The Road Back
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The Road Back is a 1931 novel by Erich Maria Remarque that follows German soldiers struggling to readjust to civilian life after the trauma of World War I, serving as a companion to his famous work All Quiet on the Western Front.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Road Back canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7593808 — 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 Road Back Context triple: [Erich Maria Remarque, notableWork, The Road Back]
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A.
Sunken Road
Sunken Road, later known as Bloody Lane, was a crucial defensive position and the site of some of the fiercest fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Antietam.
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B.
The Road of Rejuvenation
The Road of Rejuvenation is a major permanent exhibition at the National Museum of China that traces the modern history of China’s struggle, development, and rise to national revitalization.
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C.
Refuge of the Roads
"Refuge of the Roads" is a reflective, jazz-inflected folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1976 album *Hejira*, noted for its introspective lyrics and intricate guitar work.
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D.
The Road to Yesterday
The Road to Yesterday is a 1925 American silent fantasy drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
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E.
The Road to Nowhere
The Road to Nowhere is a romantic adventure novel by Russian writer Alexander Grin, known for its dreamlike atmosphere and exploration of idealism and destiny.
- 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 Road Back Target entity description: The Road Back is a 1931 novel by Erich Maria Remarque that follows German soldiers struggling to readjust to civilian life after the trauma of World War I, serving as a companion to his famous work All Quiet on the Western Front.
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A.
Sunken Road
Sunken Road, later known as Bloody Lane, was a crucial defensive position and the site of some of the fiercest fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Antietam.
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B.
The Road of Rejuvenation
The Road of Rejuvenation is a major permanent exhibition at the National Museum of China that traces the modern history of China’s struggle, development, and rise to national revitalization.
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C.
Refuge of the Roads
"Refuge of the Roads" is a reflective, jazz-inflected folk song by Joni Mitchell from her 1976 album *Hejira*, noted for its introspective lyrics and intricate guitar work.
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D.
The Road to Yesterday
The Road to Yesterday is a 1925 American silent fantasy drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
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E.
The Road to Nowhere
The Road to Nowhere is a romantic adventure novel by Russian writer Alexander Grin, known for its dreamlike atmosphere and exploration of idealism and destiny.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Erich Maria Remarque ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| createdBy | Erich Maria Remarque ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
demobilization of German soldiers
ⓘ
return from the Western Front ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
postwar German society
ⓘ
veterans’ struggle for normality ⓘ |
| follows | German soldiers ⓘ |
| genre |
anti-war novel
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
World War I veterans
ⓘ
civilian life after war ⓘ moral injury ⓘ social change in postwar Germany ⓘ |
| hasType | companion novel ⓘ |
| isSequelOrCompanionTo |
All Quiet on the Western Front
ⓘ
linked to:
All Quiet on the Western Front (novel)
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| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
German literature of the Weimar Republic
ⓘ
interwar literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
difficulty of reintegration into civilian life
ⓘ
disillusionment with war ⓘ loss of youth and innocence ⓘ psychological trauma of war ⓘ veterans’ alienation ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
continuation of themes from All Quiet on the Western Front
ⓘ
portrayal of veterans’ psychological scars ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Erich Maria Remarque’s World War I cycle ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War I aftermath ⓘ |
| setting | Germany ⓘ |
| subject |
conflict between veterans and civilian society
ⓘ
effects of war on individuals ⓘ loss of comradeship after war ⓘ search for meaning after combat ⓘ |
| timeSetting | post-1918 Germany ⓘ |
| tone |
realistic
ⓘ
somber ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Road Back Description of subject: The Road Back is a 1931 novel by Erich Maria Remarque that follows German soldiers struggling to readjust to civilian life after the trauma of World War I, serving as a companion to his famous work All Quiet on the Western Front.
Referenced by (4)
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