The Titan
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"The Titan" is a 1914 naturalist novel by Theodore Dreiser that continues the story of ambitious businessman Frank Cowperwood and his ruthless rise in American finance and politics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Titan canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3249521 — 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 Titan Context triple: [Theodore Dreiser, notableWork, The Titan]
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A.
El Titán de Bronce
El Titán de Bronce is the famed sobriquet of Cuban independence hero Antonio Maceo, celebrated for his exceptional bravery, resilience, and leadership in the wars against Spanish colonial rule.
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B.
El Tiante
El Tiante is the famous nickname of Cuban-born Major League Baseball pitcher Luis Tiant, renowned for his distinctive delivery and success with the Boston Red Sox in the 1970s.
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C.
Throne of Zeus
Throne of Zeus is a song by American singer Stefani Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga.
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D.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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E.
Tierra de Gigantes
Tierra de Gigantes is a popular nickname for the municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico, highlighting its reputation for producing prominent figures in sports, culture, and public life.
- 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 Titan Target entity description: "The Titan" is a 1914 naturalist novel by Theodore Dreiser that continues the story of ambitious businessman Frank Cowperwood and his ruthless rise in American finance and politics.
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A.
El Titán de Bronce
El Titán de Bronce is the famed sobriquet of Cuban independence hero Antonio Maceo, celebrated for his exceptional bravery, resilience, and leadership in the wars against Spanish colonial rule.
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B.
El Tiante
El Tiante is the famous nickname of Cuban-born Major League Baseball pitcher Luis Tiant, renowned for his distinctive delivery and success with the Boston Red Sox in the 1970s.
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C.
Throne of Zeus
Throne of Zeus is a song by American singer Stefani Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga.
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D.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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E.
Tierra de Gigantes
Tierra de Gigantes is a popular nickname for the municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico, highlighting its reputation for producing prominent figures in sports, culture, and public life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationStatus | no widely known major film adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Theodore Dreiser ⓘ |
| character |
Aileen Butler
ⓘ
Berenice Fleming ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
American political machines
ⓘ
Chicago business world ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followedBy | The Stoic ⓘ |
| follows | The Financier ⓘ |
| genre |
naturalist novel
ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Titan ⓘ |
| hasTrilogyPosition | second volume ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American naturalism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Frank Cowperwood ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | ~600 pages ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
The Financier
ⓘ
surface form:
Frank Cowperwood trilogy
|
| publicationYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| publisher | John Lane Company ⓘ |
| sequelTo | The Financier ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| subject |
American finance
ⓘ
business ethics ⓘ capitalism ⓘ political corruption ⓘ social ambition ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| theme |
intersection of business and politics
ⓘ
moral consequences of ambition ⓘ ruthless pursuit of power ⓘ social stratification ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Titan Description of subject: "The Titan" is a 1914 naturalist novel by Theodore Dreiser that continues the story of ambitious businessman Frank Cowperwood and his ruthless rise in American finance and politics.
Referenced by (5)
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