The Day of Atonement (short story)
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"The Day of Atonement" is a short story by Samson Raphaelson that inspired the landmark 1927 film "The Jazz Singer," exploring themes of Jewish identity, tradition, and assimilation in America.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Day of Atonement (short story) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1263227 — 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 Day of Atonement (short story) Context triple: [The Jazz Singer (1927 film), basedOn, The Day of Atonement (short story)]
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A.
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat is a famous 1856 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt depicting a lone goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the people in a desolate landscape.
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B.
Ten Days of Repentance
Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
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C.
The Trial of God
The Trial of God is a play by Elie Wiesel that dramatizes a mock trial of God in a Jewish village devastated by a pogrom, exploring faith, suffering, and divine justice in the shadow of the Holocaust.
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D.
Der Nister
Der Nister was a Ukrainian-born Yiddish writer and symbolist author known for his mystical, allegorical prose and stories that explored Jewish life and spirituality in Eastern Europe.
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E.
The Harafish
The Harafish is a celebrated novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that traces the rise and fall of a Cairo alley’s families across generations, blending mythic storytelling with social realism.
- 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 Day of Atonement (short story) Target entity description: "The Day of Atonement" is a short story by Samson Raphaelson that inspired the landmark 1927 film "The Jazz Singer," exploring themes of Jewish identity, tradition, and assimilation in America.
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A.
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat is a famous 1856 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt depicting a lone goat symbolically burdened with the sins of the people in a desolate landscape.
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B.
Ten Days of Repentance
Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
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C.
The Trial of God
The Trial of God is a play by Elie Wiesel that dramatizes a mock trial of God in a Jewish village devastated by a pogrom, exploring faith, suffering, and divine justice in the shadow of the Holocaust.
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D.
Der Nister
Der Nister was a Ukrainian-born Yiddish writer and symbolist author known for his mystical, allegorical prose and stories that explored Jewish life and spirituality in Eastern Europe.
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E.
The Harafish
The Harafish is a celebrated novel by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz that traces the rise and fall of a Cairo alley’s families across generations, blending mythic storytelling with social realism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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person ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Samson Raphaelson ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Day of Atonement (short story) self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
American Jewish life
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generational conflict ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
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short story ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | The Jazz Singer (1927 film) ⓘ |
| language |
English
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English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Jewish identity
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Jewish identity ⓘ assimilation in America ⓘ assimilation in America ⓘ conflict between tradition and modernity ⓘ religious tradition ⓘ |
| notableFor | inspiring the film The Jazz Singer (1927) ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Day of Atonement (short story) self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| occupation |
screenwriter
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writer ⓘ |
| publicationForm | magazine fiction ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Judaism ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| titleRefersTo | Yom Kippur ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Day of Atonement (short story) Description of subject: "The Day of Atonement" is a short story by Samson Raphaelson that inspired the landmark 1927 film "The Jazz Singer," exploring themes of Jewish identity, tradition, and assimilation in America.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Day of Atonement (short story)
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The Day of Atonement (short story)
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subject surface form:
The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
The Day of Atonement (short story)
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notableWork
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The Day of Atonement (short story)
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subject surface form:
Samson Raphaelson