The Committed
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The Committed is a literary novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen that continues the story of a conflicted Vietnamese refugee navigating crime, politics, and identity in Paris.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Committed canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10034141 — 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 Committed Context triple: [Viet Thanh Nguyen, notableWork, The Committed]
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A Pact
"A Pact" is a notable poem by Ezra Pound in which he addresses and reconciles with the influence of Walt Whitman on his own poetic development.
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Indignation
Indignation is a 2008 novel by Philip Roth that follows a young man’s coming-of-age and clash with authority at a conservative college during the Korean War era.
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C.
The Indifferent
"The Indifferent" is a small, elegant painting by French Rococo artist Antoine Watteau, depicting a solitary, gracefully posed figure that exemplifies his delicate brushwork and subtle, introspective mood.
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D.
The Man Between
The Man Between is a 1953 British Cold War thriller film set in postwar Berlin, directed by Carol Reed and noted for its atmospheric cinematography and espionage-driven plot.
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E.
The Pact
The Pact is a bestselling novel by Jodi Picoult that explores the aftermath of a tragic teen suicide pact and the complex moral, legal, and emotional questions it raises for the families involved.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Committed Target entity description: The Committed is a literary novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen that continues the story of a conflicted Vietnamese refugee navigating crime, politics, and identity in Paris.
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A.
A Pact
"A Pact" is a notable poem by Ezra Pound in which he addresses and reconciles with the influence of Walt Whitman on his own poetic development.
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B.
Indignation
Indignation is a 2008 novel by Philip Roth that follows a young man’s coming-of-age and clash with authority at a conservative college during the Korean War era.
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C.
The Indifferent
"The Indifferent" is a small, elegant painting by French Rococo artist Antoine Watteau, depicting a solitary, gracefully posed figure that exemplifies his delicate brushwork and subtle, introspective mood.
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D.
The Man Between
The Man Between is a 1953 British Cold War thriller film set in postwar Berlin, directed by Carol Reed and noted for its atmospheric cinematography and espionage-driven plot.
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E.
The Pact
The Pact is a bestselling novel by Jodi Picoult that explores the aftermath of a tragic teen suicide pact and the complex moral, legal, and emotional questions it raises for the families involved.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Viet Thanh Nguyen ⓘ |
| authorAwardContext | written by a Pulitzer Prize–winning author ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Vietnamese American ⓘ |
| awardsContext | follow-up to Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Sympathizer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coverArtist | design commissioned by Grove Press ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| explores |
diaspora
ⓘ
ideology ⓘ organized crime ⓘ postcolonial identity ⓘ |
| follows | The Sympathizer ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ political fiction ⓘ |
| hasSequelRelation | continuation of The Sympathizer story ⓘ |
| ISBN | 9780802157065 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
dark humor
ⓘ
political satire ⓘ |
| literaryThemes |
colonialism
ⓘ
crime ⓘ identity ⓘ politics ⓘ refugee experience ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | unnamed Vietnamese communist spy ⓘ |
| market | adult fiction ⓘ |
| medium |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of crime narrative and political theory
ⓘ
depiction of Vietnamese refugee in Parisian underworld ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| pages | approximately 400 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
The Sympathizer series
ⓘ
linked to:
The Sympathizer
|
| protagonistNationality | Vietnamese ⓘ |
| protagonistStatus | refugee ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2021 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Corsair
ⓘ
Grove Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Sympathizer ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1980s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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