Cosmopolis
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Cosmopolis is a 2003 novel by Don DeLillo that follows a billionaire asset manager’s disorienting limousine ride across Manhattan, exploring themes of capitalism, technology, and existential alienation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cosmopolis canonical | 13 |
| Cosmopolis (novel) | 3 |
| Cosmopolis (2012 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549362 — 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: Cosmopolis Context triple: [Don DeLillo, notableWork, Cosmopolis]
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A.
Sin City
Sin City is a 2005 neo-noir crime anthology film, co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, known for its stylized black-and-white visuals and adaptation of Miller’s graphic novel series.
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B.
The Adjustment Bureau
The Adjustment Bureau is a 2011 science-fiction romantic thriller film about a politician who discovers a mysterious organization that controls fate, co-starring Emily Blunt and Matt Damon.
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Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Ain't Them Bodies Saints is a 2013 American independent drama film, directed by David Lowery, that follows an outlaw couple in 1970s Texas whose lives are upended by crime, separation, and longing.
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D.
The Meyerowitz Stories
The Meyerowitz Stories is a 2017 Noah Baumbach film, starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, and Dustin Hoffman, that follows a dysfunctional New York family reuniting around their aging patriarch.
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E.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 Wes Anderson comedy-drama film known for its stylized visuals, ensemble cast, and whimsical yet poignant storytelling set in a fictional European hotel between the World Wars.
- 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: Cosmopolis Target entity description: Cosmopolis is a 2003 novel by Don DeLillo that follows a billionaire asset manager’s disorienting limousine ride across Manhattan, exploring themes of capitalism, technology, and existential alienation.
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A.
Sin City
Sin City is a 2005 neo-noir crime anthology film, co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, known for its stylized black-and-white visuals and adaptation of Miller’s graphic novel series.
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B.
The Adjustment Bureau
The Adjustment Bureau is a 2011 science-fiction romantic thriller film about a politician who discovers a mysterious organization that controls fate, co-starring Emily Blunt and Matt Damon.
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C.
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Ain't Them Bodies Saints is a 2013 American independent drama film, directed by David Lowery, that follows an outlaw couple in 1970s Texas whose lives are upended by crime, separation, and longing.
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D.
The Meyerowitz Stories
The Meyerowitz Stories is a 2017 Noah Baumbach film, starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, and Dustin Hoffman, that follows a dysfunctional New York family reuniting around their aging patriarch.
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E.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 Wes Anderson comedy-drama film known for its stylized visuals, ensemble cast, and whimsical yet poignant storytelling set in a fictional European hotel between the World Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cosmopolis ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
protagonist versus financial markets
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protagonist versus self ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| director | David Cronenberg ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
abstraction of money
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disconnection from physical reality ⓘ power and control ⓘ |
| genre |
novel
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philosophical fiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ satirical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Cosmopolis (film)
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linked to:
Cosmopolis (score)
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| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Eric Packer ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| motif |
currency speculation
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limousine as enclosed space ⓘ screens and data streams ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | limousine journey across Manhattan ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
dialogue-driven
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fragmented ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Benno Levin
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Elise Shifrin ⓘ Vija Kinski ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | billionaire asset manager ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Scribner
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linked to:
Charles Scribner's Sons
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| releaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| setIn |
Manhattan
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New York City ⓘ |
| settingTime | early 2000s ⓘ |
| structure | single-day narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
body and mortality
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capitalism ⓘ consumerism ⓘ cyber-capitalism ⓘ existential alienation ⓘ global finance ⓘ technology ⓘ time and temporality ⓘ urban isolation ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfPlot | one day ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cosmopolis Description of subject: Cosmopolis is a 2003 novel by Don DeLillo that follows a billionaire asset manager’s disorienting limousine ride across Manhattan, exploring themes of capitalism, technology, and existential alienation.
Referenced by (17)
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