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 288 ⓘ |
| partOf | Louise Erdrich’s interconnected fictional universe ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher | HarperCollins ⓘ |
| setting |
New Hampshire
ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Painted Drum Description of subject: The Painted Drum is a novel by Louise Erdrich that weaves together interconnected stories about loss, family, and cultural identity centered around a powerful ceremonial drum.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.