The Road
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The Road is a bleak, post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows a father and son’s harrowing journey through a devastated landscape, widely acclaimed for its spare prose and emotional intensity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Road canonical | 13 |
| The Road (2009 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1922229 — 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 Road Context triple: [Oprah's Book Club, notableSelection, The Road]
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A.
The Long Walk
The Long Walk is a famous tree-lined avenue in Windsor Great Park that stretches from Windsor Castle to the Copper Horse statue, offering iconic views and a popular route for walks and ceremonies.
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B.
The Way
The Way is a 2010 drama film directed by Emilio Estevez and starring Martin Sheen, following a father's pilgrimage along Spain's Camino de Santiago after the death of his son.
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C.
Gilead
Gilead is a historically significant region east of the Jordan River, known from biblical and ancient Near Eastern sources for its strategic location and fertile, wooded highlands.
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D.
Falling Man
Falling Man is a novel by Don DeLillo that explores the psychological and social aftermath of the September 11 attacks through the lives of survivors in New York City.
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E.
City of Thieves
City of Thieves is a historical novel by David Benioff that follows two young men on a darkly comic and harrowing quest across besieged Leningrad during World War II.
- 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 Road Target entity description: The Road is a bleak, post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows a father and son’s harrowing journey through a devastated landscape, widely acclaimed for its spare prose and emotional intensity.
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A.
The Long Walk
The Long Walk is a famous tree-lined avenue in Windsor Great Park that stretches from Windsor Castle to the Copper Horse statue, offering iconic views and a popular route for walks and ceremonies.
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B.
The Way
The Way is a 2010 drama film directed by Emilio Estevez and starring Martin Sheen, following a father's pilgrimage along Spain's Camino de Santiago after the death of his son.
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C.
Gilead
Gilead is a historically significant region east of the Jordan River, known from biblical and ancient Near Eastern sources for its strategic location and fertile, wooded highlands.
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D.
Falling Man
Falling Man is a novel by Don DeLillo that explores the psychological and social aftermath of the September 11 attacks through the lives of survivors in New York City.
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E.
City of Thieves
City of Thieves is a historical novel by David Benioff that follows two young men on a darkly comic and harrowing quest across besieged Leningrad during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dystopian fiction work
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novel ⓘ post-apocalyptic novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Road
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Road (2009 film)
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| author | Cormac McCarthy ⓘ |
| awarded |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
ⓘ
surface form:
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| containsMotif | carrying the fire ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | John Hillcoat ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationScreenwriter | Joe Penhall ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStars |
Charlize Theron
ⓘ
Kodi Smit-McPhee ⓘ Viggo Mortensen ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Counselor ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ post-apocalyptic fiction ⓘ |
| includedIn | Oprah's Book Club ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-0-307-26543-2 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacters |
unnamed father
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unnamed son ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bleak atmosphere
ⓘ
emotional intensity ⓘ minimalist style ⓘ |
| pageCount | 287 ⓘ |
| precededBy | No Country for Old Men ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting | post-apocalyptic United States ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor | National Book Critics Circle Award ⓘ |
| style |
minimal punctuation
ⓘ
spare prose ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
father–son relationship
ⓘ
journey through devastated landscape ⓘ |
| theme |
good versus evil
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hope and despair ⓘ humanity in extreme conditions ⓘ parental love ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | near future ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Road Description of subject: The Road is a bleak, post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows a father and son’s harrowing journey through a devastated landscape, widely acclaimed for its spare prose and emotional intensity.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Road (2009 film)
subject surface form:
Cormac McCarthy