A Confession
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A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
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| A Confession canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Confession Context triple: [Leo Tolstoy, notableWork, A Confession]
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- 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Confession Target entity description: A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
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A.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
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B.
The Browning Version
The Browning Version is a 1948 stage play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan that portrays the emotional and professional decline of a repressed, aging schoolmaster at an English public school.
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C.
Of Love and Other Demons
Of Love and Other Demons is a short novel by Gabriel García Márquez that blends magical realism and historical fiction to explore forbidden love, superstition, and colonial power in 18th-century Latin America.
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D.
Living to Tell the Tale
Living to Tell the Tale is Gabriel García Márquez’s memoir, recounting his early life and the experiences that shaped him as a writer.
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E.
As He Saw It
"As He Saw It" is a memoir by Elliott Roosevelt that offers an insider’s account of his father Franklin D. Roosevelt’s views and experiences during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical book
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philosophical work ⓘ spiritual autobiography ⓘ |
| author | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| describes |
Tolstoy's engagement with peasant faith
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Tolstoy's loss of faith ⓘ Tolstoy's moral crisis ⓘ Tolstoy's rejection of aristocratic lifestyle ⓘ Tolstoy's turn toward simple living ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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philosophical literature ⓘ religious literature ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
death
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happiness ⓘ immortality ⓘ morality ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian pacifist movements
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Tolstoyanism ⓘ
surface form:
Tolstoyan movement
religious thought of Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christianity
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Russian Orthodox tradition ⓘ philosophical skepticism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 19th century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
existential crisis
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faith and doubt ⓘ search for the meaning of life ⓘ spiritual awakening ⓘ suicidal thoughts ⓘ |
| movement |
Christian existentialism
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Russian religious philosophy ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| philosophicalQuestion |
How should one live?
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Is life worth living? ⓘ What is the meaning of life? ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | first published in Russian ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
What I Believe
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surface form:
My Religion
The Kingdom of God Is Within You ⓘ What I Believe ⓘ |
| religiousAspect |
critique of institutional church
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emphasis on personal faith ⓘ interpretation of the Gospels ⓘ |
| setting | Tolstoy's inner life ⓘ |
| tone |
confessional
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introspective ⓘ philosophical ⓘ |
| workType | non-fiction ⓘ |
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Subject: A Confession Description of subject: A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
Referenced by (2)
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subject surface form:
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy