Dog Years
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Dog Years is a 1963 novel by German author Günter Grass that forms part of his Danzig Trilogy, exploring Germany’s Nazi past through dark satire and multi-perspective storytelling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dog Years canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Dog Years Context triple: [Günter Grass, notableWork, Dog Years]
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Alpha Dog
Alpha Dog is a 2006 crime drama film inspired by real-life events surrounding a kidnapping and murder case, featuring Anton Yelchin in a prominent role.
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Young Animal
Young Animal is a DC Comics imprint curated by Gerard Way that focuses on experimental, offbeat, and mature-themed superhero titles.
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Year of the Dog... Again
"Year of the Dog... Again" is a 2006 studio album by American rapper DMX that continues his gritty, aggressive style with themes of struggle, street life, and personal turmoil.
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D.
Paws
Paws is the costumed team mascot of the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, entertaining fans at games and events.
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E.
Paws
Paws is the anthropomorphic tiger mascot of the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team, known for entertaining fans at games and community events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Dog Years Target entity description: Dog Years is a 1963 novel by German author Günter Grass that forms part of his Danzig Trilogy, exploring Germany’s Nazi past through dark satire and multi-perspective storytelling.
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A.
Alpha Dog
Alpha Dog is a 2006 crime drama film inspired by real-life events surrounding a kidnapping and murder case, featuring Anton Yelchin in a prominent role.
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B.
Young Animal
Young Animal is a DC Comics imprint curated by Gerard Way that focuses on experimental, offbeat, and mature-themed superhero titles.
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C.
Year of the Dog... Again
"Year of the Dog... Again" is a 2006 studio album by American rapper DMX that continues his gritty, aggressive style with themes of struggle, street life, and personal turmoil.
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D.
Paws
Paws is the anthropomorphic tiger mascot of the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team, known for entertaining fans at games and community events.
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E.
Paws
Paws is the costumed team mascot of the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, entertaining fans at games and events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Günter Grass ⓘ |
| awarded |
Prix Médicis
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surface form:
Prix Médicis étranger (for French translation)
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| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| follows | The Tin Drum ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
magic realism ⓘ novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Eduard Amsel
ⓘ
Walter Matern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
German history
ⓘ
Nazism ⓘ
surface form:
National Socialism
World War II ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
dark satire
ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple narrators ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Hundejahre ⓘ |
| partOf | Danzig Trilogy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Cat and Mouse ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| publisher | Luchterhand Literaturverlag ⓘ |
| sequenceInSeries | third novel of the Danzig Trilogy ⓘ |
| setting |
Danzig
ⓘ
Free City of Danzig ⓘ Germany ⓘ |
| theme |
Germany’s Nazi past
ⓘ
friendship and betrayal ⓘ guilt and complicity ⓘ identity ⓘ memory and remembrance ⓘ Holocaust ⓘ
surface form:
the Holocaust
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| timeSpanOfNarrative |
1920s
ⓘ
Third Reich ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi era
post–World War II period ⓘ |
| translator | Ralph Manheim ⓘ |
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Subject: Dog Years Description of subject: Dog Years is a 1963 novel by German author Günter Grass that forms part of his Danzig Trilogy, exploring Germany’s Nazi past through dark satire and multi-perspective storytelling.
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subject surface form:
Danzig Trilogy