The Living and the Dead
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The Living and the Dead is a major poetry collection by Russian poet Arseny Tarkovsky, reflecting his philosophical and lyrical meditations on life, memory, and mortality.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Living and the Dead canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10380969 — 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 Living and the Dead Context triple: [Arseny Tarkovsky, notableWork, The Living and the Dead]
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A.
The Dead and the Living
The Dead and the Living is a critically acclaimed poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, violence, and mortality in vivid, confessional verse.
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B.
Where the Dead Lay
"Where the Dead Lay" is a hard-boiled crime thriller novel by David Levien featuring private investigator Frank Behr as he delves into a violent criminal underworld in Indianapolis.
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C.
Almanac of the Dead
Almanac of the Dead is a sprawling, experimental novel by Leslie Marmon Silko that interweaves Indigenous history, prophecy, and political resistance across the Americas.
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D.
Die Kinder der Toten
Die Kinder der Toten is a sprawling, experimental horror-epic novel by Austrian Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek that confronts Austria’s repressed Nazi past through grotesque, postmodern storytelling.
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E.
Office of the Dead
The Office of the Dead is a traditional set of prayers in the Roman Catholic liturgy, recited for the souls of the deceased, especially in connection with funerals and All Souls’ Day.
- 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 Living and the Dead Target entity description: The Living and the Dead is a major poetry collection by Russian poet Arseny Tarkovsky, reflecting his philosophical and lyrical meditations on life, memory, and mortality.
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A.
The Dead and the Living
The Dead and the Living is a critically acclaimed poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, violence, and mortality in vivid, confessional verse.
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B.
Where the Dead Lay
"Where the Dead Lay" is a hard-boiled crime thriller novel by David Levien featuring private investigator Frank Behr as he delves into a violent criminal underworld in Indianapolis.
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C.
Almanac of the Dead
Almanac of the Dead is a sprawling, experimental novel by Leslie Marmon Silko that interweaves Indigenous history, prophecy, and political resistance across the Americas.
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D.
Die Kinder der Toten
Die Kinder der Toten is a sprawling, experimental horror-epic novel by Austrian Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek that confronts Austria’s repressed Nazi past through grotesque, postmodern storytelling.
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E.
Office of the Dead
The Office of the Dead is a traditional set of prayers in the Roman Catholic liturgy, recited for the souls of the deceased, especially in connection with funerals and All Souls’ Day.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Arseny Tarkovsky’s wartime experiences ⓘ |
| author | Arseny Tarkovsky ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| creator | Arseny Tarkovsky ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Russian ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | Russian literary culture ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual lyric poems by Arseny Tarkovsky ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century Russian poetry ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
life
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memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ philosophical reflection ⓘ time ⓘ war ⓘ |
| notableFor |
lyrical treatment of memory and loss
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philosophical meditations on existence ⓘ |
| subject |
death
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human condition ⓘ personal recollection ⓘ survival ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Living and the Dead Description of subject: The Living and the Dead is a major poetry collection by Russian poet Arseny Tarkovsky, reflecting his philosophical and lyrical meditations on life, memory, and mortality.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.