The Intuitionist (novel, 1969)
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The Intuitionist is a 1969 novel by August Coppola, best known as an experimental, philosophically inclined work that explores perception, reality, and human consciousness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Intuitionist (novel, 1969) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6506161 — 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 Intuitionist (novel, 1969) Context triple: [August Coppola, notableWork, The Intuitionist (novel, 1969)]
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A.
The Pedestrian
The Pedestrian is a short story by Ray Bradbury that portrays a dystopian future where solitary walking is viewed as suspicious behavior in an oppressive, technology-obsessed society.
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B.
Foucault's Pendulum
Foucault's Pendulum is a complex postmodern novel by Umberto Eco that intertwines conspiracy theories, esoteric knowledge, and metafictional puzzles in a narrative about editors who invent a grand occult plot.
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C.
Playing for Time
"Playing for Time" is a reflective, piano-driven song by Peter Gabriel that explores themes of aging, memory, and the passage of time.
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D.
Ubik
Ubik is a 1969 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick that explores reality, perception, and corporate intrigue in a surreal, shifting future world.
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E.
Irrational Man
Irrational Man is a 2015 philosophical drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone, about a disillusioned professor whose life changes after a morally fraught decision.
- 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 Intuitionist (novel, 1969) Target entity description: The Intuitionist is a 1969 novel by August Coppola, best known as an experimental, philosophically inclined work that explores perception, reality, and human consciousness.
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A.
The Pedestrian
The Pedestrian is a short story by Ray Bradbury that portrays a dystopian future where solitary walking is viewed as suspicious behavior in an oppressive, technology-obsessed society.
-
B.
Foucault's Pendulum
Foucault's Pendulum is a complex postmodern novel by Umberto Eco that intertwines conspiracy theories, esoteric knowledge, and metafictional puzzles in a narrative about editors who invent a grand occult plot.
-
C.
Playing for Time
"Playing for Time" is a reflective, piano-driven song by Peter Gabriel that explores themes of aging, memory, and the passage of time.
-
D.
Ubik
Ubik is a 1969 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick that explores reality, perception, and corporate intrigue in a surreal, shifting future world.
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E.
Irrational Man
Irrational Man is a 2015 philosophical drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone, about a disillusioned professor whose life changes after a morally fraught decision.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | August Coppola ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | August Coppola ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental fiction
ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
human consciousness
ⓘ
perception ⓘ reality ⓘ |
| notableFor |
experimental narrative style
ⓘ
philosophical exploration of perception and reality ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Intuitionist (novel, 1969) Description of subject: The Intuitionist is a 1969 novel by August Coppola, best known as an experimental, philosophically inclined work that explores perception, reality, and human consciousness.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.