Prize Stock
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Prize Stock is a short story by Kenzaburō Ōe, included in his collection "Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness," that explores themes of war, innocence, and the clash between rural Japanese life and foreign presence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Prize Stock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9893069 — 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: Prize Stock Context triple: [Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness, hasPart, Prize Stock]
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A.
Glittering Prize
"Glittering Prize" is a popular 1982 synth-pop single by Scottish rock band Simple Minds, known for its melodic hooks and polished production.
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Premia
Premia is a small municipality in the Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province of Italy, located in the Piedmont region near the Alps.
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Stocka
Stocka is a small coastal village in northern Sweden known for its scenic seaside setting and traditional rural character within Nordanstig Municipality.
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D.
Dammastock
Dammastock is a prominent mountain in the Urner Alps of Switzerland, known for its extensive glaciation and popularity among mountaineers.
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E.
Premier Gold
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- 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: Prize Stock Target entity description: Prize Stock is a short story by Kenzaburō Ōe, included in his collection "Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness," that explores themes of war, innocence, and the clash between rural Japanese life and foreign presence.
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A.
Glittering Prize
"Glittering Prize" is a popular 1982 synth-pop single by Scottish rock band Simple Minds, known for its melodic hooks and polished production.
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B.
Premia
Premia is a small municipality in the Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province of Italy, located in the Piedmont region near the Alps.
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C.
Stocka
Stocka is a small coastal village in northern Sweden known for its scenic seaside setting and traditional rural character within Nordanstig Municipality.
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D.
Dammastock
Dammastock is a prominent mountain in the Urner Alps of Switzerland, known for its extensive glaciation and popularity among mountaineers.
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E.
Premier Gold
Premier Gold is a mid-level elite status tier in United Airlines' MileagePlus frequent flyer program that offers enhanced travel benefits such as bonus miles, priority services, and complimentary upgrades.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Kenzaburō Ōe ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| explores |
dehumanization in wartime
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loss of innocence ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ power dynamics between captors and captive ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | downed foreign airman ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
war fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
captivity
ⓘ
otherness ⓘ violence as spectacle ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Japanese villagers
ⓘ
foreign prisoner of war ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| includedIn | Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
child’s-eye narrative
ⓘ
irony ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar Japanese literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
childhood perspective on violence
ⓘ
clash between rural Japanese life and foreign presence ⓘ innocence ⓘ war ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | young Japanese boy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of children’s response to war
ⓘ
portrayal of cultural and linguistic barriers ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf | Kenzaburō Ōe’s early works ⓘ |
| publisherOfEnglishEdition | Grove Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness (collection)
ⓘ
linked to:
Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness
|
| setting | rural Japan ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II era ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
ⓘ
tragic ⓘ |
| translatedBy | John Nathan ⓘ |
| workOf | Kenzaburō Ōe ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Prize Stock Description of subject: Prize Stock is a short story by Kenzaburō Ōe, included in his collection "Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness," that explores themes of war, innocence, and the clash between rural Japanese life and foreign presence.
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