The Professor of Desire
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The Professor of Desire is a 1977 novel by Philip Roth that follows an introspective literature professor as he obsessively pursues and analyzes his erotic and emotional experiences.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Professor of Desire canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14892592 — 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 Professor of Desire Context triple: [The Dying Animal, precededBy, The Professor of Desire]
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A.
Law of Desire
Law of Desire is a 1987 Spanish drama film by Pedro Almodóvar, known for its bold exploration of queer desire, obsession, and melodrama, and for helping establish Antonio Banderas as an international star.
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B.
Burden of Desire
Burden of Desire is a historical novel by Canadian author and broadcaster Robert MacNeil, set in early 20th-century Halifax and exploring themes of passion, morality, and social change.
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C.
The Seducer’s Diary
The Seducer’s Diary is a famous section of Søren Kierkegaard’s work Either/Or that presents, in literary form, the manipulative love affair of the aesthete Johannes as an exploration of seduction, ethics, and existential choice.
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D.
The Great Lover
The Great Lover is a 1931 British romantic comedy film starring Roland Young, known for its lighthearted take on love and high society.
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E.
The Great Lover
The Great Lover is a 1949 romantic comedy film starring Bob Hope as a scoutmaster entangled with a con artist aboard a transatlantic ocean liner.
- 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 Professor of Desire Target entity description: The Professor of Desire is a 1977 novel by Philip Roth that follows an introspective literature professor as he obsessively pursues and analyzes his erotic and emotional experiences.
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A.
Law of Desire
Law of Desire is a 1987 Spanish drama film by Pedro Almodóvar, known for its bold exploration of queer desire, obsession, and melodrama, and for helping establish Antonio Banderas as an international star.
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B.
Burden of Desire
Burden of Desire is a historical novel by Canadian author and broadcaster Robert MacNeil, set in early 20th-century Halifax and exploring themes of passion, morality, and social change.
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C.
The Seducer’s Diary
The Seducer’s Diary is a famous section of Søren Kierkegaard’s work Either/Or that presents, in literary form, the manipulative love affair of the aesthete Johannes as an exploration of seduction, ethics, and existential choice.
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D.
The Great Lover
The Great Lover is a 1949 romantic comedy film starring Bob Hope as a scoutmaster entangled with a con artist aboard a transatlantic ocean liner.
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E.
The Great Lover
The Great Lover is a 1931 British romantic comedy film starring Roland Young, known for its lighthearted take on love and high society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.