Ceremony
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"Ceremony" is a landmark novel by Laguna Pueblo writer Leslie Marmon Silko that helped define the Native American Renaissance through its blending of Indigenous storytelling, myth, and contemporary Native experience.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ceremony canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1258361 — 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: Ceremony Context triple: [Native American Renaissance, hasInfluentialWork, Ceremony]
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A.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
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B.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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C.
The Offering
The Offering is a permanent exhibition at Bogotá’s Gold Museum that explores the ritual and spiritual significance of pre-Hispanic gold offerings in Colombia.
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D.
The Parade
The Parade is a historic Olmsted-designed public park space in Buffalo, New York, originally created as a grand civic grounds for recreation, gatherings, and cultural events.
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E.
The Incorruptible
The Incorruptible was the sobriquet of Maximilien Robespierre, the influential and austere leader of the French Revolution’s radical phase and a key figure in the Reign of Terror.
- 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: Ceremony Target entity description: "Ceremony" is a landmark novel by Laguna Pueblo writer Leslie Marmon Silko that helped define the Native American Renaissance through its blending of Indigenous storytelling, myth, and contemporary Native experience.
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A.
Spirit of the Dead Watching
Spirit of the Dead Watching is a 1892 Symbolist painting by Paul Gauguin depicting a young Tahitian girl lying fearfully on her bed while a mysterious, ghostly figure looms in the background.
-
B.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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C.
The Offering
The Offering is a permanent exhibition at Bogotá’s Gold Museum that explores the ritual and spiritual significance of pre-Hispanic gold offerings in Colombia.
-
D.
The Parade
The Parade is a historic Olmsted-designed public park space in Buffalo, New York, originally created as a grand civic grounds for recreation, gatherings, and cultural events.
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E.
The Incorruptible
The Incorruptible was the sobriquet of Maximilien Robespierre, the influential and austere leader of the French Revolution’s radical phase and a key figure in the Reign of Terror.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Laguna Pueblo
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Leslie Marmon Silko ⓘ |
| author | Leslie Marmon Silko ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception |
landmark work of Native American literature
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widely taught in American literature courses ⓘ |
| form | prose interspersed with verse ⓘ |
| genre |
Native American literature
ⓘ
postmodern novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | contemporary Native American fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Native American identity
ⓘ
U.S. military service by Native Americans ⓘ environmental degradation ⓘ post-traumatic stress disorder ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Indigenous cosmologies
ⓘ
Laguna Pueblo oral tradition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | helped define the Native American Renaissance ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| movement | Native American Renaissance ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
blending of myth and contemporary experience
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interweaving of prose and poetry ⓘ nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| notableAspect |
integration of Indigenous storytelling forms into a novel
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representation of postwar Native American experience ⓘ use of ceremonial structure as narrative framework ⓘ |
| originalPublisher |
The Viking Press
ⓘ
surface form:
Viking Press
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| protagonist | Tayo ⓘ |
| protagonistBackground | World War II veteran ⓘ |
| protagonistEthnicity | Laguna Pueblo ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| setting |
Laguna Pueblo
ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ |
| structure | cyclical narrative structure ⓘ |
| theme |
Indigenous storytelling
ⓘ
ceremony and ritual as healing ⓘ colonialism and its effects ⓘ healing from war trauma ⓘ mixed-race identity ⓘ relationship to land ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | post–World War II era ⓘ |
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Subject: Ceremony Description of subject: "Ceremony" is a landmark novel by Laguna Pueblo writer Leslie Marmon Silko that helped define the Native American Renaissance through its blending of Indigenous storytelling, myth, and contemporary Native experience.
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