Point Counter Point
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Point Counter Point is a 1928 modernist novel by Aldous Huxley that satirically portrays the intellectual and social life of the British upper class through a complex, multi-character narrative.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Point Counter Point canonical | 10 |
| Point-counterpoint | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T849298 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Point Counter Point Context triple: [Aldous Huxley, notableWork, Point Counter Point]
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A.
Counterpoint
Counterpoint is a 1968 World War II drama film starring Charlton Heston as an orchestra conductor captured by Nazis, directed by Ralph Nelson.
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Shooting into the Corner
Shooting into the Corner is a large-scale installation by artist Anish Kapoor that dramatically fires red wax into a gallery corner, exploring themes of violence, materiality, and spectacle.
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Battle of the Points
The Battle of the Points was a World War II engagement during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in which U.S. and Filipino forces repelled Japanese amphibious landings on the Bataan Peninsula.
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D.
The Ball
The Ball is the popular nickname for Reunion Tower, a distinctive geodesic observation tower and Dallas landmark known for its glowing spherical top.
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E.
What a World
"What a World" is a track featured on the hip hop album *Universal Mind Control* by Common.
- 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: Point Counter Point Target entity description: Point Counter Point is a 1928 modernist novel by Aldous Huxley that satirically portrays the intellectual and social life of the British upper class through a complex, multi-character narrative.
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A.
Counterpoint
Counterpoint is a 1968 World War II drama film starring Charlton Heston as an orchestra conductor captured by Nazis, directed by Ralph Nelson.
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B.
Shooting into the Corner
Shooting into the Corner is a large-scale installation by artist Anish Kapoor that dramatically fires red wax into a gallery corner, exploring themes of violence, materiality, and spectacle.
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C.
Battle of the Points
The Battle of the Points was a World War II engagement during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in which U.S. and Filipino forces repelled Japanese amphibious landings on the Bataan Peninsula.
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D.
The Ball
The Ball is the popular nickname for Reunion Tower, a distinctive geodesic observation tower and Dallas landmark known for its glowing spherical top.
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E.
What a World
"What a World" is a track featured on the hip hop album *Universal Mind Control* by Common.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modernist novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Aldous Huxley ⓘ |
| characterBasedOn |
Denis Burlap – partly based on T. S. Eliot
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Mark Rampion – based on D. H. Lawrence ⓘ Philip Quarles – partly based on Aldous Huxley ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of Aldous Huxley’s major novels ⓘ |
| exploresConcept | counterpoint of ideas and characters ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | Brave New World ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist literature
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philosophical fiction ⓘ satirical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | radio adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Denis Burlap
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Elinor Quarles ⓘ Lucy Tantamount ⓘ Mark Rampion ⓘ Philip Quarles ⓘ Spandrell ⓘ Walter Bidlake ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | musical term "counterpoint" ⓘ |
| includedIn | 20th-century English literature canon ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
experimental structure
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satire ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
conflict between intellect and emotion
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intellectual life of the British upper class ⓘ politics and ideology ⓘ sexual relationships ⓘ social life of the British upper class ⓘ spirituality and religion ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | multi-character narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
multiple viewpoints
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stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex narrative structure
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philosophical dialogues ⓘ satirical portrayal of intellectual elites ⓘ |
| pageCount | over 500 pages ⓘ |
| precededBy | Those Barren Leaves ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1928 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chatto & Windus ⓘ |
| setting | England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| structure |
episodic
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polyphonic ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | 1920s ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Point Counter Point Description of subject: Point Counter Point is a 1928 modernist novel by Aldous Huxley that satirically portrays the intellectual and social life of the British upper class through a complex, multi-character narrative.
Referenced by (11)
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