The Wild Boys
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The Wild Boys is a 1971 experimental novel by William S. Burroughs that depicts a violent, homoerotic, dystopian future ruled by anarchic youth gangs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Wild Boys canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2894263 — 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 Wild Boys Context triple: [William S. Burroughs, notableWork, The Wild Boys]
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A.
Liberty Boys
Liberty Boys was an alternative name for the Sons of Liberty, a secret organization of American colonists who opposed British policies and played a key role in fomenting the American Revolution.
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B.
Buckwild
Buckwild is an American hip-hop producer and member of the Diggin' in the Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.), known for his influential work with artists like The Notorious B.I.G., O.C., and Big L.
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C.
The Young Outlaw
The Young Outlaw is a 19th-century rags-to-riches boys’ novel by Horatio Alger Jr. that follows a poor youth striving for moral and financial success through perseverance and integrity.
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D.
The Wild
The Wild is a themed area of the Saint Louis Zoo that immerses visitors in habitats featuring animals from rugged, remote, and often colder regions of the world.
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E.
Outlaws
"Outlaws" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their 2016 album *Revolution Radio*.
- 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 Wild Boys Target entity description: The Wild Boys is a 1971 experimental novel by William S. Burroughs that depicts a violent, homoerotic, dystopian future ruled by anarchic youth gangs.
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A.
Liberty Boys
Liberty Boys was an alternative name for the Sons of Liberty, a secret organization of American colonists who opposed British policies and played a key role in fomenting the American Revolution.
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B.
Buckwild
Buckwild is an American hip-hop producer and member of the Diggin' in the Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.), known for his influential work with artists like The Notorious B.I.G., O.C., and Big L.
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C.
The Young Outlaw
The Young Outlaw is a 19th-century rags-to-riches boys’ novel by Horatio Alger Jr. that follows a poor youth striving for moral and financial success through perseverance and integrity.
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D.
The Wild
The Wild is a themed area of the Saint Louis Zoo that immerses visitors in habitats featuring animals from rugged, remote, and often colder regions of the world.
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E.
Outlaws
"Outlaws" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their 2016 album *Revolution Radio*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | William S. Burroughs ⓘ |
| contains |
hallucinatory imagery
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surreal episodes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
anarchic youth gangs
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homoerotic relationships ⓘ violent social collapse ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT literature
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dystopian fiction ⓘ experimental fiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasReception |
controversial for its sexual content
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cult following ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Cities of the Red Night ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
anti-authoritarianism
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male homosexuality ⓘ political violence ⓘ sexual politics ⓘ utopian and dystopian visions ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Beat literature
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counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Beat Generation-adjacent
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postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacters | wild boy gangs ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
cut-up technique
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nonlinear ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of militant youth culture
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experimental narrative structure ⓘ explicit homosexual content ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | William S. Burroughs bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| publisher | Grove Press ⓘ |
| setting | near-future dystopia ⓘ |
| theme |
anarchism
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dystopian future ⓘ homoeroticism ⓘ sexual liberation ⓘ violence ⓘ youth rebellion ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | future ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Wild Boys Description of subject: The Wild Boys is a 1971 experimental novel by William S. Burroughs that depicts a violent, homoerotic, dystopian future ruled by anarchic youth gangs.
Referenced by (1)
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