The Perforated Sheet
E629988
"The Perforated Sheet" is a short story by Salman Rushdie that serves as the celebrated opening chapter of his novel "Midnight’s Children," introducing its magical realist style and central themes.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Perforated Sheet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6919847 — 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 Perforated Sheet Context triple: [Salman Rushdie bibliography, includesWork, The Perforated Sheet]
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A.
House of Special Purpose
The House of Special Purpose was the fortified residence in Yekaterinburg where Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II, and his family were imprisoned and ultimately executed in 1918.
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The Paper
The Paper is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard that follows the hectic, deadline-driven day at a New York City tabloid newspaper.
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C.
The Folding Up
The Folding Up is the English translation of the name of Surah At-Takwir, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the cosmic upheavals of the Day of Judgment.
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D.
The Square Peg
The Square Peg is a 1958 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as a road repairman who is mistaken for a top German general during World War II.
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The Woven Figure
The Woven Figure is a collection of essays by conservative political commentator George F. Will that reflects on American politics, culture, and public life.
- 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 Perforated Sheet Target entity description: "The Perforated Sheet" is a short story by Salman Rushdie that serves as the celebrated opening chapter of his novel "Midnight’s Children," introducing its magical realist style and central themes.
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A.
House of Special Purpose
The House of Special Purpose was the fortified residence in Yekaterinburg where Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II, and his family were imprisoned and ultimately executed in 1918.
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B.
The Paper
The Paper is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard that follows the hectic, deadline-driven day at a New York City tabloid newspaper.
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C.
The Folding Up
The Folding Up is the English translation of the name of Surah At-Takwir, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the cosmic upheavals of the Day of Judgment.
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D.
The Square Peg
The Square Peg is a 1958 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom as a road repairman who is mistaken for a top German general during World War II.
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E.
The Woven Figure
The Woven Figure is a collection of essays by conservative political commentator George F. Will that reflects on American politics, culture, and public life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
opening chapter
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| author | Salman Rushdie ⓘ |
| centralMotif | perforated sheet ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
fragmented perception
ⓘ
love and desire mediated by distance ⓘ partitioned vision of reality ⓘ relationship between private lives and national history ⓘ storytelling and memory ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Aadam Aziz
ⓘ
Naseem Ghani ⓘ Saleem Sinai ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | chapter in a novel ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
magical realist fiction ⓘ postcolonial fiction ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | reception of Midnight’s Children as a landmark of magical realism ⓘ |
| hasReception | widely praised by literary critics ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
body as a site of cultural negotiation
ⓘ
colonial and postcolonial transformation of India ⓘ intersection of personal and political histories ⓘ |
| introduces | central themes of Midnight’s Children ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | celebrated opening of Midnight’s Children ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | magical realism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
digressive storytelling
ⓘ
nonlinear narration ⓘ |
| narrator | Saleem Sinai ⓘ |
| opensCycle | multi-generational family saga in Midnight’s Children ⓘ |
| opensWith | description of Aadam Aziz as a doctor in Kashmir ⓘ |
| partOf |
Midnight’s Children
ⓘ
linked to:
Midnight's Children
|
| plotDevice | doctor examining patient through a perforated sheet ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfContainingWork | 1981 ⓘ |
| publisherOfContainingWork | Jonathan Cape ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Midnight’s Children
ⓘ
linked to:
Midnight's Children
|
| settingCountry | India ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Kashmir ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
fragmented national identity
ⓘ
limits of vision and understanding ⓘ partial knowledge ⓘ |
| workIn |
British literature
ⓘ
Indian English literature ⓘ |
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Subject: The Perforated Sheet Description of subject: "The Perforated Sheet" is a short story by Salman Rushdie that serves as the celebrated opening chapter of his novel "Midnight’s Children," introducing its magical realist style and central themes.
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